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 people in a remote, mountainous region.
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 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 security forces rescued the others.
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 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 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.
Pakistan's leader to meet with survivors and commandos who ended an insurgents' train attack
Pakistan’s prime minister traveled to restive southwestern Balochistan province to meet survivors of a train attack and the commandos who rescued over 300 passengers from the insurgents who killed 21
'Killed in front of our eyes': How the Pakistan train hijacking unfolded
"I was a passenger on the train that was attacked," Mr Hussain told BBC Urdu. He, along with some 440 others, had been travelling from Quetta to Peshawar through the heart of the restive Balochistan province when a group of armed militants struck – they bombed the tracks,
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.
‘Things took a darker turn’: Survivors recall horror of deadly Pakistan train siege
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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 ...
The mystery £190,000,000 airport with no passengers and no planes
Pakistan’s newest and most expensive airport has no passengers and no planes, and no one seems to know when New Gwadar International Airport will open for business. Located in the coastal city of ...
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Balochistan govt seeks reduction in airline fares
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Pakistan rejoices over Gwadar airport, China dubs it donation
After a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft on Monday landed at ... Gwadar International Airport in the country's southwest Balochistan province is a shining symbol of the great ...
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Pakistan's New Gwadar International Airport Starts Operations
PIA's inaugural PK503 flight from Karachi's Jinnah International Airport was greeted with a water cannon salute as it landed at Gwadar in the morning, television channels showed. Pakistan Defence ...
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Pakistan’s $240m Gwadar airport stands ready—But no flights, no passengers
The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) PK 503 aircraft was the first ... or Islamabad. Militancy in Balochistan has increased in recent years, with attacks rising after 2021.
Explained: What is Pakistan’s Balochistan question?
A seven-plus-decade insurgency based on the rights of self-determination, as well as discrimination by Islamabad, has ...