Pakistani security forces battle for freedom about 300 hostages on swelling

Quetta, Pakistan – Pakistani security forces on Wednesday were exchanged the shooting with hundreds of separatist militants as they sought to release about 300 hostages on the train in the state of robust southwest, officials said.

Security forces were careful because officials said those waves were surrounded by militants who wore vests that were burdened with explosives. The Shahid Reind spokesman said that Pakistanci, who supported helicopters in the remote region, was careful because of the situation. The attack described the “act of terrorism.”

At least 27 militants were killed, and the safety forces rescued more than 150 out of 150 of the train who were on the train when he was abducted on Tuesday, because she entered the tunnel in Boland, District in Balohistan Province. They were the first time that militants ever made such an attack.

The Baloch Liberation Army The Group took responsibility for the attack, saying it was open to negotiations to replace the prisoners. So far there has been no response or any indication from the government to the rebel offer.

Bla regularly targets Pakistani security forces, but have also attacked civilians, including Chinese citizens working on multiilistic projects related to Chinese-Pakistani economic corridor or CPEC.

Pakistan hosts thousands of Chinese workers as part of the Beijing multibillion-dollar Strap and Road Initiativewhich builds large infrastructure projects.

Authorities said that the saved were involved in women and children, while the undiscovered number of security staff was killed, according to three security officials who spoke of anonymity because they were not authorized to speech with the media.

According to officials, the train was partly in the tunnel when militants broke the trails and immobilized the engine and its nine coaches. The driver was critically wounded by shooting and guards in which they were an attack, although officials did not give details about the number of guards who were on board or were killed.

Rescued passengers were sent to their home cities and are injured in hospitals in the cat district in Balohistan. Others were taken to quetta remote about 100 kilometers (62 miles).

The train traveling from the provincial capital, Quetta, to the northern city of Peshawar when the attack took place.

Baloquistan, which borders Iran and Afghanistan, is a long point for separatist rebellions, with militants who require greater autonomy and higher share of natural resources in the region.

Bla, who led the rebellion of the year, said hostages and some captured members of the security forces guarded suicide bombers guard them. Bla warned that the hostage life would be at risk if the government is not negotiating.

The MLA-E spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said in a statement on Tuesday night that the group was ready for free travelers if the government agreed to release the prison militants of the group. Since then, no government officials were available for comment. Such requirements are rejected in the past.

Trains in Balochistan usually have security personnel on board as members of the army often use trains to travel from Quette, the capital of Balohistan to other parts of the country.

Militants attacked trains in the past, but they never managed to kidnap one.

In November, the separatist group performed a suicidal bombing at the Railway Station in Quetti in the killed 26 people. Pakistani authorities and analysts estimate that Bla has about 3,000 fighters.

The ballakistan woman who rich in oil and mineral is the largest and least inhabited province of Pakistan. It is the center of ethnic country Baloch minority, whose members say they are facing discrimination and the exploitation of the central government.

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Ahmed reported from Islamabad. Associate print printers; Rasool Dawar in Peshawar, Pakistan; Ishtiaq Mahsud in Derry Ismail Khan, Pakistan; And Asim Tanveer in Multan, Pakistan, contributed to this report.