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injuring the train driver and leading to hundreds of passengers being taken hostage. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist group seeking independence for Balochistan, claimed ...

The Balochistan Liberation Army claims to have hijacked a Pakistani train carrying over 100 soldiers. They are negotiating with Pakistani authorities and have released children and elderly women.

Here is BLA's full statement after hijacking passenger train The Baloch Liberation Army has carried out a strategic operation in Mashkaf, Dhadar, Bolan, seizing control of the Jaffar Express by ...

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The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) which seeks independence for Balochistan from Pakistan in a statement said it took control of a train and kept over 180 passengers, most of them Pakistani soldiers ...

All the train passengers taken hostage by the militants have been freed, an army official told AFP on Wednesday, adding that 28 soldiers were killed in the siege. “346 hostages were freed and ...

Both Army spokesman Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif and Federal Minister for Information Attaullah Tarar confirmed that there were 33 terrorists who held Pakistani citizens hostage in the train and all of ...

Analysts have said the train attack, putting so many civilians in danger, could backfire for the BLA. "After failing to damage the Pakistan Army within Balochistan, BLA has shifted its targets ...

After more than a day of fighting with separatist militants who hijacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers, Pakistan’s army said it had brought the insurgent attack to an end, but that 21 ...

In a statement, the separatist group said they will keep holding the security personnel from the Pakistan Army hostage. More details are running as LIVE. Stay tuned for Pakistan Train Hijack LIVE ...

400 passengers were travelling from Quetta to Peshawar on Tuesday when the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) attacked the train and took some as hostages. Per the military, 190 passengers have ...