An injured passenger rescued by security forces from a train attacked by insurgents is carried on a stretcher after arriving on a special train for the wounded and survivors at a railway station in Much, in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, March 12, 2025.

Pakistan urges the Taliban to act against BLA militants after claiming Afghan-based planners directed a train hijack. #TrainHijacking

The Taliban denied Pakistan's claim that Afghanistan-based militants were involved in the Balochistan train hijacking. The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility. Pakistani officials said attackers communicated with handlers in Afghanistan,

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

Nearly 350 hostages were rescued at the end of a deadly standoff between Pakistan’s military and armed militants who hijacked a train in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, a security source told CNN Wednesday.

The Pakistani government, facing a widening security crisis in the country’s restive southwest, has given little indication it intends to negotiate with the militants.