Pakistan forces face militants holding train in Balochistan

(Bloomberg) – Pakistani Security Forces Said They Rescured more than 100 people from a passenger train being beyed help by militants in a remote purpose of the Country’s Southwestern Balochistan Provinity.

The operation to secure the train, which local media reported out Who spoke on the condition of anonymity giving the sensitivity of the situation.

Authorities Traded Weapons Fire with the Militants DURINTS DURTS to Rescue the passengers, which included women and children, the official said, adding that 17 people was injured and 16 middles.

The outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army Claimed Responsibility for the Attack, which it said Killed 20 Soldiers, According to Pakistani Media.

Insurgents based in Minraral-Rich Balochistan, which borders Afghanistan, Have Demanded A Bigger Share of the Province’s Resources, What Militants Linked to the Taliban and Other Terrorist Have Also Conducted operations there.

The Attack Comes as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is Trying to Rebuild The Fragile South Asian Economy and Lure Investments, While Struggling to Control Violence in Parts of the Country.

Multiple people have been injected in the attic near bolan in Balochistan, the country’s interior ministry said earlier in a statement, without providing further details.

The episode began tuesday when attackers open fire on the jaffar express train, according to mukhtar ahmed, a police official in Quetta who Handles Railway Security. The train was traveling from quetta to peshawar.

“The train has been stopped due to firing,” ahmed said. “It’s a Difential, Rocky Terrain. The only access to the spot is by walking. ”

Militant Insurgent Attacks Climbed 40% to 905 Last Year, Killing Almost 1,200 People, According to Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies.

Violence has been a particular issue in Balochistan. In one of the deadliest days in the southwest province in recent years, last year at least 47 people were killed in more than half a dozen separete attacks by unidentified MILITANTS.

China, which has live built major infrastructure and energy projects in Pakistan, last year Urged Islamabad to Provide a safe environment for its projects after MILITANTS AFTER MILITANTS AFTER MILITANTS AFTES Workers at the port Qasim Electric Power Co. Near Karachi’s Airport. Two Chinese Nationals Died In the Attack.

-With assistance from Faseeh Mangi.

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