Taliban Denies Involvement in Train Hijack Incident, Pakistan’s Allegations Rejected

Taliban on Thursday rejected Pakistan’s claims that Afghanistan-based militants were involved in the hijacking of a Jaffar Express train in Balochistan.

Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that We categorically reject baseless allegations by the Pakistani army spokesperson linking the attack on a passenger train in Balochistan province with Afghanistan.

The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack. This comes after reports claiming that Pakistan has accused terrorist leaders based in Afghanistan of orchestrating the attack, citing intelligence reports that identified direct communication between those leaders and the attackers.

A Pakistani Army spokesperson said on Wednesday that security forces had ended an operation to rescue hostages from a train hijacked by Baloch insurgents, killing all 33 militants involved.

The spokesperson said 21 passengers and four Pakistani soldiers were killed during the operation. The armed forces successfully concluded the operation on evening by killing all terrorists and rescuing all passengers safely Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry said.