Blasts close to US consulate and sensitive military installations, hours after 25 people were killed when a suicide bomber struck a political gathering

Multiple blasts and gunfire rocked this provincial capital of Pakistan's restive northwest, close to the US consulate and highly sensitive military installations, hours after 25 people were killed when a suicide bomber struck a political gathering in Timergara.

Three blasts occurred within 20 minutes in Saddar area, located close to the cantonment in Peshawar. Several persons were injured in the explosions.