Pakistan, Aug. 1 -- Outlawed terrorist groups - Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), including its Majeed Brigade, and Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP} - have "close coordination", according to a United Nations Security Council report, which pointed out that "some BLA attacks showed a high degree of complexity", citing Jaffar Express' dramatic hijacking in Pakistan's Balochistan province.

"On 11 March, BLA hijacked the Jaffar Express train in an isolated mountainous region with improvised explosive devices and other weapons, killing 31, including 21 hostages, which demonstrated in a high-profile manner the rise in the group's capacity and brutality," the annual report of the 1988 Taliban sanctions committee monitoring team said.

The report...