ISLAMABAD, July 13 (Xinhua) -- A total of 257 people were killed and 492 others injured in 501 terrorist incidents in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province in the first half of 2025, local authorities said in a report.

The report recorded a 45 percent increase in terrorist incidents in the cited period compared to the same period last year.

A total of 81 attacks involving improvised explosive devices, grenades, bombs, and landmines resulted in 26 deaths and 112 injuries.

The report highlighted a sharp rise in attacks targeting non-local residents, with 52 people killed and 11 injured in 14 such incidents, a 100-percent increase over the previous period.

Two attacks on passenger trains claimed 29 lives, while 39 attacks on civilians left 11 people dead and 29 injured.

In addition, one health worker was killed in an attack on a polio vaccination team. Nine attacks on mobile phone towers injured two individuals.

Balochistan, Pakistan's largest province by area, has faced decades of violence linked to separatist movements and insurgent activity. ■