India, May 19 -- The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) militants released a full video to give a detailed account of their hijack of Jaffar Express in March this year to rebut claims by the Pakistani military that the group launched an indiscriminate attack on women and children.

According to official estimates, 31 soldiers and civilians were killed in the attack as the Pakistan army launched a "full scale" operation to rescue over 300 hostages held hostage by BLA gunmen who blew up the railway track to hijack the Peshawar-bound train with over 400 passengers.

The insurgent group, fighting the Pakistani State to gain independence for Balochistan, had demanded the government to release its jailed members as a key demand to release the hostage...