Officials said that Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, was hit by a large explosion Friday morning. Abdul Ghavar Sayedzadar, a senior police official, said that the explosion occurred at the City Centre shopping complex and hotel, about 300 meters from the interior ministry.
He added that the explosion was followed by a second one a short time later. [...]
Officials said that at least 17 people, including security personnel, were killed and dozens of others wounded when a pair of bombings rocked Pakistan on Friday.
Mian Iftikhar Hussain, information minister for North West Frontier Province, said that the first car bomb targeted the intelligence agency that plays a central role in Pakistan’s anti-terrorism campaigns. Ten [...]
The Interior Ministry said on Sunday that bombings in central and western Iraq killed at least five people and wounded 53 others.
South of Baghdad in the predominantly Shiite town of Mussayyab, a motorcycle rigged with explosives blew up. At least five people died in the marketplace bombing. According to the ministry, another 37 were wounded.
Mussayyab [...]
Officials said that at least 65 people were killed and 420 wounded in a double bombing in central Baghdad on Sunday morning.
An interior ministry official said that two car bombs detonated in quick succession near Iraqi government buildings.
One of the bombs exploded outside Baghdad’s governorate building and the second one outside the justice ministry, about [...]
