Pakistan train hijacking: hostage rescue complicated by suicide bombers, sources say
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Attackers wearing suicide bombs were sitting next to passengers taken hostage after militants took over a train in southwest Pakistan, sources said on Wednesday, complicating rescue efforts a day after the country's first such hijacking.
The Pakistan insurgency behind a train hijacking and hostage crisis
A stunning train hijack and hostage crisis this week, in which hundreds of passengers were held for a day by suicide vest-clad separatists, has made clear the limits of Pakistan’s ambitions for the resource-rich province of Balochistan.
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 insurgents who attacked a passenger train killed 21 hostages while 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 Train Hijack: Video Shows Moment Baloch Militants Attacked Jaffar Express Before Taking Passengers Hostage
The video shows the Jaffar Express, traveling from Quetta to Peshawar, passing through Sibi city when a bomb blast on the track forces it to halt.
Pakistan militants attack train and take passengers hostage
Police say at least three people were injured in the attack and it is unclear how many people are being held hostage.
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.
Gunmen hijack train in Pakistan’s Balochistan, take hundreds hostage
Islamabad, Pakistan – Separatist fighters say they have attacked and seized a train in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, taking hundreds of people hostage.
Pakistan says all train hijackers killed, ending hostage stand-off
Pakistani security forces stormed a train on Wednesday that had been hijacked by separatist militants, killing all 33 attackers and ending a day-long stand-off involving hundreds of hostages, the military said.
Death Toll in Pakistan's Train Hijacking Rises to 31, Army Says
Pakistan's military spokesman said on Friday the death toll in a train hijacking in the country's southwestern mountains had risen to 31 and he repeated accusations that neighbouring India and Afghanistan backed the militants who carried it out.
Pakistan: Balochistan train hijacking death toll climbs to 31
Pakistan has long accused India and Afghanistan of providing money, weapons, and training to the insurgents operating in Balochistan.
Pakistan prime minister meets with 300 freed train hostages and rescue troops
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Pakistan’s army accuses India of sponsoring terror after 26 hostages were killed in a train attack
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'214 hostages executed due to Pakistan’s stubbornness,' claims Baloch Liberation Army
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Face-to-face with death: Pakistan train hostage survivors recall two days of horror
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Pakistan launches 'full-scale' operation to free hostages
Pakistan security forces launched a "full-scale" operation on Wednesday to rescue train passengers taken hostage by militants ...
Breaking News Live Updates: 16 "terrorists" killed, 104 hostages rescued by Pakistan's security forces after attack on Jaffar Express
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