Quetta, Pakistan CNN  —  A train carrying hundreds of passengers has been hijacked by separatist militants who are also holding a number of passengers hostage in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, according to government and railway officials. The train, known as the Jaffer Express, was stopped by the militants as it reached a tunnel on …

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