CHARSADDA, April 29: True to their words, Taliban militants continued their relentless attacks on election candidates and campaign offices of political and religious parties in several areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, leaving two people dead and three injured.

The main target of the attacks was the Awami National Party which has been bearing the brunt of the current acts of terror across the country, particularly in KP, Fata and Pata.

ANP candidate for PK-17 Mohammad Ahmad Khan escaped an assassination attempt when a bomb exploded near his car in Sardheri bazaar of Charsadda. A passerby was killed and 10 people were injured. The victim was identified as Bahar Ali.

Witnesses said the ANP leader was in Sardheri bazaar meeting traders to seek their support when the blast took place.

According to bomb disposal squad, at least 2.5 kilograms of explosives strapped to a motorcycle had been used in the blast.

NOWSHERA: A group of men on motorcyclists fired at the election office of ANP candidate Shahid Khan Khattak in Nowshera. A worker of the party was killed and another injured.

Witnesses said the attackers fired indiscriminately but the ANP candidate for PK-13 seat escaped unhurt. The firing left two party workers injured and one of them, identified as Johar Khan, died while being taken to a hospital. The other injured, Shaid Khan, was admitted to the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar.

Addressing party workers after the incident, Shahid Khattak said his party would not be deterred by such attacks. He accused the government of having failed to provide security to liberal political parties.

MANSEHRA: An election office of ANP candidate and former provincial minister Nimroz Khan was attacked in Torghar by terrorists on Sunday night.

According to police, militants broke into the election office in Muchar area, tore down banners and posters, set the office on fire and escaped.

MARDAN: The hujra of an ANP leader and former Tehsil Naib Nazim Khan Daraz Khan and an adjacent mosque were damaged in a bomb blast in Katlang area of Mardan on Monday.

Nihar Ali Khan, SHO of Katlang police station, told Dawn that Taliban militants had planted a bomb in the hujra of the ANP leader and detonated it. He said the hujra and an adjacent mosque were damaged, but no-one suffered injuries.

KARAK: Candidates of two religious parties came under attacks in different parts of Karak district on Monday.

Police said the motorcade of JUI (Sami) candidate for NA-15 Maulana Shah Abdul Aziz was attacked when he was going to attend an election rally in Guddikhel area. No-one was injured and the assailants escaped.

In another incident, gunmen opened fire on the hujra of Malik Qasim Khan of JUI-F in Khojaki area of Takht-i-Nusrati. He is contesting for the PK-41, Karak-I, seat.

(Faiz Muhammad, Suhail Kakakhel, Nisar Ahmad Khan, Mohammad Jamal Hoti and Nasir Iqbal Khattak contributed to the report.)