Two children were killed and three people wounded on Monday when a bomb planted in a garbage dump exploded in Hazar Ganjhi Quetta, the capital of the southwestern Balochistan province.

Injured were shifted to hospital and the area was condoned off by the security officials.

Militants linked to al Qaeda and Taliban, as well as ethnic Baloch militants, are active in the province, which borders southern Afghanistan. Baluch militants are fighting for greater autonomy.