A girl of nine has told how she escaped Pakistani terrorists who tried to use her as a human bomb.

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.

At least 10 people have been killed in a suspected suicide attack at a political rally in north-west Pakistan, police said today.