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The Pakistani security forces rushed to Mach railway station from the goods train to the hostage from the hijack train. Photo- Social media
Pakistani security forces claimed to end the train hijack at 9:30 pm on Wednesday night. He said that 33 Baloch fighters have been killed. Some hostages have also been killed in this operation.
He informed that all other hostages have been released. At the same time, Pakistani PM Shahbaz Sharif said that our soldiers have sent many rebels to hell.
The news agency AFP quoted the Pakistan Army as saying that 27 off -duty Pakistani soldiers traveling in the train have been killed, while 1 military was killed during the rescue operation.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), which has been trained train, claims that it has killed more than 100 Pakistani soldiers in two days. 60 of these have been killed on Wednesday.
The Baloch Army held 450 passengers of the Jafar train hostage at 1 pm on Tuesday afternoon. The operation of them lasted about 36 hours. The Pakistani Army officer said that 346 hostages have been rescued.
The Pakistani government has sent 200 coffins to Balochistan under the protocol to be used in emergency conditions.
Understand what happened so far in 10 points …
- The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) attacked the Jafar Express train in Mashkaf area of Bolan district of Balochistan at 1 pm and took 450 passengers hostage.
- BLA demanded unconditional release of jailed Baloch activists, political prisoners, missing people, fighters and separatists. Gave a 48 -hour ultimatum to the government.
- A few hours after the attack, the Pakistani Army started a rescue operation for the release of passengers. Attacked fighters with drones and helicopters.
- Pakistan Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Tuesday that we would not compromise with animals who opened fire on innocent passengers.
- The Pakistani Army said to rescue 150 hostages on Wednesday morning, he said to release 190 hostages till evening.
- The army officer said that the rebel is wearing a suicide jacket laden with explosives, making it difficult to release the rest of the hostages.
- 200 coffin Quetta was sent by the Pak government. It was reported that these coffins have been sent under the protocol.
- BLA claimed on Wednesday evening that we had killed 100 Pakistani soldiers. If the demands are not met in 20 hours, then the rest will kill the hostages as well.
- Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif expressed condolences for those killed. Told that dozens of terrorists have been killed during this operation.
- The Pakistani Army claimed that 33 Baloch fighters have been killed and all the hostages have been released.
Pictures of passengers released from fighter captivity …
The children and women were taken to the nearest Mach railway station after rescuing them.
Pakistani security forces rescued people by train.
An injured passenger was treated at Mach railway station in Balochistan.
Pakistani passengers returning home from the railway station in Quetta after being released from captivity of BLA fighters.
After being released from captivity, passengers sitting at the railway station in Quetta, Balochistan were seen scared.
A Pakistani soldier guarding the railway station of Mukf in Balochistan.
After being released from captivity, people called their home and told the situation.
The tragedies of the hostages- checked the identity card, it felt as if the doom came
- Jafar Express passenger Noor Muhammad said, “There was a fierce firing after the explosion and we had to run to save our lives.”
- A woman said, ‘We were sitting in the train, then suddenly there was a blast and we were asked to get out. After the attack, we had to walk for two hours.
- Passenger Muhammad Ashraf described the scene as frightening. It felt as if the doom had come. There was an atmosphere of panic everywhere. The attackers did not harm women or elderly passengers. The number of attackers was more than 100.
BLA’s Baloch fighters said- this fight for our rights
An audio was also released by BLA on Wednesday evening. It said that it is a fight to stay justice and alive. We have joined this operation of train hijack as this is a fight for our rights.
We want to tell the Baloch people to join this struggle and be a part of it. We are fighting this fight for you. Today we hijacked this train. You are shedding your blood for you and for this land. However, this audio has not been confirmed yet.
Earlier on Tuesday, BLA issued a statement saying that if any military operation was tried against us, we will kill all the hostages. The Pakistani army will be responsible for this murder-e-man.
