Death toll in Pakistan's train hijacking rises to 31, army says
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 as it accused India and Afghanistan of backing the insurgents.
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.
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’s Army Says Train Hijacking Ends With 21 Passengers Dead
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 passengers and four paramilitary personnel had been killed.
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 did not agree to a prisoner exchange.
Pakistan's leader meets survivors of deadly train hijacking and the commandos who ended the siege
Pakistan’s prime minister has commended the country’s armed forces for successfully rescuing 339 passengers after a deadly train hijacking by insurgents in the southwest
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 PM Visits Quetta as Militants Behind Train Hijack Say Standoff Still On
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Balochistan province on Thursday, as dozens of people rescued from a train hijacked by separatist militants arrived in Quetta after security forces killed 33 attackers to end a day-long standoff.
Pakistan's army accuses India of sponsoring terror after 26 hostages were killed in a train attack
Pakistan’s military accuses neighboring India of sponsoring militants in the restive southwestern Balochistan province, which saw an unprecedented attack this week by armed separatists
Pakistan train attack survivors 'crouched for hours' to survive
Hostages freed after a day-long ordeal following an attack by militants on a train in Pakistan's Balochistan province described crouching on the floor for hours before their release, as the bodies of 25 people killed arrived in Quetta.
Funerals held for victims of Pakistani insurgents train hijacking
Hundreds of people attended funeral prayers on Thursday in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta for victims of a recent train attack. (AP video: Muhammad Farooq)
Pakistan says insurgents who attacked a passenger train killed 21 hostages while all others freed
Pakistani officials say insurgents who attacked a passenger train carrying 440 people in the southwest killed 21 hostages but ...
Packed passenger train in Pakistan attacked by Baloch separatists, possibly hijacked in bloody assault
The Balochistan Liberation Army claims it killed 6 security forces and seized a Pakistani passenger train carrying about 500 ...
Pakistan train hijack: Baloch militants claim they escaped with 214 hostages, then executed them after ‘deadline’
The BLA said they gave the Pakistan Army 48 hours to exchange prisoners of war, but since they did not heed their warning, ...
Pakistan train hostage standoff ends in bloodshed
Pakistan's military stormed a train hijacked by separatist militants, killing 33 attackers and rescuing hundreds of hostages ...
Pakistan Forces Battle Militants for Control of Train Carrying Hundreds of Passengers
Separatists blew up part of a railroad track in the southwestern province of Balochistan, forcing the train to stop in a ...