27 hostages killed after hijacked Pakistan train rescue ends in bloodbath
Nearly 350 hostages have been rescued at the end of a deadly standoff between Pakistan’s military and armed militants who hijacked a train in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, a security source told CNN Wednesday.
Pakistan military ends train standoff, says 21 hostages and four troops killed
Baloch separatist militants blew up a railway track and launched rockets at the Jaffar Express, which was carrying over 400 passengers.
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.
190 freed from attacked Pakistan train, roughly 130 still held hostage
Pakistan freed 190 hijacked train passengers held hostage Wednesday as the battle to free remaining hostages held by the militant group Baloch Liberation Army continued.
Pakistan train hijack hostages end ordeal with arrival in Quetta
Dozens of people rescued from a train hijacked by separatist militants in southwest Pakistan arrived on Thursday in the city of Quetta, hours after security forces killed all 33 attackers to end a day-long standoff.
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.
Militants kill 10 people after hijacking passenger train, taking hostages in western Pakistan, officials say
Separatist militants fired at a passenger train in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, injuring a train driver, police and railway officials said.
Pakistan’s Army Says Train Hijacking Ends With 21 Passengers Dead
Nearly 200 have been freed but the status of other passengers remains unclear as security forces continue to battle separatist militants.
Separatist attackers killed after day long train standoff in rural Pakistan
Pakistani authorities on Wednesday said an insurgent attack on a train carrying hundreds of people had ended, with all attackers killed following a daylong standoff.
21 passengers killed on Pakistani train after hundreds taken hostage
Twenty-one passengers were killed after a train in Pakistan was attacked and hundreds were taken hostage on Tuesday, according to the Pakistani military.
Pakistan army says operation against militants who hijacked train has ended
A military operation against militants who hijacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers in southwest Pakistan has ended, a spokesman for the army said late on Wednesday.
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Officials say separatists attack a train in Pakistan and the fate of hundreds on board is not clear
Pakistani officials say insurgents have attacked a passenger train in a tunnel, and a separatist group claims it has taken ...
The Balochistan Separatist Movement in Pakistan: What to Know
A dramatic escalation in the tactics by a Baloch separatist group came with the hijacking of a passenger train on Tuesday.