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Abid Hussain

EXPLAINED: Deadly pakistan train hijack what happened and what s next - The Real Truth

The Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility for an attack on a train in southwestern Pakistan that was carrying more than 400 passengers, including security personnel [File: Naseer Ahmed/Reuters]

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s security forces announced on Wednesday night that they had ended a military operation against a group of separatists who had hijacked a train on Tuesday, rescuing 346 passengers.

Jaffar Express, the train was travelling from Quetta, the provincial capital of the southwestern province of Balochistan, to Peshawar, the capital of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, when it was attacked.

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