section_path: History/2025 hijacking
section_name: 2025 hijacking
paragraph_text: 2025 hijacking
  
  On 11 March 2025, the Jaffar Express passenger train traveling from Quetta to Peshawar in Pakistan was hijacked by the Balochistan Liberation Army, with over 440 people taken hostage. The BLA claims it killed more than 30 Pakistan Army personnel. On 12 March security forces rescued all passengers and security personnel by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). The Pakistan Army confirmed the deaths of all 33 BLA militants, as well as 21 passengers, 4 soldiers and the train driver.