Bombs destroyed an internet cafe, wrecked a bus carrying handicapped children and spread panic through Pakistan’s main north-western city, Peshawar today, killing at least 11 people in a day of carnage across the militancy-plagued region.

Afghanistan’s top Islamic organisation today called for an end to four days of rioting against drawings of the Prophet Mohammed, as police shot dead two protesters to stop hundreds from marching on a US military base.

Fear of attack by Taliban-led rebels kept many candidates off the streets today as Afghanistan kicked off the official campaign period for landmark September 18 legislative elections, the war-torn country’s next step toward democracy.

THE family of three men suspected of plotting a bomb attack in Britain yesterday denied they were al-Qaida terrorists.

US jets bombed an area of southeastern Afghanistan today killing up to 16 Taliban guerrillas.