India, March 12 -- Pakistani officials said that the insurgent attack on the Jaffar Express train has ended as all militants were killed after an all-day long "full-scale" rescue operation which left a "few" hostages dead.

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) militants said that they killed 50 hostages who were hijacked from the Peshawar bound train near Bolan district on Tuesday. The number of hostages killed could not be independently verified at the time of filing this report.

Security forces have rescued over 300 hostages held by the gunmen so far, but the operation to rescue those under captivity continues.

The militants blew up a railway track and opened fire on the Jaffar Express train on Tuesday. After coming under fire, armed men ...