In Pakistan, the standoff between the fighters of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and the Pakistani military after the massive attack on the Jaffar Express passenger train in Bolan district has reportedly finally ended after more than 24 hours. Security sources confirmed that the military operation to neutralise the attackers and rescue the hostages has concluded and a clearance operation has been successfully conducted in which at least 346 hostages have been rescued and around 50 attackers neutralized. The train, on its way from Balochistan’s capital Quetta to Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was hijacked by BLA militants yesterday and over 400 people were taken as hostages. The BLA separatist group had claimed responsibility for the attack, along with multiple unverifiable claims of releasing all women and children, and keeping over 200 hostages, who were working with the security forces. The BLA also claimed to have killed at least 20 of the abducted security personnel.