A suspected US drone strike has killed seven militants near the Afghan border, according to Pakistani intelligence officials

The Taliban have threatened to kill a Pakistani cricket star turned politician if he holds a planned march to their tribal stronghold along the Afghan border to protest over US drone attacks.

US missiles have killed 23 suspected militants in an attack on a compound in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border.

Teams of coordinated suicide attackers struck two police stations in north western Pakistan today, killing a local police chief and wounding four officers in the latest assault on government officials, authorities said.

Pakistani forces have given tribesmen in a new cluster of remote hideouts along the Afghan border an April 20 deadline to hand over al-Qaida terrorists or face a fierce crackdown by thousands of troops.