A schoolgirl who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan has undergone successful surgery, doctors have said.

Six female teachers and one man have been killed in an ambush by gunmen in north-west Pakistan.

Dozens of militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons have attacked two tribal police posts in north-west Pakistan, killing two policemen.

Six people were killed when a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near a vehicle carrying the regional head of a government-allied militia in north-west Pakistan, officials have said.

A 15-year-old schoolgirl who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan has been able to stand up and communicate freely with medical staff, the hospital treating her said today.

A suspected US drone missile strike has killed five people in a militant haven in north-west Pakistan, near the Afghan border, intelligence officials said today.

A roadside bomb killed 15 passengers in a van and wounded 12 others in north-west Pakistan near the Afghan border today, police said.

A car filled with explosives rammed a US government vehicle in north-west Pakistan today, killing two people and wounding five others.

Gunmen attacked an office of the security force’s intelligence agency in north-west Pakistan today, taking several hostages and reportedly killing at least one officer, police said.

A roadside bomb has hit a paramilitary convoy in north-west Pakistan, killing seven soldiers, officials say.

Ten suspected militants have been killed in a missile strike by a US drone in north-west Pakistan near the Afghan border, intelligence officials say.

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.

A powerful bomb ripped through a minibus terminal in north-west Pakistan today, killing at least 12 people including a child, officials said.

Seventeen people have been killed in a suicide bombing in north-west Pakistan.

The presidents of Afghanistan and Iran have convened in Pakistan for a three-way summit that is expected to focus on steps Islamabad can take to bring about peace talks with the Afghan Taliban.

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.

Six people have been killed in a suicide attack on a funeral in north-west Pakistan, police say.

Twelve people have been killed after a bomb explosion at a hotel in south-west Pakistan, police have said.

The Pakistani Taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack on a police station that killed at least 10 officers.

Suspected US drones fired missiles at a vehicle and a house in north-west Pakistan today, killing at least seven people in a rare attack in an area where some of Nato’s fiercest enemies have reportedly travelled, Pakistani officials said.

Twenty-five people were killed and nearly 100 others injured when two explosions went off minutes apart in the north-west Pakistan city of Peshawar, officials said.

The United States fired missiles at three suspected militant targets in north-west Pakistan today, killing 16 people and keeping the pressure on insurgents days after a strike was believed to have killed a top al-Qaida commander, intelligence officials said.

At least five security troops were killed when some 200 militants streamed over the border from Afghanistan and attacked a Pakistani checkpoint, police said today.

Hillary Clinton said today that relations between the United States and Pakistan have reached a turning point after the killing of Osama bin Laden, and Islamabad must make “decisive steps” in the days ahead to fight terrorism.

A car bomb has exploded near a government office in north-west Pakistan killing at least eight people.

A suicide bomber in a pick-up truck filled with explosives attacked a police building in north-west Pakistan today, killing five police officers and wounding at least 30 other people in the latest round of bloodshed to hit the country since the US raid which killed Osama bin Laden.

A suicide car bomber struck a police building in an army camp in Pakistan’s main north-west city early today, killing five police officers and wounding at least 30.

A Taliban suicide bomber rammed his motorbike into an armoured vehicle taking American officials to the US consulate in north-west Pakistan today, in a strike the militants said was in revenge for the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

US missiles have killed at least five alleged militants in a tribal region of Pakistan along the Afghan border – the third such attack since the US killing of Osama bin Laden, intelligence officials said.

A team of elite American commandos slid down ropes from helicopters into the compound where Osama bin Laden was hiding before shooting the al-Qaida leader in the head after he opened fire on them, US officials revealed.

HELICOPTERS descended out of darkness on the most important counter-terrorism mission in US history. It was an operation so secret that only a select few US officials knew what was about to happen.

Osama bin Laden was hiding in a two-storey house 100 yards from a Pakistani military academy when four helicopters carrying US anti-terror forces swooped in the early morning hours.

Osama bin Laden was hiding in a two-storey house 100 yards from a Pakistani military academy when four helicopters carrying US anti-terror forces swooped in the early morning hours.

A remote-controlled bomb exploded next to a cattle market in north-west Pakistan today, killing one person and injuring three others, police said.

A US missile strike has killed eight alleged militants in north-west Pakistan, intelligence officials say.

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.

A suicide bomber blew himself up him in a market in north-west Pakistan today, killing at least eight people.

A suicide bomber blew himself up close to a police van in north-west Pakistan today, killing six people and injuring 17 others, police said.

A SUICIDE bomber struck a mosque frequented by anti-Taliban tribal elders in north-west Pakistan during afternoon prayers, killing at least 50 people in one of the deadliest attacks this year.

A suicide bomber struck a mosque in north-west Pakistan during prayers today, causing the roof to collapse and killing at least 50 people.

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.

Dozens of Muslim militants with European citizenship are believed to be hiding out in lawless north-west Pakistan, training for missions that could include terror attacks in European capitals, Pakistani and Western intelligence officials said.

Intelligence officials have intercepted a credible Islamist-linked terror plot against European cities in Britain, France and Germany it emerged today.