Armed militants attacked and hijacked a passenger train in Pakistan's Balochistan province, killing three people and taking over 450 passengers hostage. Pakistani security forces launched an operation ...

We witnessed crossfire while waiting for the Jaffer Express, a vital lifeline through Balochistan. For many, it’s the only ...

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's ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani forces freed the remaining passengers from a train that was hijacked by separatist militants in explosive-filled vests who took hundreds of hostages and killed 21 of ...

QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistan’s prime minister on Thursday commended the country’s armed forces for successfully rescuing 339 passengers after a deadly train hijacking by insurgents in the southwest. A ...

For decades, Balochistan, a province in Pakistan with a significant degree of autonomy, has suffered from an ongoing insurgency and violent attacks in the name of the movement. Separatist groups have ...

QUETTA, Pakistan — Insurgents who attacked a passenger train carrying 440 passengers in restive southwestern Pakistan killed 21 hostages before security forces killed all 33 of the assailants, and all ...

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities on Wednesday said an insurgent attack on a train carrying hundreds of people has ended, with more than 50 attackers killed following a daylong standoff.