Overview

• Officials say the explosion struck a taxi-stand parking area near the Pak–Afghan crossing, with initial assessments pointing to explosives concealed in passengers’ baggage.
• The blast site was sealed as police, Levies, and forensic teams collected evidence to determine whether a suicide device or planted IED was used.
• Casualty figures vary across official statements, with most local authorities reporting five dead and three injured while a federal statement referenced six fatalities.
• Border repatriation of undocumented Afghans paused for a day after the attack and restarted once security forces cleared the area.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the bombing and ordered a thorough investigation, as the military separately reported an IBO in Khuzdar that killed militants linked to the ‘Fitna al Hindustan’ network.