A suicide bombing has killed five people in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, according to a police official.

At least 41 people were killed when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosive vest in a crowded aid distribution centre in north west Pakistan today.

A top Pakistani Taliban commander is believed to have died in a Pakistan army airstrike, officials said today.

A suicide bomber today killed 12 people at a police checkpoint in a north-west Pakistani tribal area where the military declared victory over the Taliban and al-Qaida last year.

At least 25 people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a volleyball tournament in Pakistan today.

Police commandos acting on a tip-off killed one militant and arrested five others today in a raid against a bombing cell accused in recent attacks around the north west Pakistani city of Peshawar, authorities said today.

Officials said Pakistani security forces killed 15 militants, including a senior commander, in separate clashes, as they seek to rout the Taliban from northwestern areas.

At least three people were killed when a pick-up truck laden with explosives attacked a police station in north west Pakistan today.

A rickshaw suicide bomber killed three people in the Pakistan city of Peshawar today, the latest in a string of strikes across the country that has left hundreds dead.

Pakistan’s army took their battle against the Taliban to the streets of a key stronghold in the tribal region of South Waziristan today.

The army captured the strategically located hometown of Pakistan’s Taliban chief today after days of fierce fighting, officials said, its first major prize in a US-backed anti-Taliban offensive along the Afghan border.

Pakistani fighter jets bombed suspected militant hide-outs today in a tribal region where the military had previously declared victory over the Taliban, killing eight alleged extremists a day after the end of a deadly siege of the army’s headquarters.

PAKISTANI commandos freed dozens of hostages held by militants at the army’s own headquarters yesterday, ending a bloody, 22-hour drama that embarrassed the nation’s military as it plans a new offensive against al-Qaida and the Taliban.

Hundreds of Pakistani refugees who spent weeks in relief camps began heading home to the battle-scarred Swat Valley today under a government repatriation programme.

Pakistani security forces fought Taliban militants on the outskirts of the main city in the north-west’s Swat Valley and entered two other Taliban-held towns there, the army said today, foreshadowing what could become bloody urban battles.

Scores of militants attacked a Pakistani security post near the Afghan border today, triggering a battle that left 18 fighters dead and cast doubt on claims by Pakistan’s army to have regained control of a critical region.

A bomb-laden car exploded in north-western Pakistan today as police were trying to pull a body from the vehicle, killing seven policemen and a passer-by.

Pakistani troops have defeated Taliban militants in one of their strongholds overlooking the Afghan border after a grinding six-month offensive, the general leading the military operation said today.

Pakistan’s army said today it has captured a key militant stronghold near the Afghan border, a breakthrough in an offensive against the Taliban and al-Qaida. It acknowledged for the first time that 95 civilians had died during the offensive.

Pakistani forces killed up to 30 militants close to the Afghan border today as the region’s chief minister told a top US diplomat he wanted to resolve problems there through dialogue.

Afghan refugees ordered out of a Pakistani war zone have begun flowing over the border into their homeland, worsening a humanitarian crisis resulting from an army offensive against Taliban militants, officials said.

Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in an insurgency-wracked tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban fighters.

Pakistan’s new president told Parliament today that the nation will not tolerate violations of its sovereignty by “any power” in the name of fighting terror, a clear signal to the US to avoid controversial cross-border strikes.

A suicide car bomber attacked an army convoy in Pakistan’s volatile north-western tribal area today, killing three civilians and three soldiers, an army spokesman said.

Pakistani security forces killed 10 suspected militants and wounded 25 others today in new clashes near the Afghan border, a government official said.

Fighter jets bombed Taliban hide-outs in Pakistan’s troubled northwest while troops pushed into militant territory on the ground, killing at least 40 insurgents in a 24-hour siege.

Pakistan banned the Taliban today after the militants claimed responsibility for one of the country’s worst suicide bombings.

Fourteen people were killed today when a roadside bomb hit a Pakistan air force truck as the military pounded insurgent positions in a nearby tribal region.

PAKISTANI forces bombed dozens of houses in a tribal region near the Afghan border yesterday, officials and witnesses said, amid reports that days of clashes have killed at least 100 insurgents and nine paramilitary troops.

Pakistani forces bombed dozens of houses in a tribal region near the Afghan border today, officials and witnesses said, amid reports that days of clashes have killed at least 100 insurgents and nine paramilitary troops.

Security officials say Pakistani troops have killed at least 25 militants in fighting near the Afghan border.

Suspected Islamic militants shot dead a pro-government tribal chief and wounded three other people in an attack early today near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, an official said.

A militant leader with alleged ties to al-Qaida has welcomed an offer by Pakistan’s new prime minister to negotiate with Islamic fighters accused of launching terrorist attacks from tribal regions bordering Afghanistan.

A suicide bomber attacked an anti al-Qaida peace meeting attended by thousands of tribe members in north-western Pakistan today, killing at least 40 people in the third suicide blast in the region in as many days.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's politician brother faced possible arrest today over murder charges dating back to 1998 after both brothers were excluded from forthcoming parliamentary elections.

A suicide bombing killed four Pakistani troops near the Afghan border today, as tribal elders met with Islamic militants elsewhere in the troubled north-west of the country to seek the release of at least 120 kidnapped Pakistani soldiers, officials said.

A roadside bomb blew up a vehicle, killing five people, including a regional government official, in troubled north-western Pakistan today, a security official said.

A probe into the deadliest attack on Pakistani troops waging a counterinsurgency campaign along the Afghan border was progressing well, an investigator said today, as a previously unknown group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that killed 42 soldiers.

A suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a Pakistan army training base today, killing at least 35 soldiers and wounding several others who were doing their morning exercises.

Thousands of angry tribesmen and Islamists protested today across Pakistan against an airstrike that killed 80 people at a religious school near the Afghan border this week, as state TV aired video footage purportedly showing militants in training there before the attack.

Pakistan’s military had to destroy an Islamic school, killing 80 people in the process, with helicopter-fired missiles to prevent trainee terrorists escaping the building, the army said today as critics denounced the government for using disproportionate force.

Pakistani troops backed by missile-firing helicopters killed an estimated 80 militants today after destroying a purported al-Qaida-linked training facility near the Afghan border, the military said.

A suspect killed in a shootout with Pakistani agents this week was a senior al-Qaida operative from Syria behind militant attacks in Pakistan’s tribal regions and against US forces in eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan’s interior minister said today.

Pakistan’s president today said co-operation with America in the war on terror was “excellent” despite a US missile strike on a border village that targeted al-Qaida leaders, but also killed 13 civilians, including women and children.