Pakistani authorities on Wednesday said an insurgent attack on a train carrying hundreds of people had ended, with all attackers killed following a daylong standoff.

Hostages freed after a day-long ordeal following an attack by militants on a train in Pakistan's Balochistan province described crouching on the floor for hours before their release, as the bodies of 25 people killed arrived in Quetta.

The train carrying 440 passengers was traveling through the southwestern area of the country. I guess this was inevitable. The president received an awkward reminder, right to his face. The man said he was locked in an eight-by-nine-foot room and was fed two sandwiches a day with two cups of water for years,