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.

Two bombs hours apart exploded in the Pakistani city of Peshawar today, killing 23 people and underscoring the reach of militants despite successive military offensives close to the Afghan border.

Suspected Taliban militants have detonated two bombs which killed a boy, aged between five and seven, outside a school and injuring 10 other people, including five children.

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 SUICIDE bomber yesterday demolished a mosque packed with hundreds of worshippers attending prayers in Jamrud, near the Afghan border, killing at least 48 people and injuring scores more, in the bloodiest attack in Pakistan this year.

A roadside bomb apparently targeting an oil tanker exploded along a Pakistani supply line used by US-led troops in Afghanistan, and official said.

Islamic militants cut a major supply route for Western troops in Afghanistan by blowing up a bridge in north-west Pakistan.

A government official says Pakistan has temporarily closed the major supply route to US and Nato forces in Afghanistan after suspected militants fired rockets on a nearby military camp.

Pakistan reopened the main supply route for Nato troops in Afghanistan today after blocking it for three days during a campaign against militants who have been attacking convoys.

Pakistan suspended truck shipments of US military supplies through the famed Khyber Pass after launching an offensive against militants who are trying to cripple Washington’s war on a resurgent Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan.

Suspected militants attacked a Pakistan transport terminal used to supply Nato and US troops in Afghanistan, killing a guard and burning 106 vehicles today.

At least 20 people were killed by a car bomb in Pakistan today in a region already dangerously on edge after the attacks on India’s commercial capital last week.

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.

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.

I SOMETIMES wonder is it just me that’s going mad, or is the whole country at it.

A new audio tape said to be by Osama bin Laden urges Muslims to carry out suicide attacks and to rise up against Arab governments that have supported the US-led war in Iraq.

British journalist Yvonne Ridley tonight spoke of her delight at being freed by her Taliban captors - and her desperation to get home to see her daughter Daisy.

The first US/British strikes in Afghanistan were focused on military targets such as airfields and command centres.

Afghans are again being told to be ready for holy war against the United States, according to the Taliban's news agency.