More rain soaked flood-ravaged Pakistan today and even heavier downpours were forecast for coming days, deepening a crisis in which hard-line Islamists have rushed to fill gaps in the government’s patchy response.

AFGHAN president Hamid Karzai survived an assassination attempt yesterday when a security guard fired at his car shortly after 22 people were killed in a car blast in Kabul.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped an assassin’s bullets today – an attack blamed on Osama bin Laden, the world’s most wanted man.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai survived an assassination attempt today when a security guard fired at his car as it was leaving the governor’s mansion in Kandahar, witnesses said.