Pakistani authorities have said an insurgent attack on a train carrying hundreds of people has ended, with all attackers killed following a day-long standoff. Some of the hostages taken were killed, authorities said,

Pakistan’s military have been engaged in a deadly standoff for more than 24 hours with armed militants who hijacked a train and took hostages, in a dramatic escalation of an insurgency that has plagued the region for decades.

Insurgents who hijacked a train with hundreds of passengers onboard in a remote area of Pakistan have killed some of the hostages, authorities said Wednesday. The militants, who belong to the