Pakistan: Security forces claim Jaffar Express train operation over, 346 hostages rescued

Pakistan has launched a "full-scale" operation to rescue train passengers taken hostage by militants in the mountainous southwest of the country. Security forces say they have managed to free more than 150 hostages from the besieged train in the Balochistan region, with an unknown number still on board. A senior railway official told AFP that more than 450 people had been on board the Jafar Express train.

In Pakistan's Balochistan province, armed militants hijacked a passenger train, killing three people and taking over 450 hostages. Security forces responded...

Army spokesman Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif confirmed the casualties, saying, "The armed forces successfully concluded the operation by killing all terrorists and...