The Taliban today hinted it may launch attacks against foreign flood relief workers in Pakistan, saying their presence is "unacceptable".

PRESIDENT Asif Ali Zardari returned yesterday to flood-ravaged Pakistan, where he faced a storm of criticism for visiting Europe as his country was gripped by what his government called the nation’s worst natural disaster.

The Pakistani Taliban denied any role in the botched car bombing in Times Square but praised the suspect for a “brave job”, as New York authorities pressed him on his claims of terrorist training.

A SUSPECTED suicide bomber killed 41 people in an attack on the Pakistani military yesterday as the Taliban claimed responsibility for a weekend raid on the army’s headquarters.

A suicide car bombing targeting Pakistani troops killed 41 people today, the fourth militant attack in just over a week, as the Taliban pledged to mobilise fighters across the country for more strikes.

Taliban militants claimed responsibility today for a suicide bomb attack at the UN food agency in Pakistan’s capital in which five people were killed, saying international relief work in Pakistan was not in “the interest of Muslims”.