Pakistan train hijack: Security forces kill 16 militants, rescue 104 hostages in ongoing operation

By our Special Correspondent

After a passenger train was hijacked by militants in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Tuesday, the country's security forces have gunned down at least 16 hijackers, while 104 passengers were rescued.

          The Jaffar Express, carrying around 400 passengers in nine bogies, was travelling from Quetta to Peshawar when armed men associated with the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) intercepted it in a tunnel near the mountainous terrain of Gudalar and Piru Kunri on Tuesday afternoon.