Pakistan, Baloch

What's behind the surge in attacks and train hijacking in Pakistan's restive southwest?
Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Balochistan has been the scene of a yearslong insurgency, with a surge in attacks in recent years.
Pakistan train attack: Can Baloch insurgents be reined in?
A deadly train siege is the latest in a string of separatist attacks Balochistan has suffered in recent years. It will have huge consequences for Pakistan's security, say analysts.
Pakistan train attack: Why is there an increase in attacks in Balochistan?
Balochistan's long-standing insurgency reached a new level, with the Baluch Liberation Army seizing a passenger train. The militants killed 21 passeng
Pakistan insurgents take dozens of hostages in attack on train, police say
Separatist militants blew up a railway track and opened fire on a passenger train in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, taking dozens of hostages and battling security forces conducting a rescue operation,
Pakistan says insurgents who attacked a passenger train killed 21 hostages while all others freed
The separatist Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for attacking the train carrying 440 passengers in a tunnel in a remote part of Balochistan. Spokesman Jeeyand Baloch had said the group was ready to free passengers if authorities agree to release jailed militants.
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 prime minister meets with 300 freed train hostages and rescue troops
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif went to Balochistan province Thursday to meet with 300 survivors and the troops who rescued them after a Baloch Liberation Army train attack that began Tuesday.
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 all Baloch insurgents who hijacked train killed
The Pakistan army claimed to have ended the hostage crisis in Balochistan, killing 30 BLA fighters and rescuing all passengers.
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: All hostages freed, 33 BLA militants killed, claims army
Pakistan on Wednesday completed the rescue operations in the Jaffar Express hijack incident and said that all hostages had been freed. The army claimed that 33 Baluch Liberation Army (BLA) militants,
Pakistan terror attack horror as 'gunmen wearing explosive vests' take entire train hostage
Twenty-seven militants were gunned down and 150 out of the 450 passengers rescued after the Jaffar Express train was hijacked ...
Pakistan says train attack was orchestrated from Afghanistan: ‘It was like a rain of rockets and bullets’
The hijacking of a train in Balochistan was orchestrated by militants based in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s military said citing ...
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25 bodies retrieved; Pakistan mourns train siege victims
At least 25 bodies, including 21 hostages, were recovered on Thursday following a deadly train siege by separatist gunmen in ...