Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | A twin explosive bomb attack injured 20 more people, rushed to the hospital, took place with a small interval, in Khuzdar — the divisional headquarters of Kalat division — on

Monday evening.

Police investigators believed it was a remote-controlled bomb planted in a motorcycle parked in the busy

shopping area of Umar Farooq Chowk, Khuzdar city.

The first explosive blast injured 13 people in Khuzdar city, Baluchistan province, Pakistan at the same day on

Monday December 19.

“The powerful blast occurred after explosive material blew up at a two-way road near the Umar Farooq

intersection in the city,” the police said.

“The explosive was attached to a motorcycle in the area.” told Khuzdar Station House Officer (SHO)

Muhammad Jan Sasoli.

Meanwhile, Baluchistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo condemned the attack and imposed an

emergency in hospitals across the city.

“Terrorists who target innocent people are enemies of the nation. No religion or society gives permission for

this bloodshed,” Bizenjo said

The blast explosion area has been sealed off by Law enforcement agencies to investigate as well as ascertain

the intensity of the blast. Bizenjo instructed the law-enforcement agencies and administration to arrest culprits and increase security along the Khuzdar highway.

At the same day, a 33-year-old soldier Naik Abid and 2 civilians were martyred in another suicide blast at

North Waziristan district’s Miranshah on Monday December 19, according to the Inter Services Public

Relations (ISPR).

A day before, on Sunday December 18, Taliban militants seized a counter-terrorism center and took hostages

in Bannu district of Pakistan's troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The incident took place hours after militants attacked a police station in Lakki Marwat bordering the South

Waziristan tribal district early Sunday morning, leaving four policemen dead and as many injured, officials said.

According to a foreign news agency, Pakistani authorities opened talks to try to resolve a stand-off with

Taliban.

“We are in negotiations with the central leaders of the Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan,” said Mohammad Ali

Saif, spokesperson for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. The spokesperson warned of strict action if the

armed men do not surrender. 

In a bid to defuse tension at Pak-Afghan Chaman border, a 16-member jirga comprising eminent clerics, local elders and traders left for Afghanistan to negotiate with the Taliban (TTP) leadership on Monday.