SECURITY forces have rescued several children forcibly recruited by the Taliban, allegedly to be used as fighters or suicide bombers, and there could be hundreds more like them, an army official has said.

INVESTIGATORS searched a wrecked luxury hotel in north-western Pakistan for evidence yesterday after a suicide bombing killed 11 people, including aid workers, in what the UN condemned as a “heinous terrorist attack”.

Investigators searched a wrecked luxury hotel in north-western Pakistan for evidence today after a bold suicide bombing killed 11 people, including aid workers, in what the UN condemned as a “heinous terrorist attack”.