A bomb blast near a mining site in southwestern Pakistan killed nine and injured seven. The explosion, attributed to an IED, targeted a truck carrying miners in Harnai, Balochistan.

A devastating explosion in Balochistan's Harnai region on Friday claimed the lives of at least nine labourers and left seven others critically injured, The Express Tribune reported on Friday. The blast occurred when a bomb planted on the road detonated near a vehicle carrying coal miners.

At least 11 people have been killed and others wounded after a bomb struck a vehicle carrying labourers in southwestern Pakistan.

Ten labourers were killed on Friday when their vehicle was hit by a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) in southwest Pakistan, an official said. Security forces have been battling a decades-long insurgency by separatist groups in impoverished Balochistan,