Militants blow up music shops

Suspected militants targeted music shops with explosive devices on in Charsadda, damaging a dozen outlets, police said Friday. The shops were closed when the crude home-made devices exploded at three markets late Thursday in the town of Charsada in North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan, a senior police officer said.
Local trade leaders said they received letters last week, attributed to local Taliban, warning them to stop selling music and video CDs because they considered them to be repugnant to the teachings of Islam.