A security forces’ personnel evacuates freed train passengers at the Mach railway station, which has been turned into a makeshift hospital following an operation against terrorists who ambushed the train in the remote mountainous area, in Mach, Balochistan province on March 11, 2025. — AFP
Security forces successfully freed 155 hostages and eliminated 27 terrorists who hijacked the Jaffar Express in Balochistan’s Bolan district, pledging to continue the operation until the last militant is defeated.
The train, carrying over 400 passengers in nine bogies, was en route from Quetta to Peshawar on Tuesday when an unknown number of terrorists took passengers hostage, security forces said.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details…
