Death toll in Pakistan's train hijacking rises to 31, army says
The death toll from a militant hijacking of a train in Pakistan's southwestern mountains has risen to 31 soldiers, staff and civilians, the military said on Friday as it accused India and Afghanistan of backing the insurgents.
What's behind the surge in attacks and train hijacking in Pakistan’s restive southwest?
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s neglected southwestern province of Balochistan has been the scene of a yearslong insurgency, with a dramatic uptick in attacks in recent years underscoring the struggles the government in Islamabad faces in dealing with myriad security threats.
Pakistan: Balochistan train hijacking death toll climbs to 31
Pakistan has long accused India and Afghanistan of providing money, weapons, and training to the insurgents operating in Balochistan.
Pakistan train hijack HIGHLIGHTS: Militants hijack passenger train in restive Balochistan province
Pakistan train hijack HIGHLIGHTS Militants hijacked the Jaffar Express train in Balochistan on Tuesday, taking several passengers hostage. The train, traveling from Quetta to Peshawar, was stopped near Tunnel No.
Pakistan PM Visits Quetta as Militants Behind Train Hijack Say Standoff Still On
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Balochistan province on Thursday, as dozens of people rescued from a train hijacked by separatist militants arrived in Quetta after security forces killed 33 attackers to end a day-long standoff.
Pakistan’s security crisis deepens as train hijacking ends in bloodshed
The Pakistani military said it had completed a deadly rescue operation in the embattled southwest of the country after armed separatists hijacked a train.
Pakistan train attack survivors 'crouched for hours' to survive
Hostages freed after a day-long ordeal following an attack by militants on a train in Pakistan's Balochistan province described crouching on the floor for hours before their release, as the bodies of 25 people killed arrived in Quetta.
Funerals held for victims of Pakistani insurgents train hijacking
Hundreds of people attended funeral prayers on Thursday in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta for victims of a recent train attack. (AP video: Muhammad Farooq)
Pakistan's leader to meet with survivors and commandos who ended an insurgents' train attack
Pakistan’s prime minister traveled to restive southwestern Balochistan province to meet survivors of a train attack and the commandos who rescued over 300 passengers from the insurgents who killed 21
'Killed in front of our eyes': How the Pakistan train hijacking unfolded
"I was a passenger on the train that was attacked," Mr Hussain told BBC Urdu. He, along with some 440 others, had been travelling from Quetta to Peshawar through the heart of the restive Balochistan province when a group of armed militants struck – they bombed the tracks,
Who are the Baloch Liberation Army? Pakistan train hijacking was fuelled by decades of neglect and violence
The train hijacking in south-western Pakistan represents a major escalation in the region’s long-running insurgency.
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Pakistan train hijack: How Balochistan Liberation Army's Majeed Brigade attacked Jaffar Express
The BLA claimed responsibility for hijacking the Jaffar Express while it was travelling in the Mashkaf and Dhadar areas.
Death toll in Balochistan train hijacking rises to 31, says Pakistan Army
Train hijackers in Pakistan’s Balochistan province killed a total of 31 security personnel and civilians before they were ...
Pakistan train hijack survivors recall chilling 36-hour seige in Balochistan: ‘…they shot him on the spot’
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