A roadside bomb struck a vehicle carrying coal miners in restive southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 11 people and wounding five others, officials said.

The BLA, which has been waging an armed insurgency in the region for decades, later claimed responsibility for the attack. The separatist group has carried out a series of deadly assaults in recent years, often targeting security forces, ethnic Punjabis, and Chinese nationals working on development projects in Balochistan.

The workers were on their way to a market when the vehicle carrying them was hit by an explosion. Pakistan's restive Balochistan border region has seen a surge in violence in recent years.

A bomb targeting a vehicle carrying coal miners in southwestern Pakistan killed at least 11 people and wounded six others, local officials said on Friday. The truck had brought the workers to a mine in the Harnai area of Balochistan province,

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,

At least 11 people died and six others injured when a bomb targeting a vehicle carrying coal miners in southwestern Pakistan exploded. The truck was said to have brought the workers to a mine in the Harnai area of Balochistan province,