Militants kill 10 people after hijacking passenger train, taking hostages in western Pakistan, officials say
Separatist militants fired at a passenger train in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, injuring a train driver, police and railway officials said.
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 train hijack: Baloch militants claim they escaped with 214 hostages, then executed them after ‘deadline’
The BLA said they gave the Pakistan Army 48 hours to exchange prisoners of war, but since they did not heed their warning, they killed the hostages
Pakistan Army Kills 27 Militants as Hundreds Still Held on Train
Pakistani security forces killed at least 27 people in an exchange of gunfire with insurgents who have been holding a train since Tuesday in southwestern Balochistan province thought to have had hundreds aboard.
How separatist militants hijacked a train in Pakistan
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Pakistan army says operation against militants who hijacked train has ended
A military operation against militants who hijacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers in southwest Pakistan has ended, a spokesman for the army said late on Wednesday. Some 33 militants and 21 hostages were killed during the operation,
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.
The Pakistan insurgency behind a train hijacking and hostage crisis
A stunning train hijack and hostage crisis this week, in which hundreds of passengers were held for a day by suicide vest-clad separatists, has made clear the limits of Pakistans
At least 11 dead after separate security operations against militants in restive northwest Pakistan
Pakistan's military says troops acting on intelligence have raided two militant hideouts in the country’s restive northwest, ...
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Deadly Raids and Rising Tensions: Pakistan's Battle Against Militants
Pakistan's security forces conducted raids on militant hideouts, resulting in deadly confrontations. The attacks occurred in ...
9 militants, two security personnel killed in separate security operations in Pakistan's KP
Seven terrorists were killed when security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Mohmand district on Friday ...
Turkey Says Forces Killed 24 Kurdish Militants in Syria, Iraq in a Week
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish forces killed 24 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and Syria over the past week, the defence ministry said on Thursday, continuing attacks in the region after a disarmament ...
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‘Screams Were Echoing Everywhere’: A Train Hijacking’s 36 Hours of Terror
On Wednesday night, Pakistan’s military said that security forces had carried out a rescue operation that secured the hostages’ release and left 33 militants dead. Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif ...
Somali forces end a 24-hour siege by al-Shabab militants on a hotel, leaving all fighters dead
Somali officials say security forces have ended a 24-hour siege at a hotel in the central city of Beledwyne, leaving an ...