Baloch separatists have repeatedly attacked the Jaffar Express in the last few years. It is commonly used by security personnel, mostly from Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. The last major attack on the train took place in November when a suicide bomber detonated himself at the Quetta railway station as it prepared to depart.

The Jaffar Express, carrying some 400 passengers, was going from Quetta to Peshawar when BLA militants derailed it using explosives and hijacked it.

Pakistan's military rescued nearly 350 hostages after militants hijacked a train in Balochistan, leaving dozens dead.

ALBAWABA- A deadly train siege in Pakistan's Balochistan province ended with the rescue of 346 hostages and the deaths of 28 soldiers, as security force

More than 340 train passengers taken hostage by a militant group were freed Wednesday by security forces after a 30-hour siege, an army official told AFP, confi

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

Hostages freed after a day-long ordeal following an attack by militants on a train in Pakistan's Balochistan province described crouching on the floor for hours before their release, as the bodies of 25 people killed arrived in Quetta.

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.