What's behind the surge in attacks and train hijacking in Pakistan's restive southwest?
Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Balochistan has been the scene of a yearslong insurgency, with a surge in attacks in recent years.
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 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 PM Visits Quetta as Militants Behind Train Hijack Say Standoff Still On
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Balochistan province on Thursday, as dozens of people rescued from a train hijacked by separatist militants arrived in Quetta after security forces killed 33 attackers to end a day-long standoff.
Pakistan’s security crisis deepens as train hijacking ends in bloodshed
The Pakistani military said it had completed a deadly rescue operation in the embattled southwest of the country after armed separatists hijacked a train.
Pakistan's leader meets survivors of deadly train hijacking and the commandos who ended the siege
Pakistan’s prime minister has commended the country’s armed forces for successfully rescuing 339 passengers after a deadly train hijacking by insurgents in the southwest
'Killed in front of our eyes': How the Pakistan train hijacking unfolded
"I was a passenger on the train that was attacked," Mr Hussain told BBC Urdu. He, along with some 440 others, had been travelling from Quetta to Peshawar through the heart of the restive Balochistan province when a group of armed militants struck – they bombed the tracks,
India to liberate Balochistan from Pakistan? Expert makes stunning claim, cites example of...
Following the Balochistan train hijack by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a debate has triggered whether India could ...
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Pakistan: Poliovirus detected across 12 districts
Pakistan's Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the country's National Institute of Health has confirmed ...
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 ...
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Pakistan: PTI leaders push for social media oversight, await Imran’s approval
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political committee has decided to raise concerns with party founder Imran Khan over the unregulated use of its official social media accounts, which have been used ...
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Govt launches Crypto Council to regulate digital assets
The Pakistan Crypto Council has officially been launched to regulate and integrate blockchain technology and digital assets ...
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Rocky the bear rescued from abuse in Pakistan’s east and relocated to capital for medical treatment
in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Yousaf) An animal welfare charity has helped rescue and ...
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Pakistan’s army accuses India of sponsoring terror after 26 hostages killed in a train attack
Relatives comfort each other during the funeral prayer of a victim of a train attack, in Quetta, Pakistan's southwestern ...
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 ...
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