“Baloch Freedom Fighters are getting stronger,” says Baloch Human Rights Council as Pakistan Train Standoffs.

Baloch Human Rights Council Information Secretary Khurshid Ahmed said on Thursday that the Jaffer Express kidnapping was shown that Baloch freedom fighters were getting stronger.

“This incident shows that Pakistan is getting weaker. While Baloch freedom fighters are getting stronger in Balochistan. Even in such harsh conditions, Baloch Freedom Fighters followed human rights standards and allowed elderly women and families to return to Quetta. he/she took several army personnel hostage and demanded the release of Baloch people who disappeared. We feel that such incidents will not stop in future. We are looking at Baloch freedom fighters, especially attacking Pakistan-China projects in BLA, Balochistan. BLA is defending its motherland. The situation in Balochistan demands that India and Western powers should support Baloch’s national struggle, ”he/she said.

Earlier, ISPR Pakistan DG Lieutenant General Sharif Chaudhary has said that the Jafar Express clearance operation launched after the train kidnaps in Balochistan was completed. he/she said that all the rebels, 33, were killed at the site of the attack.

“On March 11 in Bollan, the terrorists targeted a rail track around 1 pm and blown it and stopped the Jaffer Express. According to railway officials, there were 440 passengers in the train, ”he/she said while speaking in an interview on Dunya News.

Chaudhary said that Army, Air Force, Frontier Corps (FC) and Special Services Group participated and recovered the hostages. he/she said that no passenger was hurt in the final withdrawal operation, but before that, “the number of passengers who suffer the barbarity of terrorists is 21.”

Earlier, PTV had cited security officials, saying that the terrorists had freed at least 190 passengers after kidnapping the Jaffer Express. The hostage situation began on Tuesday from near the Mashef Tunnel, about 157 km from Quetta, when the BLA rebels attacked the Jafar Express and took over 400 passengers, including several security personnel, hostage.

There was no confirmation of the total number of casualties, but the authorities told Don News that at least 30 people, including the driver of the locomotive and eight security personnel, had lost their lives in the form of forces engaged in the gun fight.

Meanwhile, Baloch National Movement (BNM) President Nasim Baloch criticized the US embassy in Islamabad, which he/she described as his/her failure to accept severe human rights violations in Balochistan, Balochistan Post reported.

The sketching comment of the BNM president came after a social media statement that the US embassy in Islamabad posted on its X account, condemning the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) of the Quetta-Bound Jaffer Express train.

The attitude of the US Embassy, ​​expressing deep concern over Naseem. Baloch accused Washington of supporting the “fabricated stories” of Pakistan, ignoring the situation of human rights in Balochistan. he/she alleged that despite presenting himself as a democracy, Pakistan is engaged in the disappearance, extraordinary murders and war crimes in the region.