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Coal mine blast in Pakistan kills at least 32 miners, traps 10 others

An explosion in a coal mine near Quetta killed at least thirty-two miners. Ten miners remain trapped underground in life-threatening conditions as rescuers search. The blast was apparently triggered by a buildup of methane gas in the mine. Authorities are investigating the cause and reviewing mining safety measures. Compensation will…

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Methane gas explosion at coal mine in southwestern Pakistan kills 34 people

Rescuers recover 32 bodies from mine on outskirts of Quetta and working to retrieve remaining two

The Independent UK

How Australia’s first outback mosque was built 600km north of Adelaide, 150 years ago

From 1860 to 1930, an estimated 3,000 people came to Australia from Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Punjab, Sindh and the northern part of Pakistan. Still more came from different parts of the Ottoman Empire.

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Baluchistan Separatist Group Claims Responsibility For Deadly Attacks

Baluchistan Liberation Army claims attacks in Pakistan, resulting in 40 deaths. Government vows to prosecute perpetrators.

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Separatist group claims multiple attacks that killed over 40 people in southwestern Pakistan

A separatist group has claimed responsibility for multiple attacks in southwestern Pakistan that killed more than 40 people

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What’s behind the bloodiest recent attacks in Pakistan's Baluchistan province?

Multiple attacks in Pakistan’s restive southwest have killed at least 31 people, the highest death toll in a 24-hour period blamed on separatists in Baluchistan province in recent years

The Independent UK

Gunmen kill at least 31 people in 2 separate attacks in restive southwestern Pakistan

Police and officials in Pakistan say gunmen in the country's restive southwest have killed at least 31 people in two separate attacks

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Gunmen kill at least 39 in multiple attacks in southwestern Pakistan

Gunmen killed at least 39 people in multiple attacks in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province on Monday, police said. The figure includes at least 23 people who were killed after gunmen forced them off buses and vehicles in Pakistan’s Musakhail district, in one of the deadliest attacks in the soutwestern province.

France 24

Deadly Attack In Baluchistan Leaves 23 Passengers Fatally Shot

Tragic incident in Musakhail, Baluchistan where 23 passengers were fatally shot by gunmen. Officials condemn the attack.

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3 dead in grenade attacks on a store selling national flags ahead of Pakistan's Independence Day

Officials say suspected militants have hurled hand grenades at a house and store selling Pakistani national flags in the southwestern Baluchistan province, killing three people and wounding six others ahead of Pakistan's independence day

The Independent UK

Death on the highway: the high cost of poverty in southeastern Iran

A police chase in southeastern Iran ended in tragedy earlier this month when it caused an accident between two cars, killing four people. In the incident, on August 3, a police patrol attempted to stop a "soukhtbar", a local name for smugglers who transport cheap Iranian petrol to neighbouring Pakistan…

France 24

Extreme Weather In Pakistan: 63 Dead, Villages Flooded

Extreme weather in Pakistan leads to 63 deaths and widespread devastation. Climate change impact highlighted. Recovery efforts ongoing.

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Gunmen Kill Nine After Abducting Bus Passengers In Pakistan

Gunmen in Baluchistan, Pakistan, kill nine bus passengers in a tragic incident. Authorities search for perpetrators.

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Gunmen Ambush Police Convoy In Iran, Killing Six Officers

Recent militant attack in Iran's Sistan and Baluchistan province underscores the region's volatile security challenges.

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Pakistani Forces Thwart Insurgent Attack On Naval Facility

Pakistani security forces successfully thwarted a BLA attack on Siddiqui air station in Baluchistan, resulting in the killing of four insurgents. Ongoing u...

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Deadly bombings strike Pakistan the day before parliamentary elections

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul-Haq-Kakar denounced the bombings in Baluchistan, and conveyed his condolences to the families of those who died.

Evening Standard

Pakistan: Bomb attacks at election offices kill at least 24 day before national vote

Two bombings at the election offices of a political party and an independent candidate in south-west Pakistan have killed at least 24 people and wounded more than two dozen others just days before parliamentary elections are due to be held.

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Baluchistan, Explosive Region On Iran-Pakistan Borderland

Baluchistan is a restive region shared by Iran and Pakistan where security forces on both sides of the border have for years battled militant groups but which now risks being the subject of escalating tensions between the neighbours.

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Pakistan launches retaliatory airstrikes on Iran after Tehran attack

Pakistan launched retaliatory airstrikes early Thursday on Iran allegedly targeting militant positions, a deadly attack that further raised tensions between the neighboring nations.

France 24

Peeling back the layers of India's onion crisis

Onion prices in some parts of the world are eye-wateringly high. India, one of the world's biggest producers, has limited exports, sparking smuggling and price hikes abroad. FRANCE 24's Shirli Sitbon tells us more. But first, we report on how protests have erupted in Pakistan amid rampant killings and enforced…

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Dozens are dead after a blast in Pakistan at a rally celebrating birthday of prophet

A powerful bomb exploded near a mosque at a rally celebrating the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in Pakistan, killing at least 52 people and injuring dozens more, officials said.

France 24

South Eastern Iran: People who could only afford bread now have nothing

Since July 2023, people’s tables in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan have become increasingly empty. Now, people can no longer afford basic staples like flour. Bread shortages and hours-long queues outside bakeries have become the norm in the region. This new normal has come at the cost of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pakistan’s Army: 4 Troops Killed by Iran-based Militants

A militant attack from across the border with Iran left four Pakistani soldiers dead Saturday in southwestern Baluchistan province, the army said. The soldiers were part of a routine border patrol operating along the Pakistan-Iran border when the militants struck in the Jalgai sector of Kech district, the military said…

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Suicide bombing in southwestern Pakistan kills 10 policemen

Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle targeted a police truck in the restive southwestern Baluchistan province, killing at least 10 policemen and wounding 12 officers

Asharq Al-Awsat

Suicide Bombing in Southwestern Pakistan Kills 9 Policemen

A suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle rammed into a police truck in Pakistan's restive southwest, killing at least nine policemen and wounding seven, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, which took place on a bridge in the district of Sibi in Baluchistan province, but Baluch…

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