Jaffar Express Hijack (Generative AI image) In the autumn of 2018, Punjab-bound Jaffar Express had narrowly escaped twin blasts after Baloch rebels attempted to blow up the passenger train using remote-controlled explosive devices. The devices had exploded when the train was about 200 feet away.Tuesday’s attack isn’t an isolated incident. The train often carries personnel…
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement. A passenger train, Jaffar Express, was fired upon in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, injuring the train driver, with hundreds of passengers taken hostage, according to various media reports. “The Baloch Liberation Army has carried out a strategic operation…
Separatist militants opened fire on a passenger train in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, injuring the train driver, according to police and railway officials.The train was traveling from Quetta in Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when it came under attack, railway authorities reported.The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant separatist group, claimed responsibility for…
