{"id":118911,"date":"2025-02-14T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=118911"},"modified":"2025-02-14T15:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T12:12:50","slug":"roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Coal Miners in Balochistan, Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a tragic incident in Balochistan province, Pakistan, at least 11 coal miners lost their lives and six others were injured when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb early Friday morning, VOA news reported. The attack occurred near a coal mine in the Harnai district, an area known for ongoing insurgency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provincial Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti condemned the attack, vowing that those responsible would face justice. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his condolences, emphasizing the government&#8217;s commitment to combating terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-14-151052.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118916\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-14-151052.png 733w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-14-151052-300x164.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing, but Balochistan has seen numerous attacks by ethnic Baloch militants targeting security forces and mining operations. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has been linked to several high-casualty incidents in the region, raising concerns about escalating violence. The United Nations recently highlighted the BLA&#8217;s connections with other terrorist organizations, underscoring the complex security challenges in Balochistan, which borders Iran and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a tragic incident in Balochistan province, Pakistan, at least 11 coal miners lost their lives and six others were injured when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb early Friday morning, VOA news reported. The attack occurred near a coal mine in the Harnai district, an area known for ongoing insurgency. Provincial Chief Minister Sarfaraz &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":118913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[928,5996],"class_list":["post-118911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-balochistan","tag-roadside-bomb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Coal Miners in Balochistan, Pakistan - Shia Waves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Coal Miners in Balochistan, Pakistan - Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a tragic incident in Balochistan province, Pakistan, at least 11 coal miners lost their lives and six others were injured when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb early Friday morning, VOA news reported. The attack occurred near a coal mine in the Harnai district, an area known for ongoing insurgency. Provincial Chief Minister Sarfaraz &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-14T12:10:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-14T12:12:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-14-150829.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"747\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"433\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rathaei\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rathaei\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/\",\"name\":\"Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Coal Miners in Balochistan, Pakistan - Shia Waves\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-14-150829.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-14T12:10:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-14T12:12:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/306d23147ac35c3cc1a98e2c03ffc690\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-14-150829.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-14-150829.png\",\"width\":747,\"height\":433},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Coal Miners in Balochistan, Pakistan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\",\"name\":\"Shia Waves\",\"description\":\"Just another ShiaWaves site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/306d23147ac35c3cc1a98e2c03ffc690\",\"name\":\"Rathaei\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/rahnemaiy\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Coal Miners in Balochistan, Pakistan - Shia Waves","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Coal Miners in Balochistan, Pakistan - Shia Waves","og_description":"In a tragic incident in Balochistan province, Pakistan, at least 11 coal miners lost their lives and six others were injured when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb early Friday morning, VOA news reported. The attack occurred near a coal mine in the Harnai district, an area known for ongoing insurgency. Provincial Chief Minister Sarfaraz &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/","og_site_name":"Shia Waves","article_published_time":"2025-02-14T12:10:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-14T12:12:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":747,"height":433,"url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-14-150829.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Rathaei","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rathaei","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/","name":"Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Coal Miners in Balochistan, Pakistan - Shia Waves","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-14-150829.png","datePublished":"2025-02-14T12:10:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-14T12:12:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/306d23147ac35c3cc1a98e2c03ffc690"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-14-150829.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-14-150829.png","width":747,"height":433},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/pakistan\/118911-roadside-bomb-kills-11-coal-miners-in-balochistan-pakistan\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Coal Miners in Balochistan, Pakistan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/","name":"Shia Waves","description":"Just another ShiaWaves site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/306d23147ac35c3cc1a98e2c03ffc690","name":"Rathaei","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/rahnemaiy\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118917,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118911\/revisions\/118917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}