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Three children among five dead in car bomb attack on Pakistan school bus

Pakistan’s interior minister called the perpetrators of school bus attack ‘beasts’ who deserved no leniency

The Independent UK · May 21, 2025

Pakistan blames India for suspected suicide attack on school bus

Three children and two adults killed in attack on bus en route to army public school in Balochistan province

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2025

A suicide car bomber strikes a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing 5 people

Officials say a suicide car bomber struck a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing five people, including at least three children and wounding 38 others

The Independent UK · May 21, 2025

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At least six killed in school bus blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan

At least six killed and dozens wounded in a blast targeting a school bus in Khuzdar, Balochistan, officials say.

Al Jazeera · May 21, 2025

Car bomb in Pakistan’s restive southwest kills four people

The attack is just the latest in Balochistan, which is plagued by insurgency.

Al Jazeera · May 19, 2025

Car bomb in Pakistan's Balochistan leaves four dead and 20 injured

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack in Balochistan province. However, suspicion is likely to fall on separatist groups like the Balochistan Liberation Army, which has carried out a number of attacks in recent months.

Euronews · May 19, 2025

Pakistan blames India after seven soldiers killed in Balochistan blast

Pakistan says Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) armed group targeted vehicle with an improvised explosive device.

Al Jazeera · May 6, 2025

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Islamabad seeks answers after eight Pakistanis shot dead in Iran

The attack underscores the tense security landscape along their shared border — and their differing threat perceptions.

Al Jazeera · Apr 14, 2025

Pakistan: 2 killed, over a dozen injured in Quetta blast

The blast occurred in the Barech Market area on Quetta’s Double Road in Balochistan. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Mar 27, 2025

‘He only wanted revenge’: the bloody insurgency in Balochistan gaining lethal momentum

Rebellion fuelled by violent tactics of Pakistani military has become increasingly sophisticated

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2025

Pakistan Detains Leading Baloch Rights Activist: Police

Pakistan detained a leading female Baloch rights activist on Saturday for holding a sit-in in southwestern Balochistan at which three protesters were also killed, police said.

International Business Times · Mar 22, 2025

Suicide car bomber hits buses carrying security forces, killing 5 in southwestern Pakistan

At least five Pakistani officers have been killed and 10 wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted a convoy of buses carrying security forces in restive Balochistan province

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2025

Pakistani security officers killed in blast claimed by Baloch separatists

Dozens of paramilitary troops wounded in explosion in Noshki district of Balochistan days after deadly train hijacking.

Al Jazeera · Mar 16, 2025

Five killed in bombing of bus carrying Pakistani security forces

At least 10 security personnel injured in attack in restive Balochistan province

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2025

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The Conversation · Mar 14, 2025

Who are the Baloch Liberation Army? Pakistan train hijacking was fuelled by decades of neglect and violence

Pakistan’s army has freed hundreds of hostages from a passenger train that was seized by armed militants in the south-western province of Balochistan on Tuesday, March 11. A number of those on board were military officials and police personnel travelling from Balochistan’s capital, Quetta, to Peshawar further north.

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2025

Pakistan accuses India of sponsoring terror after 26 hostages killed in train attack

Indian foreign ministry rejects ‘baseless allegations’

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025

Pakistan's leader to meet with survivors and commandos who ended an insurgents' train attack

Pakistan’s prime minister traveled to restive southwestern Balochistan province to meet survivors of a train attack and the commandos who rescued over 300 passengers from the insurgents who killed 21 civilians and four troops

International Business Times · Mar 13, 2025

At Least 25 Bodies Retrieved From Pakistan Train Siege

The bodies of at least 25 people, including 21 hostages, killed in a train siege by separatist gunmen in Pakistan were retrieved from the site on Thursday ahead of the first funerals, officials said.

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The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025

Pakistan says train attack was orchestrated from Afghanistan: ‘It was like a rain of rockets and bullets’

Pakistan military says ‘rules of game’ change as they blame Afghanistan for attack

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025

Pakistani army says more than 300 hostages freed after tense standoff with train hijackers

Security forces held off from full-out battles as militants wearing suicide vests loaded with explosives barricaded themselves inside the train with hostages in Balochistan

Al Jazeera · Mar 12, 2025

‘A rain of rockets and bullets’: Survivors of Pakistan’s train hijacking

Dozens of separatist Baloch fighters attacked the Jaffar Express passenger train in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.

Al Jazeera · Mar 12, 2025

Who are the BLA – the group behind Pakistan’s deadly train hijack?

The group’s train attack is the latest in a series of increasingly audacious assaults it has launched.

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2025

Pakistan army says operation against militants who hijacked train has ended

Pakistani army confirms that 33 militants and 21 hostages were killed during operation

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025

Rescued passenger speaks out after Pakistan train hijacking and hostage taking

A survivor of a train hijacking in Pakistan has spoken out after the attack in southwestern Balochistan province on Wednesday, 12 March.

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2025

Pakistan operation to free hostages after train hijacking ends with dozens killed

Security services claim to have rescued about 190 people being held by Baloch Liberation Army in remote area

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