Railway authorities in West Bengal reported a bomb on railway tracks 1.5 kilometers from Sainthia railway station in Birbhum district at an unspecified time within the past 59 minutes ending 2:45 PM UTC on February 25, 2026, prompting Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) response and halting train movement on one track, according to ANI on X. Meanwhile, Afghan forces fired one mortar at Ghuz Gari in Kurram, Pakistan, met by two Pakistani artillery shells in retaliation, with firing now stopped, as posted by @ForumStrategic on X. RPF and GRP personnel arrived at the Birbhum site, where train operations on one track remain suspended pending further details, ANI reported in the X post timestamped within the reporting window from 1:45:58 PM to 2:45:50 PM UTC. Separately, five police personnel were injured after armed individuals fired on the Ababeel Police Squad in Nawe Killa area of Bajaur, Pakistan, and shifted to Headquarters Hospital in Khar, according to @LalWazir19 on X during the same period. The Afghan-Pakistani border incident at Ghuz Gari involved a single mortar from Afghan forces followed by Pakistani retaliation using two artillery shells, after which the exchange ceased, as detailed in the @ForumStrategic X post. No casualties or further actions were mentioned in the sources for this event. These incidents mark security developments across South Asia in the 59-minute window, with the West Bengal bomb report causing immediate disruptions to rail traffic and the Bajaur attack injuring five officers, as confirmed by the respective X posts from ANI, @ForumStrategic, and @LalWazir19.
