CHAMAN (INP): At least one person was killed and about two dozen others including security personnel, were injured in a suicide blast near the Pak-Afghan border here on Monday.
Levies sources said that a suicide bomber targeted a vehicle of security forces near a border taxi stand in Chaman.
The Pak-Afghan border was closed and the area was sealed by security forces soon after the incident.
The injured have been shifted to District Headquarter Hospital Chaman, Levies sources said five of the injured were shifted to a private hospital.
Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri issued a statement condemning the blast. He expressed regret at the loss of life and issued orders to provide the best possible medical care to the injured.
“Those involved in planning and executing the explosion must be immediately arrested and brought to justice,” the CM said.
