This latest insurgency the fifth since Balochistan's forced accession to Pakistan in 1948 is now in its 25th year. It can be traced back to the late 2001 period, around the same time the US ousted ...

Pakistan's prime minister has commended the country's armed forces for successfully rescuing 339 passengers after a deadly train hijacking by insurgents in the southwest.

Pakistan has suspended all train services to and from Balochistan since Tuesday's attack. Sharif Ullah, a railway official, said repairs on the tracks, which were blown up by insurgents to stop ...

Pakistan army was able to eliminate at 33 fighters from separatist group BLA after a 36-hour long operation who had hijacked a train on March 11 with more than 400 passengers on board.

QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistan’s prime minister traveled to restive southwestern Balochistan province Thursday to meet survivors of a train attack and the commandos who rescued over 300 ...

In November, passengers waiting for the train were targeted when the B.L.A. carried out one of Pakistan’s deadliest terrorist attacks: a suicide bombing at Quetta’s busy railway station.

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the filing of terrorism charges against a seven-year-old boy in ...

Quetta, Pakistan (CNN) — Nearly 350 hostages have been rescued at the end of a deadly standoff between Pakistan’s military and armed militants who hijacked a train in the southwestern ...

QUETTA, Pakistan — Insurgents who attacked a passenger train in Pakistan killed 21 hostages, the military said Wednesday, while security forces rescued over 300 others and killed all 50 of the ...

Everyone was worried. JOLES: The attack was carried out by the Balochistan Liberation Army, or BLA, a militant separatist group that seeks Balochistan's independence from the rest of Pakistan.