The Jaffar Express, carrying 440 passengers in nine coaches, was travelling from Quetta to Peshawar when members of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) derailed it using explosives and hijacked it near the mountainous terrain of Gudalar and Piru Kunri,

Speaking after the attack, Amjad described how the militants first detonated an explosive under the train’s engine, causing the bogies to derail

Jaffar Express, carrying 440 passengers from Quetta to Peshawar, is reported to have been hijacked as bogies were derailed after militants detonated an explosive under the train's engine.