Nepal, March 27 -- On March 11, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) hijacked the Jaffar Express, which runs on the 1600-kilometre railway line connecting Quetta to Peshawar. The attack happened in Balochistan, where a train carrying 440 passengers was ambushed. Passengers were taken hostage based on their identities-whether they belonged to the security forces deployed in Balochistan.

This was one of the bloodiest attacks in recent years. The BLA's condition for the release of the hostages was the liberation of all the political prisoners belonging to the province. The railways in Balochistan have been frequently targeted as security personnel use trains to travel to Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The attack on the Pakistani security force...