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.

Pakistani fighter jets have bombed suspected militant hide-outs in a new assault on an Afghan tribal region today, killing at least 20 people.

Fighter jets pounded militant hide-outs in north-western Pakistan today, killing 18 suspected fighters, an official said.

Suspected US missiles killed 10 people in a militant-controlled region close to the Afghan border today, the first such strike since an alleged Pakistani-trained extremist was linked to a bombing attempt in Times Square.

ARMY helicopter gunships pounded insurgent hideouts in northwest Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 22 militants, a government official said.

A suicide bomber rammed a truck loaded with explosives into a police station in Pakistan today, killing seven passers-by.

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.

Two bombs exploded in a camp for people fleeing a military offensive in north-west Pakistan today, killing at least 20 and leaving about 50 others injured.

Pakistani security forces have killed at least 25 suspected militants in overnight raids near the Afghan border, officials said today.

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.

Pakistani airstrikes killed nine suspected insurgents today in a tribal region near the Afghan border.

Five Pakistani soldiers and at least 21 suspected militants were killed in clashes in a region near the Afghan border where the military is pursuing Taliban insurgents fleeing a US-backed offensive, authorities said today.

THE Pakistani army said yesterday it was investigating reports Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a US drone missile strike in mid-January.

The Pakistani army said today it was investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a US drone missile strike in mid-January.

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.

The army has finished its operation against the Taliban in the South Waziristan tribal region, Pakistan’s prime minister said today, but may now pursue militants in another area along the Afghan border.

PAKISTANI troops battling the Taliban have captured several points in the Swat Valley’s main town, the army said yesterday, including a spot nicknamed “bloody intersection” because militants routinely dumped the mutilated bodies of their victims there.

At least 20 people were killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a military checkpoint in Pakistan’s troubled northwest today, officials said.

A remote control flying US drone today attacked a hide-out connected to the Taliban leader who threatened to attack Washington, killing 12 people.

Security forces have clashed with militants in two north-west Pakistani tribal regions, killing more than 50 alleged insurgents, a paramilitary statement and a government official.

US missile attacks on suspected militants in Pakistan's north-west near Afghanistan are undermining the war on terror and "helping the terrorists," the Muslim nation's Foreign Ministry said.

A mortar shell meant to be fired in celebration of a wedding exploded prematurely today, killing at least 25 people, including the bridegroom and many of his relatives, officials said.