One passenger was killed and 4 others were injured in an explosion on a passenger train departing from Quetta, Balochistan, to Peshawar, Pakistan. According to police officer Mian Mahboob, the blast occurred as the train was passing through the Punjabi city of Chichawatni, and its actual cause is not yet known.
Police and bomb squad at the scene continue their investigation.
An Ihlas News Agency (IHA) team captured exclusive footage from the Dukan region of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, where the PKK is set to begin disarmament. Following a statement by jailed leader Abdullah Öcalan, the first 30-member group is expected to surrender weapons at a planned ceremony. The event will not be broadcast live due to security concerns, but media will follow via an external video screen. Full disarmament is expected by September.
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