Published: 19:44, March 11, 2025
Militants hold train passengers hostage in SW Pakistan
By Xinhua
Pakistani police officers stand guard as another checks the documents of a man at a checkpoint in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in Pakistan, July 19, 2023. Eleven laborers were killed in a militant attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Aug 20, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

ISLAMABAD - Several passengers have been held hostage after militants attacked a passenger train in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Tuesday, official sources told Xinhua.