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India.com
20-05-2025
- Politics
- India.com
BLA Releases 35-Minute Chilling Jaffar Express Hijack Video, Threatens More Attacks In Pakistan
Two months following the sensational hijacking of the Jaffar Express in Balochistan, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has now come out with a 35-minute video explaining the operation, directly refuting Pakistan's account of events involving the March 11 hijacking. The video, published by the BLA's media division Hakkal, provides the first detailed visual report of the hijacking, operated under codename Darra-e-Bolan 2.0. The clip shows the time BLA militants detonated railway tracks and hijacked the Peshawar-bound passenger train that had more than 450 passengers onboard at the time. According to the BLA, its militants occupied the train for two days, holding over 200 Pakistani security personnel, including railway staff, hostage. The separatist outfit asserts that the operation was designed to inflict a heavy blow on what it termed the "occupying Pakistani state." #Breaking The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has released a 35-minute video documenting its attack and hijacking of the Jaffar Express train. The footage shows BLA fighters conducting clearance operations inside the train. It also captures scenes where women, children, and the… — Hakeem Baloch (@HakeemWadhela) May 18, 2025 Pakistan's army had previously said that the standoff was over after a 30-hour operation in which all 33 BLA fighters who were involved were killed. Authorities also said they killed 23 soldiers, three railway staff, and five passengers. The newly circulated BLA video contradicted these allegations, featuring what it claims are coordinated movements by its combatants and low casualties on their side. The clip begins with a declaration from a masked BLA combatant, justifying the intention of the operation. "Our struggle and war has come to a point where we are to take such critical decisions," he said. "A gun is needed to halt the gun… Baloch young men have taken the decision today to attack the enemy without any hesitation." Videography also featured combat briefings, training scenes of the group's Fidayeen unit — the Majeed Brigade — and goodbye messages from its fighters. The BLA highlights discipline and readiness of its fighters, in contrast with the Pakistani Army's depiction of the operation as chaotic and indiscriminate. Notably, the video also depicted women, children, and elderly commuters being led out safely from the train, contravening Pakistan's allegations of brutality and indiscriminate violence throughout the siege. The video release is a break from BLA's visual propaganda, intended to reinforce its narrative and discredit Pakistan's narrative. The group reaffirmed its resolve to pursue the armed struggle for the independence of Balochistan, threatening Pakistani authorities that "they would not last long in Balochistan." The hijacking, one of the most prominent attacks in recent history, has once again raised concerns regarding security in the conflict-ridden region and indicated the increasing capabilities of insurgent forces operating in Balochistan.
Time of India
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Wave of enforced disappearances continues in Balochistan, 4 abducted
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel At least four individuals have reportedly been forcibly disappeared, allegedly by security forces in Pakistan, while one previously missing student has returned in critical condition, continuing the trend of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, as reported by The Balochistan Post (TBP).In Turbat city, located in the Kech district, two men were said to have been detained and subsequently disappeared by Pakistforces in the vicinity of Baloch sources indicate that on April 29, Khuda Bakhsh s/o Mandi Baloch, from Hoshap, was apprehended near the hospital and taken to an undisclosed location. On the same day, Hakeem Baloch s/o Jumma, a resident of Askani, Turbat, was also detained and went missing, according to TBP's victims' families claim that both men had no involvement in any illegal activities and were simply going about their daily lives when they were seized. The human rights organisation PAANK, which monitors such incidents, strongly condemned these actions, labelling them as serious human rights organisation has called for the immediate and safe recovery of Khuda Bakhsh, Hakeem Baloch, and all others who have disappeared, as highlighted by the TBP Nawaz s/o the late Haji Allah Bakhsh from Sallo, Buleda, was abducted from Naval Colony in Karachi during the early hours of April 30 while he was in the city for medical report that uniformed personnel forcibly took Shah Nawaz in front of his family, and his current whereabouts are unknown. According to TBP, the family has urged authorities and human rights organisations to intervene and facilitate his recovery, emphasising that if there are any allegations against him, he should be presented in a court of law rather than held without Mureed Hussain, a young man from Ward 3, Bagh Bazaar, was taken by unidentified armed individuals from a barbershop in the main bazaar. He, too, remains unaccounted for. As per local sources, this marks the fourth such incident reported from Pasni within the last 24 hours, contributing to a total of 19 documented cases of enforced disappearances in Balochistan in recent days, as cited by the TBP and other advocacy organizations have once again urged the international community to take a serious look at the ongoing human rights crisis in Balochistan and to pressure the Pakistani government to put an end to the practice of enforced disappearances, which continues to inflict suffering on families and communities throughout the region, as underscored by the TBP report.
