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At least nine miners are trapped in a coal mine in Assam, a state in northeastern India, according to officials, reports AP. The incident occurred on Monday morning in the Umrangso area of Dimapur Hasao district, located about 125 miles (200 kilometers) south of the state capital, Guwahati. South Africa refuses aid for thousands of illegal miners trapped The miners are believed to be stuck 300 feet underground after water from a nearby unused mine flooded the area. "We are mobilising resources to rescue them," said Kaushik Rai, a local government minister overseeing the rescue operation. In response, authorities have deployed army personnel and a national disaster management team to assist in the ongoing rescue efforts. Gunmen kill 20 miners and wound others in an attack in southwest Pakistan Workers at the site reported that more than a dozen miners had been trapped, with some managing to escape as the water from the adjacent unused mine started flooding the coal mine. The mine has minimal safety measures. In the eastern and northeastern regions of India, miners often work in dangerous conditions in small "rat hole" mines, which are prevalent in the hilly areas. During extraction, coal is placed in boxes that are then lifted to the surface using pulleys. Coal miners in North Dakota unearth a mammoth tusk buried for thousands of years Accidents are common in illegal mining operations, where miners rely on the illicit sale of coal for their livelihoods.

Gunmen killed 20 miners and wounded another seven in Pakistan’s southwest, a police official said Friday. It’s the latest attack in restive Balochistan province and comes days ahead of a major security summit being hosted in the capital. Police official Hamayun Khan Nasir said the gunmen stormed the accommodations at the coal mine in Duki district late Thursday night, rounded up the men and opened fire. Most of the men were from Pashtun-speaking areas of Balochistan. Three of the dead and four of the wounded were Afghan. Nobody claimed immediate responsibility for the attack. The province is home to separatist groups who want independence. They accuse the federal government in Islamabad of unfairly exploiting oil- and mineral-rich Balochistan at the expense of locals. Read: Gunmen kill dozens in multiple attacks in one of the worst violence in a Pakistani province On Monday, a group called the Baloch Liberation Army said it carried out an attack on Chinese nationals outside Pakistan's biggest airport. There are thousands of Chinese working in the country, most of them involved in Beijing’s multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative. The explosion, which the BLA said was the work of a suicide bomber, also raised questions about the ability of Pakistani forces to protect high-profile events or foreigners in the country. Islamabad is hosting a summit next week of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a grouping founded by China and Russia to counter Western alliances. Read more: Gunmen kill 23 passengers taken from vehicles in an attack in southwest Pakistan