KARACHI, Pakistan News: At least eight persons were killed and several others were injured in an explosion at a house in Baldia Town locality of Karachi on Friday morning.

The blast at 7:45 in the morning caused collapse of the house rooftop, resulting in deaths of the people residing in the building.

The bomb disposal squad found 15 grenades, 10 magazines of klashnikov, two suicide jackets, other mmunitions, computers and CDs.

According to police sources, three suspects Atif, Kashif and Yousuf have been detained and transferred to undisclosed place for investigations.

According to earlier reports, house number 804 in Baldia Town-III was hired and some people from Swat were residing in the house. Police have also found hand grenades from the pockets of the dead men.

(Updated at 1000 PST)

According to earlier reports at least six people were killed in an explosion at a house in Baldia Town here on Friday.

“At least six people were killed in an explosion at a house near Babri mosque in Baldia Town,” DIG West Sardar Majeed said.

Majeed said that hand grenades and other explosives were also found from the house.

Rescue teams have been sent to the site of the blast and the injured are being shifted to hospitals,  ARY News reported.

The police have found begs filled with explosives and 10 klashnikov magazines from the scene.

Police have detained four suspects from the area.

Heavy contingents of police and rangers have cordoned off the area.

Karachi Police Chief Waseem Ahmed said his department making assessment of the situation.

KABUL: At least 8 American civilian workers were killed on Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack on a US military base, officials said.

Pentagon spokeswoman Lt Col Almarah Belk said the eight died when an attacker detonated a vest packed with explosives on Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost province — a key Taliban stronghold.

“Eight Americans have been killed in an attack on RC-East,” a US embassy official said, referring to the military region of eastern Afghanistan.

“No US and no ISAF military personnel were killed or injured” in the incident, a spokesman for NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) added.

Suicide attacks are a hallmark of the Taliban, who are waging a major insurgency to topple the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

The number of foreign civilians under government contracts in Afghanistan is increasing, with the strategy to defeat the Taliban placing more emphasis on development and aid.

The US said last month it had doubled the number of civilian experts working in Afghanistan and was “on track” to meet its goal of nearly 1,000 by the New Year. Many are to work in provincial military bases alongside military reconstruction teams.

The attack came just over two months after Taliban suicide gunmen stormed a Kabul hostel in a dawn attack and killed five UN workers.

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan:A US drone attack killed eight people and injured two others in Machi Khel area of North Waziristan on Friday.
It couldn’t be confirmed that the dead were militants or civilians. Death toll is feared to increase. Two missiles were fired in the attack however target has not been disclosed yet. Three drones are still hovering over the area while local militants have sealed the ways.
Earlier, a US drone had killed four in Norak area.