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.

Twenty-five people were killed when a bomb targeting a militia opposed to the Pakistani Taliban exploded in a market close to the Afghan border today – the deadliest blast in the country in several months, officials said.

A suicide bomber struck a mosque in a Pakistani tribal region during Friday prayers, killing at least 40 people and wounding 85 others.

Two explosions went off minutes apart in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar early today, killing 34 people and injuring nearly 100 in one of the deadliest attacks since the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden last month, officials said.

Friendly fire killed 13 troops caught up in a militant ambush close to the Afghan border, a Pakistani military commander said today.

Two American missile attacks killed 15 people in north-west Pakistan today.

Two American missile attacks killed five people in north-west Pakistan today in an expansion of the CIA-led covert war inside the country.

Seven militants have been killed by a US missile strike in a tribal region in north-western Pakistan, intelligence officials say.

Two people were killed when a truck on its way back from delivering Nato supplies in Afghanistan was ambushed by gunmen in north-west Pakistan, a government official said today.

A small bomb damaged a truck carrying oil to Nato troops in Afghanistan that was parked near the border, a Pakistan government official said.

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

PAKISTANI authorities blocked a vital supply route for NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan yesterday after the killing of three soldiers in two NATO cross-border incursions, officials said.

Pakistan army jets and helicopters targeted militant hideouts near the Afghan border, killing 45 people identified as insurgents or members of their families, including women and children, security officials said today.

An explosion at a Pakistani market near the Afghan border killed three people and wounded seven others today, a local official said.

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.

Two suicide bombers dressed in burqas blew themselves up today in a camp for refugees fleeing military offensives in north-western Pakistan, killing 41 people and wounding 62, officials said.

More than 100 militants armed with rockets and automatic weapons attacked two security checkpoints in north-western Pakistan today, sparking intense fighting which left at least 41 insurgents and two soldiers dead, officials said.

Pakistani troops killed 54 suspected insurgents in overnight air strikes on a strategic north-west checkpoint, an official said.

Pakistani security forces killed 29 militants in two troubled tribal regions near Afghanistan today, officials said, as troops pressed on with operations aimed at flushing out insurgents who have threatened the state.

The Taliban attacked a US consulate in Pakistan with car bombs and grenades today killing three people, hours after 41 others died in a suicide attack on a political rally.

PAKISTANI troops repulsed a Taliban attack on a checkpoint close to the Afghan border yesterday in fighting that killed six soldiers and 25 insurgents, the military said.

Pakistani troops repulsed a Taliban attack on a checkpoint close to the Afghan border today in fighting that killed six soldiers and 25 insurgents, the military said.

A bomb at a mosque in Pakistan’s north-western tribal belt killed 29 people today.

Two suicide bombers struck outside a police complex in north-west Pakistan today, killing 15 people and underscoring the relentless security threat despite army operations and US missile strikes against al-Qaida and the Taliban.

Two explosions in a north-west Pakistani city have today killed two people and wounded at least 20 others, including the local police chief.

A suicide car bomber has attacked a tribal police patrol in north-western Pakistan, killing 10 policemen, a local government official said today.

Authorities arrested six suspected Taliban militants with a suicide vest and hand grenades allegedly on their way to attack a five-star hotel and kill Americans in Pakistan's cultural capital, said police.

An explosion apparently caused by a suicide vest stored in a house in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi killed eight suspected militants today.

Pakistan may launch a new military offensive near the Afghan border where militant leaders are believed to have fled to escape a government onslaught against the Taliban in South Waziristan, the prime minister said.

PANICKED civilians fled Pakistan’s Swat district yesterday as the government prepared to shelter 500,000 displaced people and clashes with Taliban fighters heightened fears that a peace deal was about to collapse.

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.

Dozens of suspected militants fired rockets early today at a transport terminal in northwest Pakistan that is used to ship supplies to Nato troops based in Afghanistan, police said.

A suicide bomber demolished a packed mosque in Pakistan today, killing at least 50 and injuring scores more.

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

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.

A spokesman says unknown gunmen have shot dead a leader of an outlawed Pakistani militant group in the country’s volatile northwest.

A suicide attacker detonated explosives near a police station in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad today, killing more than 10 police officers, officials said.

PAKISTANI paramilitary forces destroyed a handful of militant centres and uncovered alleged torture cells as they pressed ahead yesterday with an offensive against extremists near the Afghan border, officials said.

The leader of the Taliban in Pakistan said he is suspending peace talks with the government because of a military offensive against militants in Khyber.

A local government official says Pakistan has launched a military operation against Taliban militants who have been threatening the main city in the country’s volatile north-west.

Tribesmen shot four people to death in a public execution in northwestern Pakistan, after a council of elders found them guilty of adultery, an official said.