WANA, Pakistan - Up to 40 militants have attacked an army checkpoint, killing one soldier, a security official said on Saturday, after suicide bombers and gunmen killed dozens at a mosque near Pakistan's military headquarters. Pakistan's army, whic
Suspected pro-Taliban militants launched an armed attack and a suicide bombing on a mosque in Rawalpindi on Friday, killing at least 39 people and wounding 30 others.The attack began just after Friday prayers, targeting a mosque frequented by milita
MINGORA, Pakistan - Pakistani security forces killed at least 15 Taliban militants, including a commander, in clashes on Thursday in the volatile northwest near the Afghan border. Nuclear-armed Pakistan is under growing U.S. pressure to crack down
JAKARTA (AFP) - Several hundred hardline Muslim protestors staged rallies in Indonesia Sunday to urge the government to prevent the spread of HIV by implementing Islamic law. Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, members of the Hizbut Tahrir group
KABUL - Afghan officials said Sunday that 26 militants were killed in a gun battle with border security guards along the Pakistan frontier. NATO also reported that an Afghan woman was killed when she was struck by an international forces vehicle in
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's parliament passed a law on Sunday earmarking $20 million to support militant groups opposing the West and investigate alleged U.S. and British plots against the Islamic Republic. The legislation is widely seen as a response to
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Suspected Taliban militants on Wednesday attacked and destroyed a tanker supplying fuel to NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, police said. A group of 10 armed men ambushed the tanker en route to Afghanistan on the ring ro
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