Five young American men under investigation in Pakistan for alleged terror links had established contact with a Taliban recruiter and have told FBI officials they were on a mission to be martyred, a Pakistani police official said.

The leader of a banned Islamist group which India has accused of carrying out attacks on its financial capital late last year was placed under house arrest again today.

A hard-line cleric accused of being a fund-raiser for the Mumbai terror attack group is to be arrested, Pakistan said today.

India today demanded the arrest of 22 Pakistanis it accused of masterminding last year’s Mumbai terrorist attacks.

A TERROR suspect arrested in New Delhi was a close aide of a prime suspect in the Mumbai terror attacks, India’s Home Minister said yesterday.

A terror suspect arrested in New Delhi was a close aide of a prime suspect in the Mumbai terror attacks, India’s Home Minister said today.

A lawyer for the leader of an Islamic group suspected in the deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai last year said a Pakistani court has ordered his release.

Pakistan will not let British investigators question suspects detained in Pakistan over the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the prime minister said today.

Pakistan was under pressure today to clamp down on an Islamic charity after the UN declared it a front for the group blamed for the Mumbai terrorist attacks.

The Pakistani-based militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks kept an Indian militant as a “pointman” to shepherd gunmen across the porous border, police said.

Pakistani troops seized a camp used by the extremist group blamed in the Mumbai attacks and arrested more than 12 people, militants and a security official said today.

Authorities finished the gruesome task of removing bodies from the Taj Mahal hotel today, the final site of the Mumbai siege to be cleared.

THE Red Cross appealed yesterday for $7.8 million (€6m) in emergency funds to help victims of an earthquake in south-west Pakistan, saying the priority is to provide shelter to the homeless as winter sets in.

The Red Cross appealed today for US$7.8m (€6.1m) in emergency funds to help victims of an earthquake in south-west Pakistan, saying the priority is to provide shelter to the homeless as winter sets in.

The death toll from the earthquake that devastated an impoverished valley in south-western Pakistan rose to 215 today.