The security forces killed 27 militants and rescued more than 150 hostages in an authorization operation launched after an unknown number of heavily armed terrorists broke into a train to Peshawar in the Bolan district of Baluchistan, Express News reported Wednesday.
Jaffar Express, with more than 400 passengers on board in nine Bogies, was on the way to Quetta to Peshawar when he was attacked in the Dhadar area of Bolan Pass on Tuesday, according to security sources.
After the attack, the security forces launched an immediate authorization operation, which led to the death of 27 terrorists.
Security sources confirmed that the terrorists responsible for the cowardly attack against Jaffar Express are in contact with their intellectual author in Afghanistan.
It all started after the armed gunmen forced the train to stop in a remote and mountainous area of the province on Tuesday afternoon, with the assault immediately claimed by the forbidden Baloch Liberation Army (Bla), a terrorist group behind the growing violence in the province.
The attackers bombarded the railroad road before assaulting the train, security forces said.
The sources indicated that the railroad tracks had been destroyed with explosives, which caused the train to stop, after which the shot began, which resulted in the death of the driver and several passengers.
The railway authorities declared that mobile networks did not work in the area where the train was, causing communication difficulties.
After the Joffer Express incident, an aid table for passenger consultations, and the trains of Peshawar and Quetta have been arrested at the Sibi station.
After the terrorist attack against Jaffar Express, the Indian and anti -national social networks platforms have been unusually active, disseminating misleading information and false propaganda.
According to sources, propaganda and false news are spreading through old videos, videos generated by AI, obsolete images, false WhatsApp messages and posters in an attempt to incite hysteria.
The sources indicate that a malicious social networks campaign tries to create panic among the public. Social network accounts linked to terrorists are also working with Indian media to spread anti-pakistan rhetoric.
Security sources declared that the Indian media are deceiving the public by transmitting the analysis of European Baloch leaders who are outside Pakistan. People are cheated, and the public is advised to trust credible sources of information instead of the propaganda deceived and manufactured on social networks.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shhebaz Sharif firmly condemned the attack on Joffer Express, stating that attacks against innocent passengers are inhuman and rebuke.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the attack, declaring: “The beasts that shoot in innocent passengers do not deserve any concession.” He also expressed his hope for the rapid recovery of the injured in the attack.
The incident has raised concerns about the safety of railway routes that pass through remote areas of the province. However, officials have assured the public that measures are being taken to avoid such attacks in the future.
In November last year, at least 26 people, including 16 security personnel, lost their lives and another 61 were injured in a suicide bombing in a Quetta railway station.
The bomber had detonated the explosive on the platform where the big crowds waited Jaffar Express.
