Kabul: Afghan security forces and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have killed five militants and one Taliban sniper during the past 24 hours in Nuristan. According to the Afghan Ministry of Interior, six armed Taliban were killed, one wounded and 10 other armed Taliban were arrested. Also, during these operations, Afghan National Police discovered and confiscated some amount of light and heavy round ammunition. During the 24 hour period, Afghan National Police discovered and defused seven different types of mines in Kandahar and Paktiya provinces.
Bomb attack injures five in Karachi
KARACHI: A bomb explosion wounded at least five people here yesterday, police said. The blast in the crowded Burns road area of the city targeted an election office of Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a secular party that dominates the commercial hub. “The blast wounded at least five people,” senior local police official Ameer Sheikh said. He said the bomb was planted in the ablution room of a Sunni mosque close to the MQM office. Another local police official, Imran Shaukat, confirmed the incident. Three bombs, two of which targeted MQM and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), killed three people and wounded 49 others in Karachi on Saturday. Violence has spiked in the country ahead of national elections, with at least 61 people killed in attacks on politicians and political parties since April 11.
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