A bomb blast from a cart pulled by a motorcycle hit Shia pilgrims, including women and children, as they were traveling on foot from Hillah in Babil Province to Karbala to take part in mourning ceremonies marking the 40th day after the Ashura anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH).

Also, two separate roadside bombs targeted Shia pilgrims in a region south and southwest of Baghdad, killing at least one person and wounding at least four pilgrims.

The bombings are the latest in a string of attacks this week against the Shia Muslim pilgrims who are walking to Karbala, which hosts Imam Hussein’s holy shrine.

Wikipedia: Karbala | Shia Islam (followers are Shi’as but are also known as Shiites or Shi’ites) | PBUH (Peace Be Upon Him)

SOURCE: PRESSTV Major blast in Karbala kills 20 pilgrims, injures 120

A roadside bomb killed two anti-Taliban tribal elders and a woman travelling on a bus Thursday in in Salarzai district in the tribal region of Bajaur in northwest Pakistan. At least 20 passengers were injured in the blast of the IED.

Wikipedia: Salarzai | Bajaur | Pakistan

SOURCE: AFP Three killed, 20 hurt in NW Pak blast: officials

A suicide bomber targeted pro-government militia commander Nasir Paray and detonated his suicide bomb vest in a southeastern provincial capital, Gardez of Patkia Province on Thursday, Ten people (including the commander and 4 childeren) were killed and 27 people (mostly civilians) were injured about 50 miles south Kabul.

Wikipedia: Gardez | Paktia Province | Afghanistan

SOURCE: New York Times Bomber Kills 10 in Southeastern Afghanistan