A suicide bomber attacked a funeral attended by an anti-Taliban politician in north-west Pakistan today, killing at least 13 mourners and wounding 30 others, police said.

A suicide bomber killed 67 people today at a mosque frequented by tribal elders opposed to the Pakistani Taliban.

A Taliban commander blamed for the deadliest attack on US troops since they entered Afghanistan in 2001 has been killed in a shoot-out with security forces in Pakistan, American and Pakistani officials said today.