Separatist militants hijacked the Jaffar Express in southwestern Pakistan. Dozens of rescued passengers arrived in Quetta on Thursday after security forces killed all 33 attackers, ending “a day-long standoff.”

The militants had “blown up the rail tracks and opened fire on the Jaffar Express as it made its way to Peshawar in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Quetta, the capital of mineral-rich Balochistan province, taking hostage several of the 440 aboard.”

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