The Jaffar Express driver described the terrifying militant moment attacked the train when the survivors praised the military for their rescue.
Speaking after the attack, Amjad described how the militants first detonated an explosive under the train engine, which caused the Bogies to derail.
“As soon as the train stopped, the terrorists of the Baluchistan Liberation Army (Bla) launched an attack,” he said.
Meanwhile, one of the released passengers remembered how the attackers took them hostage after the explosion.
“They held us at the tip of the gun, but the commands risked their own lives to rescue us,” he said, adding that the courage of the military gave them strength during the test.
The test began on Tuesday when the separatist militants ambushed the Jaffar Express en Quetta’s route to Peshawar, exploiting the railroad track and attacking the train with rockets.
The security forces broke into the kidnapped Jaffar Express on Wednesday, asking for a dramatic end of a siege of 30 hours in the steep Baluchistan area, killing the 33 terrorists, while successfully rescued more than 300 passengers.
Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the chief military spokesman, revealed that 21 hostages lost their lives during the confrontation of a day.
However, the general director of Public Relations Interservices (ISPR) firmly said that civilians were not damaged in the final rescue operation carried out by the Armed Forces.
“Today we released a large number of people, including women and children … The final operation was carried out with great care,” he said, added that no civilian was killed in the operation. The security forces had cleared the “Bogey A Bogey train,” he said.
According to the ISPR DG, the attack occurred in a remote and difficult area. He affirmed that the rescue operation was launched immediately, with the body of the Air Force and Frontier (FC) of the Army (FC). “Today, SSG [Special Service Group] The staff also participated, “he added.