China said- will increase security cooperation with Pakistan
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning has condemned the attack on the train in Balochistan. He has said that China opposes any kind of terrorism. We will continue to support Pakistan to fight terrorism and maintain stability in the region. Mao said that China is ready to work with Pakistan to strengthen anti -terrorism and security cooperation.
In fact, Baloch Army opposed the CPEC project of China passing through Balochistan. Regarding this project of about $ 500 billion, BLA says that the rights of local Baloch people at Gwadar Port are being abolished. In the last 4 years, BLA has carried out 76 attacks in which 1156 Pak military have been killed.
Attack in Bolan district of Balochistan
The Jaffer Express left from Quetta to Peshawar at 9 am on Tuesday morning. The time to reach its Sibi was 1.30 pm. Earlier at around 1 pm, the Baloch Liberation Army carried out the attack between Gudalar and Piru Kunri in Mashkaf area of Bolan district of Baluchistan. This is a mountainous area, where there are 17 tunnels, due to which the train has to run at slow speed. Taking advantage of this, Bla attacked the train.
The Baloch Army first blew up the railway track in Tunnel Number-8 in Mashkaf. This led to Jafar Express derail. After this, BLA started firing. The driver of the train was also injured in the firing.
Security forces, police and ISI agents were traveling in this train. All were going to Punjab. He responded to BLA’s attack, but BLA captured the train. Many security personnel were killed during this period.
On receiving information about the incident, the Pakistan Army fired on the BLA and also bombed the bombs from the wind, but BLA fighters somehow stopped the land operation of the army.
Last year, midnight BLA had blown a bridge between Kolpur and Mach on the route of this train on 25 and 26 August 2024. Due to this, the service of the train was stopped. The train service started again from 11 October 2024.
China’s eye on 590 million tonnes of minerals in Balochistan
The government of Pakistan has been repeatedly taking military action to drive out Baloch from Balochistan. There are two big reasons for this action. First- the geographical location of Balochistan, which makes it stand in some richest places in the world.
Actually, this area is in the southwest of Pakistan, whose area also includes lands from Iran and Afghanistan. It is spread over 3.47 lakh sq km. Accordingly, it is the largest province of Pakistan. 44% of the country is here, while in such a large area, only 3.6% of the total population of Pakistan, ie 1.49 crore people live.
Secondly, a lot of stores of copper, gold, coal, uranium and other minerals present under this ground. With this, it is also the richest state in Pakistan. Reco Dik Khan here is one of the world’s gold and copper mines. It is in Chagai district, where it is estimated to be 590 million tonnes of minerals. It has 0.22 grams of gold and 0.41% copper per tonne store.
Accordingly, 40 million tonnes of gold is hidden in this mine. The estimated price of which can be up to Rs 174.42 lakh crore. Despite this, this area is one of the most backward areas of Pakistan. Pakistan wants to shine its luck by giving these precious mines to China. He has a foreign debt of $ 124.5 billion, which is 42% of his GDP.
What is Balochistan Liberation Army
Many people in Balochistan believe that they wanted to live as an independent country after India-Pakistan partition, but they were included in Pakistan without their will. Because of this, the struggle of the army and people in Balochistan continues even today.
The main demand of BLA is to separate from Pakistan and form the Balochistan country. There are many organizations demanding independence in Balochistan. Among them, Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) is the most powerful organization. The organization came into existence in the 70s, but its impact has increased in the 21st century.
Bla wants to liberate Balochistan from the Pakistani government and China. He believes that he has the right to the resources of Balochistan. The Government of Pakistan included the Balochistan Liberation Army in the list of terrorist organizations in 2007.
Pakistan at number two in Global Terrorism Index
In 2025, Pakistan was described as the second most terror -affected country in the world in 2025, the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) report released by Sydney -based Institute for Economics and Peace.
According to the report, Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan are the most terror -affected areas. Out of the total terrorist incidents across the country, 90% occurred in this area.
In the report, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan was described as Pakistan’s most dangerous terrorist organization for the second consecutive year. In 2024, the group carried out 482 attacks, causing 558 deaths, which is 91% higher than in 2023.
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