A girl of nine has told how she escaped Pakistani terrorists who tried to use her as a human bomb.

A suicide attack on a prison van in north-west Pakistan wounded at least 10 policemen today, authorities said.

At least 10 people have been killed in a suspected suicide attack at a political rally in north-west Pakistan, police said today.

Three US soldiers were among seven people killed today in a roadside bomb blast near a girls' school in north-west Pakistan, security officials said.