An injured passenger rescued by security forces from a train attacked by insurgents is carried on a stretcher after arriving on a special train for the wounded and survivors at a railway station in Much, in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, March 12, 2025.

"Terrorists were in direct communications with Afghanistan-based planners throughout the incident," he said. The Foreign Office statement came after the army also officially confirmed the Afghan link to the brazen train hijacking.