Terror on the tracks: 190 hostages freed, 30 rebels dead as Pakistani security forces battle train hijackers. #PakistanTrainHijack

Militants with explosive vests are sitting among dozens of passengers taken hostage on a train in Pakistan, complicating rescue efforts.

Pakistani security forces are carrying out a rescue operation to free dozens of passengers taken hostage by separatist militants who hijacked their train in the southwest of the country on Tuesday. Here is a look at what happened,

More than 400 people were on the Jaffar Express on Tuesday when militants fired on the train and blew up the track in the Balochistan region, Pakistani security officials said.

Pakistani security forces stormed a train on Wednesday (March 12) that had been hijacked by separatist militants, killing all 33 attackers and ending a day-long standoff involving hundreds of hostages,

Pakistani authorities on Wednesday said an insurgent attack on a train carrying hundreds of people had ended, with all attackers killed following a daylong standoff.