More than 300 people have died in two factory fires that broke out in Pakistan’s two biggest cities.

The death toll from two devastating factory fires in Pakistan has risen to at least 128, officials said.

Factory blazes in two of Pakistan’s major cities killed 39 people and injured dozens more today, including some who leapt from the burning buildings to escape the flames.

A suicide bomber ploughed his explosives-laden car into a Nato-led force’s convoy in southern Afghanistan, killing one soldier, the force said. A purported Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack.

A suicide bomber ploughed his explosive-laden vehicle into a Nato-led force’s convoy in southern Afghanistan, killing himself and damaging an alliance vehicle, a spokesman for the force said.