Blast in Afghanistan

KABUL: A roadside bomb exploded in central Afghanistan on Saturday, hitting an American patrol and wounding two US service members and an Afghan interpreter, the military said. The incident occurred while the unit was on a security patrol in Uruzgan province’s Dihrawud district, the US military said. — AP

Envoy’s tenure

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, Aziz Ahmad Khan, whose term is to end in September, may get an extension, official sources said. The government is considering extending his contract to facilitate continuity in the dialogue process with India. Khan came to India two years ago. — HNS

Blast outside church

QUETTA: A bomb exploded outside a church in a remote part of southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, shattering windows and damaging a wall but causing no injuries, police said. “It was a homemade bomb which had been planted by terrorists near the church in Kolhu,” police said. — AP

Fishermen’s warning

TAIPEI: Taiwanese fishermen threatened protests against Japan on Saturday, a day after talks in Tokyo to solve a fishing dispute in contested waters ended without agreement. — AP