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As many as 23 people were killed and several others injured when a suicide bomber stormed a hotel in Taftan, where Shia pilgrims were staying, and blew himself up, late on Sunday. Talking to Daily Times, Balochistan Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani said that around 300 Shia pilgrims had entered ...

The Government of Balochistan has suspended buses carrying pilgrims from travelling through the province to neighbouring Iran due to security concerns after a suicide attack killed 28 pilgrims in Mastung this week. A 700 km highway connecting Quetta and Iran, home to many Shia pilgrimage sites, has seen dozens of suicide ...