The blast hit as passengers waited on a platform at the main railway station in the provincial capital Quetta.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n“Fourteen army personnel are among the 25 confirmed dead,” said Muhammad Baloch, a senior local police official, raising an earlier toll of 22 provided by the local government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A spokesperson for a local hospital said dozens of people wounded in the blast had been brought to the facility, along with multiple dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite frequent attacks in Balochistan the toll of Saturday’s blast was particularly high for the southwestern province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A bombing claimed by Pakistani separatists killed 25 people including 14 soldiers at a railway station in the southwestern Balochistan province, police said Saturday. The blast hit as passengers waited on a platform at the main railway station in the provincial capital Quetta. “Fourteen army personnel are among the 25 confirmed dead,” said Muhammad Baloch,…<\/p>\n