The separatists still keep hundreds of hostages against the Pakistan train

The Pakistani security forces were imprisoned in a deadly confrontation with armed militants for more than a day after the attackers The passenger train On Tuesday, hundreds of hostages were held.

The Baluch Liberation Army, or Bla, a banned separatist group, seized the train, which was carrying more than 400 people, in a remote mountainous area in the southwest of the country.

The group claimed that it maintains at least 214 people, including military individuals and civil law enforcement officers. Government news mediaQuoting the security authorities, he said that more than 190 hostages were rescued.

The Minister of State for the Interior, Mohamed Taltal Chaudhry, said at Geo News that suicide bombers had placed themselves among the remaining hostages, and that the attackers used women and children as shields.

Bla called on Tuesday that the government will launch its imprisoned members within 48 hours, and threatened to implement the hostages if the demand is not met. On Wednesday, the group said that if the prisoners are not released, they will kill five hostages for every hour that ended after the warning ends.

Pakistani officials said at least 30 fighters were killed in the continuous rescue operation, and that the hostages were held in three separate locations. Mr. Chaudhry said that about 70 to 80 militants participated in the attack. Among the hostages who were rescued, it was not clear whether they were released as a result of military action or were released by the militants.

Mr. Chaudhry said that other hostages had been transferred to the nearby mountains.

Independent juvenile verification is still difficult because the kidnapping occurred in an isolated area with no cell or internet connection, restricting access to journalists. Until now, the information came only from security officials, and the Pakistani army, which is mainly underway to the rescue, has not issued an official statement.

The train was traveling from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, to Peshawar. They were cut off in a tunnel about 100 miles from Kuwait, where he was attacked and killed Mosul, according to the authorities.

After seizing the train, the Pakistani railways announced that it would temporarily suspend the train operations in Kuetta and that it will not resume until after inspection of security agencies and confirming the safety of the regime.

Mohamed Ashraf was among a group of 80 passengers who were released last night and said that he had arrived at a nearby railway after walking for hours along the tracks.

“When the train was attacked, everyone threw themselves on the ground, using luggage and bags to protect themselves from bullets.” “The screaming was hesitant everywhere.”

He said that the gunmen took all passengers as hostages, but later released them, the concerts that travel with women and children.

Balochistan, a large and broad boycott of Iran and Afghanistan, has long been suffering from separatist violence and rebel activity. The boycott is also home to China’s main projectsIncluding a strategic port.

Ethnic separatist groups RecoverIncreasingly attacking the security forces and Chinese citizens participating in projects under the Belt and Road Initiative, the infrastructure investment program in China. The separatists accuse the government of Pakistan of allowing China to extract the wealth of the region.

The ethnic Baloch Group has always sought a separate homeland, on the pretext that its people have left behind them economically and that they will find greater prosperity with more political control.

Experts say separatist groups have become increasing and developing them in their operations, which now include tactics such as suicide bombings – an approach associated primarily with Islamic militants working in northwestern Pakistan and Afghanistan.

“The BLA is able to kidnap a train with such accuracy indicates a sophisticated network to collect intelligence and strategic planning,” said Dost Mohamed Parsh, an academic at the University of Baluchistan in Kuetta.

Only last week, the separatist coalition, including BLA, announced plans to intensify the attacks on the Pakistani security forces, infrastructure and Chinese interests in the region.

Last year, BLA carried out one of the most terrorist attacks in Pakistan, A suicide bombing killed at least 25 peopleIncluding security personnel, at a crowded railway station in Kuwaiti.

The group also claimed responsibility to target another deadly bombing A convoy bearing Chinese citizens Near Karachi International Airport, in the largest city in Pakistan.