Gunmen killed eight people in an attack on a Pakistani army camp near a city where thousands of hardline Islamists stopped on their way to the capital to protest against the decision to reopen the Nato supply line to Afghanistan, police said.

Afghanistan’s former intelligence chief said today he knew Osama bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan four years ago, but his claims were rejected by the country’s leaders.

India and Pakistan held wide-ranging discussions today about terrorism, Kashmir and other disputes in the first talks between them since the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

Hopes that another war between India and Pakistan can be averted rose today, with increasing signs that the country’s leaders will meet at an Asian summit in Nepal this week.

India has delivered to Pakistan a list of 20 other suspected terrorists it wants arrested and handed over.

Indian security forces have killed eight alleged Kashmiri militants.

More than two dozen militants have been detained in Pakistan in a bid to crack down on those believed to be responsible for an attack on the Indian Parliament.

Two Indian soldiers have been killed in border clashes with Pakistan.

Pakistan said today it had arrested the outspoken former leader of a militant Islamic group accused by India of helping orchestrate an attack on its Parliament that has taken the two countries to the brink of hostilities.