Ammon News - At least 24 people have been killed in two blasts in southwestern Pakistan near the offices of two election candidates, according to local officials.

The first attack, which killed 14, took place at the office of an independent election candidate in Pishin district in the Balochistan region.

The second explosion in Qilla Saifullah, a town near the Afghan border, detonated near an office of Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI), a religious party that has previously been the target of militant attacks, according to the province's information minister.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks.

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