 At least 26 people have been killed in two blasts in southwestern Pakistan near the offices of two election candidates. According to local officials, the first attack, which killed 15, took place at the office of an independent election candidate in Pishin district in the Balochistan region, the second explosion in Killa-Sifola, a town near the Afghan border, detonated near an office of Jamiat-Ulamai Islam, a religious party that has previously been the target of militant attacks, and killed 11. People, local authorities said .no1 immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, images on social media show cars and motorbikes blown apart by the force of the explosion. There have been violent incidents in both Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces in the last week. Police are trying to determine the cause of the blasts and the injured have been transported to nearby hospitals, the Balochistan government said the vote would proceed as planned. Rest assured, we will not allow terrorists to undermine or sabotage this crucial democratic process, provincial information minister Janna Chakshai posted on X.