Taliban bomb kills 9 in southern Pakistan NINE people are dead after a bomb exploded near the office of a political party, which has received threats from the Taliban, in southern Pakistan. Police say the bomb was planted on a motorbike near the Awami National Party office in Karachi. Four of those killed in the Friday night blast were children. 24 people were also wounded. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack in a phone call to the media. The Taliban have threatened to attack several secular political parties, including the ANP, in the run up to the parliamentary election on May 11. Previously, the Taliban killed at least two political party representatives and attacked a number of political events, particularly targeting the ANP in the northwest.