A Pakistani teenager who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban has been honoured as Harvard University’s humanitarian of the year.

THEY can fight the Pakistani army, attempt to kill the country’s commander-in-chief, and even wage a glorious holy war against the US and other imperial forces.

ONE child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world.

Osama bin Laden was able to live in Pakistan undetected for nine years because of a breathtaking scale of negligence and incompetence, a leaked report said.

Osama bin Laden was able to live in Pakistan undetected for nine years because of a breathtaking scale of negligence and incompetence, a leaked report said.

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl brought to England after being shot in the head by the Taliban, has announced the first donation from her new education charity with the support of Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie.

Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai returned to school for the first time since October when she was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education.

Secondary school students in Co Kildare have written a personal letter to Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for championing the cause of female education.

Thousands of people have called for a Nobel Peace Prize for Malala Yousafzai, who was shot fighting for education in Pakistan.

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 car bomb tore through a crowded bazaar outside an office for anti-Taliban tribal elders Saturday in north-western Pakistan, killing at least 17 people, officials said.

Pakistani police have arrested a number of suspects in the case of a 14-year-old girl shot in the head by the Taliban after promoting girls’ education and speaking out about the group’s atrocities.

A 14-year-old girl shot by a Taliban gunman is in a “satisfactory” condition but the next few days will be critical, a Pakistani military spokesman said.

The Taliban has vowed to hunt down and kill a Pakistani teenager they shot earlier this week.

Schools in Pakistan's Swat Valley have closed in protest as anger erupted across the country over the Taliban attack on a 14-year-old activist famed for promoting girls' education.

A 14-year-old who championed Pakistani girls’ rights to an education has been shot in a suspected Taliban attack.

At least half a dozen gunmen have attacked a compound housing policemen in eastern Pakistan, killing nine of them.

Osama bin Laden lived in five safe houses while on the run in Pakistan and fathered four children – two of them born in government hospitals, according to one his widows.

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.

The Taliban released a video today showing fighters executing 16 Pakistani tribal police officers who were captured in a cross-border raid from Afghanistan earlier this summer.

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.

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.

Pakistan’s army chief ordered an inquiry today into video clips that show men in soldiers’ uniforms gunning down a group of bound and blindfolded detainees.

A case of the deadly waterborne disease cholera has been confirmed in Pakistan’s flood-ravaged northwest, and aid workers expect there to be more, the UN said today.

A case of the deadly, waterborne disease cholera has been confirmed in Pakistan’s flood-ravaged northwest, and aid workers expect it is not isolated, the UN said today.

THOSE unfortunate enough to have their homes, farms or business caught up in our occasional but terribly damaging floods will have some very small idea of the great challenges facing the people of Pakistan.

Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled to reach survivors from massive flooding that afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in a remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides.

THE Pakistan floods could affect more people than the world’s last three great disasters combined, the UN warned yesterday.

The Pakistan floods could affect more people than the world’s last three great disasters combined, the UN warned today.

More rain soaked flood-ravaged Pakistan today and even heavier downpours were forecast for coming days, deepening a crisis in which hard-line Islamists have rushed to fill gaps in the government’s patchy response.

Pakistan is on red alert today for extreme flooding in its rich agricultural south.

Dozens of medical teams have been sent to north-west Pakistan in the hope of preventing a massive outbreak of disease caused by the worst floods in the country’s history.

Rescue workers struggled today to save more than 27,000 people still trapped by massive flooding in Pakistan’s north-west that has killed over 900 people and destroyed thousands of homes, officials said.

THE death toll from three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 430 yesterday, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.

The death toll from three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 400 today as monsoons swelled rivers, submerged villages and triggered landslides.

Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains in Pakistan this week, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 28 people in the north west, officials said today.

An explosion at a Pakistani market near the Afghan border killed three people and wounded seven others today, a local official said.

An explosion near a bus terminal in Pakistan’s Swat Valley killed two people and wounded at least 35 today, officials said.

Militants ambushed an Afghan police convoy with a roadside bomb and gunfire in eastern Afghanistan, killing five officers before fleeing Nato aerial bombardment, an official 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.

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a busy market area in the main city in Pakistan’s Swat Valley today, killing two civilians in the north-western region wrested from the Taliban last year, police said.

A bomb has ripped through a busy market area in the main city in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, killing at least two people, police said today.

A suicide attack on a prison van in north-west Pakistan wounded at least 10 policemen today, authorities said.

The Taliban attacked a US consulate in Pakistan with car bombs and grenades today killing three people, hours after 41 others died in a suicide attack on a political rally.