March 12, 2025 11:32 AM
Pakistan rescues 155 hostages from train, dozens still held, sources say
Pakistani forces have rescued 155 passengers from a train that was hijacked by separatist fighters in the southwest of the country, security sources said on Wednesday, while the government said an operation was underway to rescue dozens still held hostage. Militants blew up a railway track and opened fire on the train on Tuesday as it travelled from Quetta, Balochistan's capital city, to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), an ethnic armed group, claimed r...