Kabul, Afghanistan 

At least three people were killed and seven injured on Monday (August 14) after a blast ripped through a hotel in southeastern Afghanistan's Khost province. The region where the blast occurred is near the border with Pakistan, and it has been plagued by violence between Islamist militants and their enemies.

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According to Mustaghfir Gurbaz, a police spokesperson in Khost, the blast occurred at the hotel often visited by Afghan people and refugees from Pakistan's former militant stronghold of North Waziristan bordering Afghanistan. 

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Gurbaz noted that the officials are probing the incident as the reason behind the blast is not clear yet. 

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Such blasts have happened in the past as well, and Afghanistan's Taliban government has blamed the regional affiliate of the Islamic State group — known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province. 

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Earlier, the authorities in Pakistan claimed that the members of the Pakistani Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP) are hiding in Khost and elsewhere in Afghanistan. 

On the other hand, there's an increase in violence in Pakistan as well. Islamabad says that the Pakistani Taliban militants are fighting the state and also alleges that Afghanistan's Taliban are not doing enough to suppress the militants based on their soil. 

(With inputs from agencies)

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