Dozens killed after train blast in Pakistan's Balochistan
- On Sunday, May 24, 2026, a blast targeting a train carrying military personnel near Chaman Phatak in Quetta killed at least 24 people and injured more than 50, officials said.
- The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack, stating the operation targeted 'occupying forces' amid a long-running insurgency against the federal government in Balochistan.
- Shattering nearby building windows, the explosion derailed three coaches while overturning two others, and charred at least 10 vehicles parked near the site in Quetta.
- Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti condemned the 'terrorist attack' and vowed to 'hunt down the terrorists' one by one, while authorities declared an emergency in local hospitals.
- Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi asserted that 'anti-Pakistan elements operating from India and Afghanistan were sponsoring terrorism' to destabilize the country, vowing such networks would not succeed.
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A suicide bomber carried out an attack on a train in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on Sunday. At least 24 people were killed in the attack...
At least 23 people were killed and 71 injured on Sunday after a suicide attack near a train station in the Pakistani city of Quetta, in the southwest of the country, as a train passed through the area.
At least 24 people were killed on Sunday in an explosive attack on a train carrying military personnel in Baluchistan province.
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A suicide bombing near a railway track in southwest Pakistan kills at least 23 people
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a railway track as a passenger train passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, killing
There are several armed rebel, separatist and militant groups operating in Pakistan, carrying out attacks across the country.
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