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Taliban strike multiple military bases in Pakistan; strategic Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi hit

Afghanistan's Air Force launched drone strikes on key Pakistani military bases, including Nur Khan Airbase and Quetta's 12th Corps HQ. This retaliatory action follows Pakistan's recent aerial incursions into Afghan territory. Both nations have engaged in escalating tit-for-tat clashes, with Pakistan claiming significant Taliban fighter casualties and Afghanistan asserting the…

The Times of India

Pakistan targets Balochistan separatists after ‘unprecedented’ assaults

Officials say calm restored to province day after dozens killed in suicide and gun attacks in at least 10 cities

The Guardian - UK

Bombed, hijacked and derailed seven times this year – is the Jaffar Express the world’s most dangerous train?

IN FOCUS: Jaffar Express, a train that connects the insurgency-hit province of Balochistan with the rest of Pakistan, has been repeatedly targeted, Namita Singh reports

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A car bombing outside a Pakistani security force headquarters kills at least 8 people

Pakistani officials say militants set off a powerful car bomb outside the headquarters of the country's paramilitary security force in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing at least eight people and wounding several others

The Independent UK

Islamic State Claims Deadly Attack On Pakistan Rally

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing that authorities said killed 15 people and wounded dozens more at a political rally in southwestern Pakistan.

International Business Times

Deadly blast hits rally in Pakistani city of Quetta, officials say

The blast occurred during a rally organised by the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M).

Al Jazeera

Dead or alive? Surviving Pakistan’s 28-hour train hijack in an engine

Assistant train driver Saad Qamar’s family didn’t know if he had been killed. On Thursday, he’s back at work.

Al Jazeera

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Pakistan wants to expel 3 million Afghans from the country this year

About 845,000 Afghans have left Pakistan over the past 18 months

The Independent UK

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

While terrorists roam free, Pakistan is hunting down its journalists, activists

Pakistan’s cricket team has had a few rough days in New Zealand. The Kiwi fast bowlers and openers marched from one easy victory to another, leaving Pakistan hopeless. But there is someone else who had an even worse week. And that is none other than Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff…

Newslaundry

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 Conversation

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

The Independent UK

‘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

Deadly Pakistan train hijack: What happened, who was rescued, what’s next?

Pakistan’s military says it has rescued 346 passengers, but 28 people are dead, apart from 33 attackers.

Al Jazeera

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International Business Times

Pakistan Train Hijack: At Least 182 Hostages Taken By Separatist Militants

The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the assault, which took place on Tuesday as the Jaffar Express, traveling from Quetta to Peshawar, was attacked.

Al Jazeera

Gunmen hijack train in Pakistan’s Balochistan, take hundreds hostage

Baloch Liberation Army claims responsibility for attack on train travelling from Quetta to Peshawar.

Top News

Suicide Bombing At Pakistani Mosque Kills Top Cleric

Tragic suicide bombing in Akora Khattak mosque and separatist insurgency in Quetta highlight security challenges in Pakistan.

Top News

Father Confesses To Shooting Daughter Over Tiktok Content Disapproval

A tragic incident in Quetta, Pakistan, where a man confessed to shooting his daughter over TikTok content, underscores the prevalence of honor killings and...

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Dynamite News

Residents protest in Balochistan's Quetta over gas shortage amid cold

Women gathered outside the Balochistan High Court on Wednesday to protest the ongoing low gas pressure in the city. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Pakistan suspends train services in the country's southwest after deadly train station bombing

Pakistan’s railways has suspended all train services to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff

Al Jazeera

‘Bloodbath’: Railway station bombing in Quetta, Pakistan leaves 26 dead

It was like ‘Judgement Day’, says one victim, after a suicide bomber targeted passengers waiting to board a train

Top News

Deadly Suicide Bombing At Quetta Train Station

Tragedy strikes Quetta as BLA suicide bombing kills 25 at railway station. PM condemns attack.

Dynamite News

Pakistan: 16 killed, 20 injured in blast at Quetta Railway Station

At least 16 people were killed and 30 got injured in a blast at the Quetta Railway Station on Saturday morning. Read further on Dynamite News:

Top News

Deadly Suicide Bombing At Train Station In Pakistan

Tragic suicide bombing at Quetta train station in Pakistan by BLA, causing casualties. Security forces respond swiftly.

International Business Times

Pakistani Separatists Kill 22 In Railway Station Blast

Pakistani separatists killed at least 22 people Saturday in a bombing targeting a railway station in Balochistan province, local officials and a militant group said.

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