Pakistan says 155 hostages have been rescued, but 300 and are in the train seized by Balochistan Liberation Army.
Pakistani security forces said that they have saved 155 passengers from the train kidnapped by separatist forces, as operations continue to free hundreds and more.
The army on Wednesday started a major operation against separatists of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), which had seized the train in the previous day. Officials said that around 300 hostage live on board.
The army, who was carrying about 450 passengers, was attacked, was attacked, as it traveled through the south -west region of remotely in Balochistan, for which BLA wants freedom from Islamabad.
Security forces were working with caution, in which the captives wearing explosive vests were captives surrounded by fighters. Officials said that at least 27 rebels have died.
The number of casualties between soldiers, passengers and rebel fighters is not clear.
The BLA claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that it was open to interaction to swap the prisoners. It threatened to take hostage on Tuesday until Baloch political prisoners, activists, and missing persons said that it was said that the army was abducted, not released within 48 hours.
So far, there has been no response from the government to the proposal or danger.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif have strongly condemned the attack. Government spokesperson Shahid Rind described it as “a function of terrorism”.
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The BLA fighters blown the railway track and set fire to the train in remote Sibi district, as it traveled from Peshawar in Quetta, Balochistan’s capital city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Oil and mineral-rich Balochistan is the largest and minimal population province in Pakistan. It is a center for the ethnic Baloch minority of the country, whose members say they have to face discrimination from the central government.
The BLA claims that the natural resources of the region are being exploited by outsiders and have increased the target attacks of Pakistanis, as well as from other areas.
Violence has increased on the western border of the region along with Afghanistan since the strength of the Taliban in 2021.
The BLA has carried out fatal attacks on trains and buses. In November, a separatist group exploded a suicide bomb at a train station in Quetta, killing 26 people.
In February, BLA fighters killed seven Punjabi passengers after being ordered by a bus.
The Chinese -backed infrastructure and citizens around the Arabian Sea have also been targeted.
Pakistan and the United States have nominated BLA, which is expected to claim around 3,000 fighters as a terrorist organization.
