ISLAMABAD:

The mastermind behind a daring passenger train hijacking in Balochistan has been killed under mysterious circumstances in Afghanistan, reinforcing Pakistan's claims that terrorist groups of different hues have formed a nexus across the border where they maintain safe havens.

Gul Rahman, aka Ustad Mureed, affiliated with the Majeed Brigade, the suicide squad of the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), had orchestrated the hijacking of the Jaffar Express, which was traveling from Quetta to Peshawar on March 11. Indian media and social media reports say Gul was killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province on September 17, 2025.

The BLA and other Baloch terrorist groups have been labeled "Fitna al-Hindustan" by Pakistani officials to highlight India's support for these proxies a

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