It was a story that made international headlines. On March 11 while the Jaffar Express, a train that travels once a week from Quetta to Peshawar, was moving through the rugged mountains of Balochistan,

The Jaffar Express attack by the Balochistan Liberation Army left dozens dead and triggered a 30-hour military operation. Eyewitnesses described intense gunfire as insurgents engaged security forces on the train.

Nilantha Ilangamuwa When the Jaffar Express was hijacked by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) this week, my mind immediately returned to an experience with a Baloch friend I met years ago in a far eastern country,