3 days ago · On 11 March 2025, the Jaffar Express, a Pakistani passenger train travelling from Quetta to Peshawar with about 440 people on board, was hijacked by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). The attackers reportedly detonated explosives in tunnels and on the train tracks before opening fire on the train. According to officials, at least 70 people, including 8 soldiers and all 33 attackers, were ...

2 days ago · Dozens of people rescued from a train hijacked by separatist militants in southwestern Pakistan arrived on Thursday in the city of Quetta, hours after security forces killed all 33 attackers to ...

1 day ago · The train was heading from Quetta to the northern city of Peshawar when insurgents blew up the track, forcing nine coaches and the engine of the Jafer Express train to stop partially inside a tunnel. The BLA regularly targets Pakistani security forces and has attacked trains, but had never been able to hijack one in the past.

3 days ago · Pakistani officials used a special freight train to move rescued passengers first to the larger Mach station, about 65km (40 miles) from Quetta and 90km (55 miles) from where the attack took place.

3 days ago · On 11 March 2025, the Balochistan Liberation Army hijacked the Jaffar Express, a passenger train that departed from Quetta at 9 AM and was travelling to Peshawar, inside of a tunnel in the vicinity of Sibi, Balochistan.

1 day ago · Dozens of people rescued from a train hijacked by separatist militants in southwestern Pakistan arrived on Thursday in the city of Quetta, hours after security forces killed all 33 attackers to end a day-long standoff. The militants blew up the rail tracks and opened fire on the Jaffar Express as it ...

2 days ago · Passengers rescued by security forces from a passenger train attacked by insurgents arrive at a railway station in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt) ... Pakistan’s leader meets survivors of deadly train hijacking and the commandos who ended the siege.

2 days ago · In November, passengers waiting for the train were targeted when the B.L.A. carried out one of Pakistan’s deadliest terrorist attacks: a suicide bombing at Quetta’s busy railway station. The ...

3 days ago · Pakistan Train Hijack Live: At least 27 terrorists were killed and 155 passengers rescued by the security forces after Baloch militants hijacked a passenger train in a tunnel in Pakistan's Balochistan province on March 11, reports said. The Jaffar Express, carrying around 400 passengers in nine bogies, was travelling from Quetta to Peshawar when armed men intercepted it in a tunnel near the ...

2 days ago · Quetta, Pakistan — Pakistani security forces managed Wednesday to free most of the hostages who had been held on a train that was hijacked the previous day by separatist militants in the country ...