-BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN - MAY 23, 2025: Death toll from a bomb attack on a school bus in the city of Khuzdar in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Wednesday has risen to eight. Those injured in the incident are under treatment at an emergency service complex near the border with Afghanistan on Friday, May 23. The attack left around 38 people injured, according to earlier statements of the Pakistani army. The army said the attack was "planned and orchestrated by India and executed by its proxies" in Balochistan and targeted innocent school children. "These Indian terror proxies are being employed as a state tool...to foment terrorism in Pakistan against soft targets such as innocent children and civilians," it added. New Delhi, however, rejected the claims. No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has carried out similar attacks that have targeted civilians and security forces. The Pakistani statement referencing New Delhi was the first since a recent military escalation between the two South Asian nations that ended with a US-mediated ceasefire on May 10. The escalation began between the two nuclear neighbors May 6, when India fired missiles inside Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, hitting what New Delhi said were "nine terror locations," triggering retaliation on May 10 by Islamabad, which said it hit 26 Indian military targets inside its eastern neighbor as well as in Indian-administered Kashmir. Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest but least populated province, has experienced frequent insurgent violence and armed attacks, often targeting security forces.