QUETTA: Jaffar Express train service from the Quetta Railway Station was restored on Sunday, over four days after they were suspended following an explosion on the railway track that derailed a number of coaches in Mastung district of Balochistan.
The Indian proxy Fitna al Hindustan eparatist Baloch Liberation Army had carried out attack on the railway track in the Spinzand Dasht area of Mastung, causing six carriages of the Jaffar Express to derail, with one overturning. At least five passengers sustained injuries in the incident.
According to railway officials, the Jaffar Express will depart for Peshawar today on schedule, while the train from Peshawar to Quetta will also operate as planned.
In addition, the Bolan Mail has departed today from Karachi for Quetta.
It is worth mentioning that train services had been suspended after an explosion in Dasht on September 23, which caused a train to derail.
Balochistan has seen a sharp rise in terrorist attacks in recent years. Militants have increasingly targeted railway lines and other transport infrastructure across the province.
In August 2025, a powerful explosion ripped through the tracks in Mastung, derailing six carriages of the Jaffer Express. No casualties were reported, but the blast forced authorities to suspend train services to and from Balochistan for four days. The Fitna al Hindustan claimed responsibility for the attack.
Just months earlier, in March 2025, armed militants bombed a section of track in the Bolan region, the fighters hijacked the Jaffer Express and held more than 100 passengers hostage for hours. The standoff ended in bloodshed as security forces launched a counter-operation, leaving all terrorists and freeing the hostages. Several militants and civilians are dead.
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Other attacks have targeted key railway infrastructure. An explosive device detonated between Mach and Ab-e-Gum injured a railway worker and disrupting traffic, while militants also struck a major railway bridge in the Bolan Pass, damaging the track over a dry riverbed and halting traffic on the crucial Quetta–Sibi route.
