KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) – Two bomb blasts today shattered windows at the U.S. consulate and a luxury hotel in Pakistan’s largest city, killing two people and injuring 18, a police official said.

The bombs ripped through the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel, about 20 yards from the consulate gate, police official Mushtaq Shah said.

The bombings occurred two days before President Bush is to visit the capital Islamabad for talks on the fight against al-Qaida and loyalists of Afghanistan’s former Taliban. Pakistan is a key U.S. ally in the war against terrorism.

Shah said both explosions were caused by car bombs.