Dhaka, March 11 -- The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), which advocates for Balochistan's independence from Pakistan, has claimed responsibility for seizing a train and holding hundreds of passengers hostage. The group also reported that six Pakistani military personnel were killed in the attack.
The Jaffar Express, with over 400 passengers on board in nine bogies, was on its way from Quetta in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when it was fired on, railway officials told news agency Reuters.
The BLA in a statement signed by its spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the hostages will be killed if Pakistani forces launch an operation.
The BLA fighters blew the railway tracks and forced the train to sto...