Security forces in Pakistan say they have killed all 33 separatist fighters behind a deadly attack on a train.
Dozens of separatist Baloch fighters attacked the Jaffar Express passenger train in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
A military spokesperson says the rescue operation has concluded and that all 33 attackers were killed.
The group’s train attack is the latest in a series of increasingly audacious assaults it has launched.
![Pakistani security officials secure the Quetta Railway Station after all train services were suspended following an attack by Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) fighters on the Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express train on March 11 [Sami Khan/EPA]](https://laurenancona.me/eks/wMy02bj5SYyVWZ6FmasFmL3d3d6MHc0/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/12888664-1741786500.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
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