How hijacking of train near Bolan Pass marks a major upscaling of Baloch militancy in Pakistan
The BLA seems to have chosen the point of attack with great care and considerable planning, without any intelligence leaking ...
Al Jazeera on MSN1d
Deadly Pakistan train hijack: What happened, who was rescued, what’s next?
Baloch separatists have repeatedly attacked the Jaffar Express in the last few years. It is commonly used by security ...
Pakistan Separatists Hijack Train With 400 Onboard and Give Ultimatum
The militants, Baloch ethnic fighters, said they would kill dozens of seized security personnel if the Pakistani government ...
ThePrint on MSN15h
Train hijack by Baloch insurgents in Pakistan holds critical lesson—railways can drive geopolitics
ThePrint Explorer looks at how the real message separatists have sent with the attack is that they can weaken Pakistan’s hold ...
Al Jazeera on MSN1d
‘A rain of rockets and bullets’: Survivors of Pakistan’s train hijacking
Dozens of separatist Baloch fighters attacked the Jaffar Express passenger train in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
The Express Tribune on MSN3d
MPA urges reopening of Torkham crossing
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawmaker and member provincial assembly, Ahmed Kundi, has submitted a resolution to the ...
Who Is Behind Pakistan Train Hijack? A Look At Armed Insurgency In Balochistan | Explained
The Balochistan Liberation Army said they were holding 214 people hostages, and have threatened to start executing them. A ...
How Baloch militants hijacked Pakistan Jafar Express train carrying 450 passengers: Blew up railway track, killed driver
The BLA militants blew up a railway track and opened fire on the train on Tuesday as it travelled from Quetta to Peshawar in ...
Pakistan: Security forces claim Jaffar Express train operation over, 346 hostages rescued
The standoff between the fighters of the Baloch Liberation Army's (BLA) Majeed Brigade and the Pakistani military after the ...
Opinion
Right Word | Balochistan’s Unending Struggle: Jaffar Express Attack And Pakistan’s Strategic Myopia
Until Islamabad abandons its coercive policies in favour of an inclusive and equitable political framework, no amount of rhetorical diversion or external blame-shifting will bring any semblance of sta ...
Stabroek News2d
Suicide bombers seated among Pakistan train hostages, government says
Militants wearing suicide vests are seated among passengers held hostage in a train hijack in southwest Pakistan, the ...
GMA Network2d
190 rescued from Pakistan train hijack; suicide bombers complicate rescue —sources
About 60 Balochi militants blew up a railway track and lobbed rockets at the Jaffar Express, carrying more than 400 ...