section_path: Responsibility
section_name: Responsibility
paragraph_text: Responsibility
  
  The BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch released a statement claiming that more than 50 personnel from law enforcement agencies, including Pakistan Army soldiers who were reportedly going home on leave, were killed along with 214 hostages. Four suspected facilitators behind the attack were confirmed to have been arrested by the Counter Terrorism Department.
  
  On 14 March 2025, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry claimed that the BLA insurgents were aided by "handlers in Afghanistan" and a mastermind in India. He said that the BLA militants were facilitated under the directions of cooperators and a lead mastermind, who contacted them from Afghanistan via a satellite phone but showed no proofs against the claims mentioned. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan reiterated his claim that facilitators from Afghanistan helped to organize the attack and also blamed India for being behind the attack. Chief Minister of Balochistan Sarfraz Bugti said that he had "solid evidence" regarding India's involvement but chose not to share any specifics. Railway Minister Hanif Abbasi accused India of attempting to destabilize Pakistan, especially due to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. In response, India's Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal dismissed the accusations made by Pakistan, stating that India "strongly rejects the baseless allegations." He remarked that "the whole world knows where the epicenter of global terrorism lies." On 18 March, Munir Akram, the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, spoke to the United Nations Security Council, explaining that Afghanistan had not done enough to counter terrorist groups and that the train hijacking among other terrorist incidents were done to destabilize Pakistan.