A powerful explosion struck the Jaffar Express near the Sultankot area close to the Sindh–Balochistan border on Tuesday, derailing multiple coaches of the Quetta-bound passenger train, CNN-News18 has reported.

On 24 September, at least a dozen-odd people, including women and children, were injured in a bombing attack on Jafar Express in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.

According to railway officials, six bogies of the train coming from Peshawar derailed after the blast and one overturned, injuring several of the passengers in that carriage in the evening, reported Dawn.

It was the second blast in the same area within 10 hours.

Earlier in the morning, an explosion had occurred near the main track linking Balochistan to the rest of the country, just as the Peshawar-bound Jaffar Expr

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