The terrorists’ claim to have freed several women and children from the Jaffer Express was rejected by Minister of State for Interior and Narcotics Control Talal Chaudhry on Tuesday, claiming that the assailants were merely using the women and children as “human shields.”
Speaking on the “Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath” show on Geo News, Talal stated, “Security forces were exercising caution due to the lives involved…they are conducting a full-scale operation and all passengers will be rescued soon.”
Earlier in the day, Jaffar Express, which carried ladies and children, was assaulted by militants in the Bolan district of Balochistan.
According to security officials, the train was traveling from Quetta to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with more than 400 passengers in nine bogies when it was attacked.
