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A US-made rifle, originally shipped to Afghanistan over seven years ago for Afghan security forces, surfaced at the site of a train hijacking in Pakistan last month, lending weight to claims that ...
At least 21 passengers were killed in last week's hijacking of a train in Pakistan. A militant group claimed responsibility for blowing up the tracks and opening fire when the train was halfway ...
Passengers who were released were reported to say that the BLA had freed women, children, and the elderly shortly after taking over the train. (Image: AP) The Baloch insurgents who hijacked a ...
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. The separatist Baloch ...
On March 11, 2025, a train traveling from Quetta in Balochistan to Peshawar in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was hijacked by separatists belonging to the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A stunning train hijack and hostage crisis this week, in which hundreds of passengers were held for a day ...
MACH, Pakistan – Pakistan’s military spokesman said on March 14 that the death toll in a train hijacking in the country had risen to 31, and he repeated accusations that neighbouring India and ...
Pakistan train hijacking: Pak foreign office had claimed that BLA rebels involved in attack on Jaffar Express were in contact with ring leaders in Afghanistan. Pakistan train hijacking ...
However, experts have noted that the train hijacking was unprecedented in scale. It represents a significant escalation by the BLA in terms of the planning, resources and intelligence required to ...
Pakistan officials confirmed Friday that 31 people, including 23 security personnel, lost their lives in Tuesday’s train hijacking by armed militants in the country’s restive Balochistan province.