Millitant attack in Pakistan

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...

Pakistan army says eight soldiers killed in militant attack on base

Islamist militants attacked a military base in northwestern Pakistan, killing eight security personnel, the military said on Tuesday, after a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into a perimeter wall. The attack, which occurred on Monday, coincides with a resurgence of Islamist militancy in the restive northwest border region with Afghanistan, which last month prompted the government to launch a counter-insurgency operation in the area. Militants targeted the base in Bannu, ...