Overview

• An improvised explosive device detonated on the railway track in Dasht, Mastung, causing multiple carriages of the Peshawar–Quetta Jaffar Express to derail.
• Rescue teams and security forces evacuated the injured to hospitals in Quetta, where an emergency was declared to provide treatment.
• Officials reported several passengers, including women and children, were hurt, with some in serious condition according to health authorities.
• Railway authorities said the blast severely damaged the track, prompting a halt to train operations in the area and a formal investigation.
• No group has claimed responsibility, and investigators are assessing a possible connection to an earlier attack on personnel clearing the same stretch of track hours before.