Pakistan today pressed ahead with its offensive on the homeland of Taliban suicide bombers responsible for a plague of recent attacks across the country.

Pakistan stepped up its offensive in tribal areas on the Afghanistan border today, launching airstrikes against Taliban forces who attacked three military bases.

Pakistan vowed to step up its fight against terrorism today after a suicide attacker detonated an explosive-laden vehicle inside a high-security military base, killing 16 soldiers from an elite counter-terrorism task force.

Up to 25 insurgents were killed today in a battle between Pakistani troops and militants near the Afghan border, the army said.