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 ...
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Militants kill 10 people after hijacking passenger train, taking hostages in western Pakistan, officials say
Separatist militants killed at least 10 people after hijacking a train carrying hundreds of passengers in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan on Tuesday, according to government and ...
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Pakistan says insurgent attack on a train has ended but some hostages killed
Pakistan, March 12, 2025. NASEER AHMED / REUTERS Pakistani authorities on Wednesday, March 12, said an insurgent attack on a train carrying hundreds of people has ended, with more than 50 ...
What’s behind the surge in attacks and train hijacking in Pakistan’s restive southwest?
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s neglected southwestern province of Balochistan has been the scene of a yearslong insurgency, with a dramatic uptick in attacks in recent years underscoring the struggles ...
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‘Screams Were Echoing Everywhere’: A Train Hijacking’s 36 Hours of Terror
Pakistani security forces declared an end to ethnic separatists’ seizure of a train carrying more than 400 people. By Zia ur-Rehman Reporting from Karachi, Pakistan Thirty-six hours after one of ...
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Pakistan launches major operation to free train hostages in Balochistan
After armed militants hijacked a train on Tuesday, Pakistan has launched a 'full-scale ... security forces rescued more than 150 of the 450 people who were on the train when it was hijacked ...
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I faced discrimination, my career was destroyed: former Pakistan cricketer Danish Kaneria
I did not get equal values, respect in Pakistan... “All the people who came here spoke against discrimination, on how Pakistan treated them. So, the main aim was to spread awareness among ...
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Packed passenger train in Pakistan attacked by Baloch separatists, possibly hijacked in bloody assault
Quetta, Pakistan — Pakistani insurgents opened fire ... out a suicide bombing at a train station in Quetta that killed 26 people, including security personnel, railway staff and passengers.
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Pakistani military says 21 hostages killed, remaining rescued after train hijacking
More than 400 people, including 214 soldiers and other security personnel, were on the Jaffar Express on Tuesday as it traveled from Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's restive southwestern ...
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21 passengers killed on Pakistani train after hundreds taken hostage
Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Anjum Naveed/AP On Tuesday, a U.S. official told ABC News at least 450 people were taken hostage on the train and said six ...
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Death toll in Pakistan's train hijacking rises to 31, army says
ISLAMABAD, March 14 (Reuters) - The death toll from a militant hijacking of a train in Pakistan's southwestern ... amid nuclear concerns 6:08 AM UTC French prosecutors have opened an investigation ...