A teenage suicide bomber killed up to 31 Pakistani army recruits at a parade ground yesterday, an attack the Taliban said was revenge for US drone strikes and local military offensives.

A car bomb killed nine people close to the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar today, the latest in a series of attacks that are challenging recent police claims of progress against Islamist militants in the region.

sAround 150 militants attacked five security posts in a tribal area near the Afghan border overnight, sparking a clash that killed three soldiers and 24 insurgents, the Pakistani military said.

TWIN suicide bombers in police uniforms killed 50 people and injured 100 in Pakistan’s tribal badlands yesterday, attacking an anti-Taliban militia and pro-government elders near the Afghan border.

Two suicide bombers disguised as policemen killed 50 people at an anti-Taliban tribal meeting in Pakistan today.

Two suicide bombers killed at least 40 people today in an area of Pakistan rife with militants.

A suicide bomber killed 67 people today at a mosque frequented by tribal elders opposed to the Pakistani Taliban.

Nato helicopter attacked a Pakistani security post near the Afghan border today, killing three troops, officials in Pakistan said.

About 150,000 Pakistanis were forced to move to higher ground as floodwaters from a freshly swollen Indus River submerged dozens more towns and villages in the south, a government spokesman said today.

Pakistan thanked the world for coming to its aid and said more than 20 million flood victims now knew that nations and people around the globe were standing with them during the worst disaster the country has ever faced.

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

The death toll from twin suicide bombings in Pakistan jumped to 102 today with 115 people wounded, making it the deadliest attack this year in the country.

A pair of suicide bombings killed 62 people today outside a government office in a region along the Afghan border.

At least 48 people were killed and 80 injured today when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck outside a government office in Pakistan.

A suicide bomber struck outside a government office in a tribal region where Pakistan’s army has fought the Taliban, killing at least 14 people and wounding nearly 100 others today.

Hundreds of Islamist militants have attacked a checkpoint on Pakistan’s Afghan border, and nearly three dozen Pakistani paramilitary troops are missing, security officials said today.

A roadside bomb killed nine Pakistani security officers near the Afghan border today.

Helicopter gunships attacked Taliban hideouts in north-west Pakistan today killing 10 suspected fighters after gunmen murdered two soldiers at a checkpoint in the area.

A suicide bomber blew himself up today in a market in Pakistan’s north west crowded with shoppers ahead of a Muslim holiday, killing 12 people, including a mayor who once supported but had turned against the Taliban, officials said.

A SUICIDE bomber killed seven people near a major air force complex in northwest Pakistan yesterday, while an explosion killed 17 on a bus heading to a wedding elsewhere in the region, the latest in a surge of militant attacks this month.

A suicide bomber killed seven people near a major air force complex in north-west Pakistan today while an explosion killed 17 on a bus heading to a wedding elsewhere in the region.

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.

A US airstrike killed 11 Pakistani troops on the border with Afghanistan straining relations between the two supposed partners in the war on terror.