Pakistan on Friday claimed that the hijacking of the Jaffar Express train earlier this week was done through “terrorists” who were communicating with “handlers in Afghanistan”, while alleging that India was mastermind behind Pakistan train hijacking.
“We should understand that during this terrorist incident in Balochistan, and others before, the main player is eastern neighbour [India],” Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the director standard for the army’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), stated throughout a information convention in Islamabad.
Pakistan Train hijacking linked to ‘Afghan handlers’
Chaudhry also mentioned the media coverage executed by Indian mainstream channels, which depended on videos shared by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the separatist agency responsible for the attack, and accused them of using pictures generated by AI or old incidents.
During the briefing which lasted more than an hour, Chaudhry, with Balochistan’s CM Sarfraz Bugti, presented some details of the military operation — named Operation Green Bolan — that culminated in the launch of 100 of passengers from the train following a 36-hour standoff that started out on March 11.
According to Chaudhry, a total of 354 passengers had been rescued, whilst 26 passengers and safety officials have been killed. In addition, 33 fighters belonging to the BLA had been also killed.
‘Aerial Units’ for reconnaissance
Chaudhry said that 4 hours after the educate had leave from Quetta, the BLA attackers intercepted the train 32km (20 miles) from Sibbi city, only before it entered a tunnel in the Bolan Pass location, acknowledged for its rugged, mountainous world.
“The BLA terrorists intercepted the train the use of an improvised explosive tool. Before that, they started out their raid in huge numbers and encountered a paramilitary checkpoint, getting rid of 3 groups there. Once the Pakistan train hijacking was stopped, they saved the women and kids insides when taking the men outside as hostages,” he stated.
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