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The death toll from a suicide bombing at a crowded railway station in south-western Pakistan has risen to 26, officials said on Saturday. The bombing in Quetta, the capital city of the country’s most volatile province of Balochistan, left more than 60 people wounded. The number of dead is expected to increase with many in critical condition. Hundreds of passengers were waiting at the platform when the explosion took place in the morning. Images on social media showed the damaged platform, with its roof torn apart by the powerful blast. “The death toll from the powerful blast has risen to 26,” …