A SUSPECTED US missile strike killed at least six people, hours after the top US military officer told Pakistani leaders that America respected Pakistan’s sovereignty amid a frenzy over American strikes into Pakistan’s north-west.

More than 60 people were feared dead in a huge suicide bomb blast targeting government officials in Afghanistan today.

Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar today called on Afghanistan's neighbours to help his militants oust the government of President Hamid Karzai and force foreign troops out of the country.