The security forces killed 27 activists and rescued more than 150 hostages in a customs clearance launched after an unknown number of heavily armed terrorists stormed a train bound for Peshawar in the Bolan district of Baloutchistan, Express News reported on Wednesday.
Jaffar Express, with more than 400 passengers on board in nine bogies, was on the road from Quetta to Peshawar when she was attacked in the Dhadar area of the Bolan pass on Tuesday, according to security sources.
After the attack, the security forces launched an immediate customs clearance operation, leading to the death of 27 terrorists.
Security sources have confirmed that terrorists responsible for the cowardly Jaffar Express attack are in contact with their brain in Afghanistan.
It all started after armed armed men arrested the train in a distant mountainous area from the province on Tuesday afternoon, with the assault immediately claimed by the Liberation Army Baloch Baloch (Bla), a terrorist group behind growing violence in the province.
The attackers bombed the railway before storming on the train, the security forces said.
Sources have indicated that the railroad tracks had been destroyed with explosives, causing the train stopping, after which the shot started, causing the death of the driver and several passengers.
The rail authorities said that mobile networks did not work in the region where the train was, causing communication difficulties.
Following Jaffer Express’s incident, an assistance service was set up for the requests for passing passengers and the Peshawar and Quetta trains were arrested at Sibi station.
After the terrorist attack on Jaffar Express, Indian and anti-national social media platforms was unusually active, distributing misleading information and false propaganda.
According to sources, propaganda and false news is broadcast through old videos, videos generated by AI, obsolete images, false WhatsApp and posters to try to encourage hysteria.
Sources indicate that a malicious social media campaign is trying to panic among the public. Social media accounts linked to terrorists also work with Indian media to spread anti-Pakistani rhetoric.
Security sources have said that the Indian media deceive the public by disseminating analyzes of self-expilled balouthes leading out of the outside Pakistan. People are misleading and the public is advisable to rely on credible sources of information rather than deceptive propaganda and manufactured on social networks.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shhebaz Sharif firmly condemned the attack on Jaffer Express, declaring that attacks against innocent passengers are inhuman and reprehensible.
Interior Minister Mohin Naqvi condemned the attack, declaring: “Beasts that shoot innocent passengers do not deserve any concession.” He also expressed his hope for the rapid recovery of the injured during the attack.
The incident has raised concerns about the safety of rail roads crossing the remote areas of the province. The officials, however, assured the public that measures are taken to prevent such attacks in the future.
In November of last year, at least 26 people, including 16 security staff, lost their lives and 61 other people were injured in a bombardment of suicide in a Quetta station.
The bomber had exploded the explosive on the platform where large crowds were waiting for Jaffar Express.
