Friends of a mother and her four children killed in a suspected arson attack have paid tribute to a “beautiful, well-behaved family”.

A doctor who lost his wife and four children in a suspected arson attack on their home "fought hard" to save them, British police said.

A KEY Taliban commander said that al-Qaida terror network chief Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar are both alive and in good health after more than three years on the run.

A purported senior commander from Afghanistan’s ousted Taliban militia today claimed the radical group’s fugitive leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden are alive and well.

Taliban spiritual leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has nominated an Afghan warrior to succeed him as leader.