ISLAMABAD: An explosion in a coal mine in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province killed at least six miners, officials said on Friday.

Chief Inspector of Mines in Balochistan Shafqat Fayyaz said the rescue operation was completed early Friday after the explosion occurred in Marwar coal mine, some 60 kilometers from Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province, on Thursday.

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