KABUL: Local security forces backed by NATO troops killed more than three dozen Taliban in a series of military operations across Afghanistan, Afghan ..
These days, politics here look more and more like a movie Pakistanis have seen before. Anti-Americanism is peaking. Enemies of the state lurk around every ..
Pakistani officials say a suspected US drone attack has killed at least eight people in the country's northwest. Pakistani officials say a suspected US drone attack has ..
Pakistani troops at a post near Ladha, in the troubled Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan along the Afghan border, Nov. 17 Anjum Naveed / AP President ..
Fearing that Taliban supremo Mullah Omar might be targetted by US drones, Pakistan's ISI has helped him to flee from the border town of Quetta to the mega port city of Karachi, where he has established a new Shura council.
The attack on the Peshawar courthouse is the 10th bombing in the city in six weeks as Taliban militants retaliate for a Pakistani military offensive in ..
KHAR, Pakistan - Four Pakistani soldiers were killed when militants stormed a security post in a troubled tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said ..
The Taliban have threatened to contaminate water sources and reservoirs with poisonous materials to pressure the Pakistan army to stop military operations in South Waziristan. The cantonment boards of Rawalpindi and Chaklala received ..
Kabul - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday suggested convening a tribal council, or loya jirga, to facilitate reconciliation with Taliban militants. ..
Dozens injured in Peshawar attack, which is the sixth bombing in the area in less than two weeks A suicide bomber killed 16 people outside a courthouse in north-western Pakistan, the latest attack by Islamist militants ..
"We have not been defeated. We have voluntarily withdrawn into the mountains under a strategy that will trap the Pakistan army in the area," Taliban ..
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A suspected US drone aircraft fired two missiles into a northwestern Pakistani militant stronghold on Wednesday killing four ..
David Miliband yesterday insisted the lengthy and bloody battle against the Taliban would not be a war without end. Underlining Gordon Brown's push for ..
Maulana Fazlullah, the chief of Taliban in Pakistan's Swat valley, has claimed that he fled to Afghanistan after evading troops conducting operations against ..
KABUL Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Taliban insurgents have launched a fresh round of attacks on military and civilian targets in Afghanistan, ahead of President Hamid ..
Taliban fighters should be persuaded to lay down their arms and take seats in the Afghan Parliament in an effort to build a lasting peace in the country, the ..
Gordon Brown visits flood-stricken Cumbria - Timesonline Gordon Brown today visited flood-stricken communities in Cumbria hit by the heaviest rainfall since records began. The torrential downpour has destroyed homes, businesses and claimed the life of a policeman, swept away as he helped motorists off a ...
Teoh body exhumed - Mysinchew KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 - The exhumation of Teoh Beng Hock's body for a second autopsy, ordered by the inquest into his recent death, has been completed.
'Feels right in my bones' to leave, says Oprah .. - Thestar Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey is at times tearful during a live broadcast in Chicago Nov. 20, 2009 as she announces that her show will end its run in 2011.
Hawaii jobless rate stays at 7.2 percent Honolulu .. - Starbulletin Hawaii's unemployment rate remained steady at 7.2 percent in October, even with September, according to statistics released yesterday by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Google Chrome OS is 10 Years From Broad Enterprise .. - Eweek IDC analyst Al Hilwa said Chrome Operating system will take some hard selling by Google and its partners to get on netbooks, those hard disk-less machines from Asus, Dell, HP and others that let users access Web applications.
F News - Mobiletor Pantech now adds the Impact to AT&T's lineup of quick messaging mobile phones . Offered in two colors namely bright blue and soft pink, the Impact features a ...
Vaccine stocks low Canada.com - Derek Spalding - Canada By Derek Spalding, Daily newsnovember 21, 2009 12:00 AM People waiting for their H1N1 influenza vaccination yesterday were turned away as the supplies ran low but the Vancouver Island Health Authority held on to about 1200 doses for a Monday clinic in ...
Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas - Yahoo Reuters - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children.