Mach, Pakistan: Hostages freed from a train siege in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday said they walked for hours through mountainous terrain to reach safety, forced to leave behind relatives from whom they were separated. Rebels waging a war of independence against the Pakistani state set off explosions on the railway track in a remote area … Read more
At least 155 hostages were freed after armed rebels hijacked a train carrying over 400 passengers in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan region on Tuesday. The rescued passengers – including 58 men, 31 women, and 15 children – were taken to Mach, a nearby town where a makeshift hospital has been set up. It is not clear … Read more
Over a hundred hostages have been freed after armed rebels hijacked a train carrying over 400 passengers in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan region. Authorities said at least 16 rebels have been killed in a firefight with the forces. Here are the top 10 points in this big story: The security forces managed to rescue 104 hostages … Read more
Islamabad: Separatist militant group the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed that they had taken hostages during an attack on a train carrying hundreds of people, including paramilitary troops, in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday and threatened to kill them. The BLA is the strongest of a number of insurgent groups long operating in the area bordering … Read more