Who are the Baloch Liberation Army? Pakistan train hijacking was fuelled by decades of neglect and violence
The train hijacking in south-western Pakistan represents a major escalation in the region’s long-running insurgency.
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Who are the BLA – the group behind Pakistan’s deadly train hijack?
Home to about 15 million of Pakistan’s estimated 240 million people, according to the 2023 census, Balochistan remains the ...
Pakistan Train Hijack LIVE Updates: All 33 BLA militants, 21 passengers, 4 soldiers killed, says Army
A major security crisis unfolded in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday when separatist militants ...
Pakistan prime minister meets with 300 freed train hostages and rescue troops
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif went to Balochistan province Thursday to meet with 300 survivors and the troops who ...
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Pakistan says insurgents who attacked a passenger train killed 21 hostages while all others freed
Insurgents who attacked a passenger train carrying 440 passengers in restive southwestern Pakistan killed 21 hostages before ...
Pakistan Train Hijack highlights: Siege ends as Pakistan ‘kills’ all BLA militants leaving ‘some’ hostages dead
The Jaffar Express, with some 400 passengers on board in nine bogies, was on its way from Quetta in Pakistan's to Peshawar in ...
India rejects “baseless” Pakistan allegations that it was involved in BLA train attack
Pakistan accuses India of terrorism in Jaffar Express attack, linking it to Afghan handlers and Baloch Liberation Army.
Pakistan's army accuses India of sponsoring terror after 26 hostages were killed in a train attack
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military accused neighboring India on Friday of sponsoring insurgents in a restive southwestern ...
What's behind the surge in attacks and train hijacking in Pakistan’s restive southwest?
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s neglected southwestern province of Balochistan has been the scene of a yearslong insurgency, with a ...
'Such acts won't shake Pakistan’s resolve for peace': PM Shehbaz Sharif first reaction to train hijack by BLA
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif condemned the Jaffar Express hijacking by Baloch Liberation Army, calling it a cowardly act that ...
Train siege exposes one of Pakistan's biggest security nightmares: Timeline of BLA terror
As many as 21 passengers and four paramilitary soldiers were killed during the train hijacking, which is being described as ...
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Who are the BLA – the group behind Pakistan’s deadly train hijack?
Over the years, the BLA has distinguished itself as a group committed to Balochistan’s complete independence from Pakistan. Unlike moderate Baloch nationalist groups advocating provincial ...