The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility today for a pre-dawn attack on tankers carrying fuel to Afghanistan for US and other Nato forces, vowing to continue raiding supply lines in Pakistan until they are shut down completely.

Suspected militants attacked and set on fire at least 20 oil tankers in Pakistan that were on their way to Nato and US troops in Afghanistan.

At least 27 tankers carrying fuel for Nato troops in Afghanistan were attacked in southern Pakistan.

Pakistan has temporarily suspended oil tankers and trucks carrying sealed containers from using the Khyber Pass, a key passage to Afghanistan, an official said today, a move which will probably have an impact on supplies heading to Nato troops.

The Pakistani military has pounded an extremist stronghold near the Afghan border where a rebel leader blamed for the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is believed to be hiding, officials said.

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.

Thousands rallied across Pakistan today against cartoons of Prophet Mohammed and a planned US presidential visit after radical Islamic groups called a strike that shut shops and businesses in several major cities.

Pakistani and US forces have intensified the search for Osama bin Laden along a south-western stretch of the border with Afghanistan following information from a newly captured al-Qaida deputy, Pakistani intelligence and military officials say.

The United Nations say thousands of refugees have fled Kandahar, as tribal and other opposition fighters press for control of the city.

For the first time in weeks, relieved residents of Kabul awoke today after a night free of the nearby crash of US bombs.

US warplanes bombarded Taliban positions near a front line north of the capital of Kabul today, marking what could be the start of a more aggressive campaign on behalf of opposition forces fighting the Islamic regime.

US warplanes bombarded Taliban positions near a front line north of the capital of Kabul today, marking what could be the start of a more aggressive campaign on behalf of opposition forces fighting the Islamic regime.

Pakistan is closing its border with Afghanistan again, after 3,000 refugees entered the country.

The United Nations has said that the refugee crisis on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has descended into chaos, with thousands of people fleeing the US attacks on their homeland.

Thousands of Islamic militants clashed with police across Pakistan today, hurling stones, burning cars and setting a fast-food restaurant on fire.

Some of Pakistan’s most influential clerics swiftly denounced the US and British attacks, calling them an attack against Islam and grounds for holy war.

Millions of refugees are expected to flee Afghanistan of the United State launches a military campaign against the war-torn country.