A standoff in Pakistan's Balochistan province has ended. The separatist Balochistan Liberation Army had hijacked a train, taking hundreds of people hostage. The country's military says it killed 33 militants during its rescue mission, though 21 hostages and four security personnel died in the mission.
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00:00Security forces in Pakistan have killed 33 militants ending a deadly train
00:05hijacking in Baluchistan. The separatist Baluch militants took over the train on
00:10Tuesday after blowing up the railway track sparking a tense standoff. The
00:15military says 21 hostages and four soldiers were killed in the rescue
00:19mission that ended with the release of hundreds of hostages. Baluchistan has
00:23faced separatist violence for decades and militants demanding largest shares
00:28of the region's mineral wealth.