In an unprecedented attack, Baloch nationalist separatists hijacked a moving passenger train in southwestern Pakistan on March 11 and took more than 400 passengers of the Jaffar Express hostage. After nearly 30 hours, Pakistan’s military announced on the evening of March 12 that security forces had rescued more than 300Continue Reading
The Baloch Liberation Army’s (BLA) self-sacrificing Majeed Brigade carried out a Fidayee (suicide attack) in Noshki, Balochistan on March 16. A suicide bomber in a VBIED (vehicle-borne improvised explosive device) targeted a Pakistan Army convoy consisting of eight buses on the RCD Highway, according to a BLA statement. The explosionContinue Reading
The hijacking of the Jaffar Express in Balochistan has once again drawn attention to the region’s long-running insurgency. For decades, the Baloch people have resisted Pakistan’s military control, demanding self-determination, an end to enforced disappearances, and a stop to resource exploitation, yet their pleas have been ignored. The state’s continualContinue Reading
