Two US drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal regions bordering Afghanistan killed 13 people, including a top militant commander who had a truce with the military, intelligence officials said.

The Pakistani teenager who was shot by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education has urged her country to reverse a decision to rename a college in her honour to avert militant attacks on students.

Thousands of Pakistanis, joined by US anti-war activists, are heading towards a militant-riddled tribal region to protest against US drone strikes despite threats of suicide attacks by the Pakistani Taliban.

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.

At least six militants were killed when a suspected US drone strike hit a vehicle in a tribal region near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said today.

Osama bin Laden spent his last weeks in a house divided, amid wives riven by suspicions.

Suspected US drones fired four missiles at two compounds in north-western Pakistan near the Afghan border, killing 16 alleged militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said today.

A close ally of a senior militant has been killed in a suspected US drone attack in Pakistan’s tribal region, intelligence officials have revealed.

An American missile strike has killed a senior member of the militant Haqqani network in north-western Pakistan, intelligence officials say.

Two Pakistani soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle near the Afghan border, intelligence officials said today.

American drone-fired missiles killed three suspected Islamist militants near the Afghan border today, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Suspected US unmanned aircraft fired missiles at a house in north-western Pakistan today, killing 13 alleged militants in the second such attack in less than 12 hours, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

A TALIBAN militant and his wife carried out a suicide bombing on a police station in Pakistan on Saturday that killed 12 policemen, a Taliban spokesman said yesterday.

A mobile phone of Osama bin Laden's trusted courier recovered in the US raid that killed both men contained contacts for a militant group that is a long-time asset of Pakistan's intelligence agency, it was reported today.

Taliban fighters killed eight Pakistani soldiers at a checkpoint in an Afghan border region that the army had said was cleared of insurgents, while two bomb attacks today in the north-west killed six civilians, officials said.

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

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.

Al-Qaida militant leader Ilyas Kashmiri has been killed in US missile strike in Pakistan, the militant group has confirmed.

The discovery of Osama bin Laden’s hideaway in a city at the heart of Pakistan’s military establishment today revived questions about alleged links between al-Qaida and elements in the country’s security forces.

An American missile killed two Arab militants and two local fighters as they travelled in a vehicle close to the Afghan border today, the fourth such attack in the region in the space of 24 hours, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

POLICE arrested two would-be suicide bombers planning to attack a mosque and a government building in Pakistan’s capital yesterday.

Police arrested two would-be suicide bombers planning to attack a mosque and a government building in Pakistan’s capital today.

A roadside bomb killed six Taliban militants, including a prominent local commander, in north-western Pakistan today in an attack that could have been motivated by tensions between different insurgent groups.

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

Two suspected US missile attacks hit alleged militant targets in a Pakistani tribal area today, killing at least 14 people.

At least 17 people were killed and about 40 injured in a suicide car bomb attack on a police station in north-western Pakistan today.

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.

Suspected US missiles hit a house today in a Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border, killing at least 10 suspected militants including a possible al Qaida operative, intelligence officials said.

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

A US missile strike has killed two foreign militant suspects and eight Pakistanis near the Afghan border, two intelligence officials said today.

A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed 11 people today when he attacked a police patrol in an area of north-western Pakistan.

Up to 18 American missiles slammed into a Taliban sanctuary in Pakistan close to the Afghan border today, killing 14 alleged insurgents in the third such strike since a failed car bombing in New York drew fresh attention to the region, officials 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.

In the days before his failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in the heart of Times Square, the American suspect, who had recently returned from his native Pakistan, did a dry run, a law enforcement official said today.

A claim by the Pakistani Taliban that it was behind the Times Square bomb attempt should be "taken with a pinch of salt", a spokesman for Pakistan's army said today.

A Pakistani Taliban leader thought to have been killed in a US missile strike earlier this year is now believed to have survived, an intelligence official said today.

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.

Two suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other in the Pakistani city of Lahore today, killing at least 39 people.

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.

Two suicide bombers struck outside a police complex in north-west Pakistan today, killing 15 people and underscoring the relentless security threat despite army operations and US missile strikes against al-Qaida and the Taliban.

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.

A suicide bomber today killed 12 people at a police checkpoint in a north-west Pakistani tribal area where the military declared victory over the Taliban and al-Qaida last year.

Suspected US missiles hit a compound and a bunker in Pakistan’s tribal region today, killing nine militants as part of an unprecedented wave of strikes since a deadly attack against the CIA across the border in Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.

A suspected US missile strike killed at least 10 alleged militants today at a compound formerly used as a religious school in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, officials said, the eighth such attack in two weeks.