Balochistan Bus Bombing Heightens India-Pakistan Tensions

A suicide bombing targeting a school bus in Khuzdar, Balochistan, killed at least five people, including children, and injured dozens, in a region plagued by longstanding insurgency. Pakistani authorities, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, accused India of orchestrating the attack via proxies, though no evidence has been provided. India rejected these claims as baseless and accused Pakistan of deflecting from its own issues with terrorism. Indian officials offered condolences to the victims and maintained that the allegations would not succeed. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing, which remains under investigation. The incident has intensified already high tensions and mutual recriminations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.