The train hijacking in south-western Pakistan represents a major escalation in the region’s long-running insurgency.

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Baloch nationalism dates back to 1947 with the Partition of India and the merger of princely states to either India or ...

Balochistan, the largest and the most sparsely populated province of Pakistan, had always harboured dreams of being independent.

A dramatic escalation in the tactics by a Baloch separatist group came with the hijacking of a passenger train on Tuesday.