In Pakistan, nine people were killed and 22 injured on Friday in two bomb attacks in the restive northwest. At least three people were killed and fifteen others injured in a blast at a mosque in Peshawar. Local media report said the blast occurred in Pushta Khara area during Friday prayers. The explosives were fixed inside the mosque.In another incident, a lieutenant colonel was among six Pakistani soldiers killed when their vehicle was targeted with a roadside bomb in Yakh Kandao area of Orakzai tribal agency.Taliban and al-Qaeda militants are active in the area.