Security forces killed 27 militants and saved over 150 hostages in an approval operation launched after an unknown number of heavily armed terrorists stormed a Peshawar-bound train in Balochistan’s Bolan District, expressed Express News on Wednesday.

Jaffar Express, with over 400 passengers aboard nine bogies, was on the way from Quetta to Peshawar when it was attacked in the Dhadar area Bolan -Pass on Tuesday, according to security sources.

After the attack, the security forces launched an immediate approval operation that led to 27 terrorists’ deaths.

Security sources confirmed that the terrorists responsible for the fair attack on Jaffar Express are in contact with their Mastermind in Afghanistan.

It all started after armed guns forcing the train to stop in a remote, mountainous area of ​​the province on Tuesday afternoon, with the assault immediately demanded by the forbidden Baloch Liberation Army (among others), a terrorist group behind rising violence in the province.

The attackers bombed the railway track before storming aboard the train, the security forces said.

Sources indicated that the railroad tracks had been destroyed with explosives, causing the train to stop, after which firing began, resulting in the driver’s death and several passengers.

The railway authorities stated that mobile networks did not work in the area where the train was located, causing difficulties in communication.

Following the Jaffer Express event, a Helpdesk has been set up for passenger queries, and trains from Peshawar and Quetta have been stopped at the SIBI station.

Following the terrorist attack on Jaffar Express, Indian and anti-national social media platforms have been exceptionally active and scattered misleading information and false propaganda.

According to sources, propaganda and fake news spread through old videos, AI-Generated videos, obsolete images, fake WhatsApp messages and posters in an attempt to encourage hysteria.

Sources show that a malicious campaign on social media is trying to panic among the public. Accounts on social media linked to terrorists are also working with Indian media to spread anti-Pakistan rhetoric.

Security sources stated that Indian media mislead the public by sending analyzes from self-equipped Baloch leaders sitting outside Pakistan. People are misled and the public is advisable to rely on credible sources of information rather than the misleading and fabricated propaganda spread on social media.

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shhebaz Sharif strongly condemned the attack on Jaffer Express and said attacks on innocent passengers are inhuman and reprehensible.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the attack and said, “The animals that shoot on innocent passengers deserve no concessions.” He also expressed his hope of rapid improvement of those injured in the attack.

The incident has raised concerns about the security of the railways passing through remote areas of the province. However, officials have assured the public that measures will be taken to prevent such attacks in the future.

Last November, at least 26 people, including 16 security staff, lost their lives, and 61 others were injured in a suicide bombing at a Quetta essentials.

The bomber had detonated the explosive on the platform, where large crowds were waiting for Jaffar Express.