A railway track connecting Quetta with Taftan, the town on the border with Iran, was blown up on Wednesday night. District Administrative Officer (DAO) Pasand Buledi said that the device exploded near a bridge on Kishangi Railway Station, situated some 110 kilometres west of Quetta, and damaged a three-foot track. The railway track connects Quetta with the Iranian border, and two trains monthly operate on it. Buledi said that railway officials were told to stop the trains on the track as an unexploded device still lay on it. He said that the Naushki district does not have a bomb disposal squad, and a team from Quetta will travel to dispose of it.There were reports of casualties in clashes between paramilitary forces and Baloch tribesmen in Dera Bugti. Locals said that at least nine people, including women and children, were feared dead in the conflict. They said that paramilitary forces attacked the main town late in the evening. The area had been evacuated in anticipation of a clash between security forces and the Bugti tribesmen, but 20-30 percent of the town’s population had returned since then, local said. District Coordination Officer (DCO) Abdul Samad Lasi denied the killing of womena nd children. He said that he had received information of tribesmen receiving losses, and many being rushed to other cities for medical treatment.