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Suicide blast kills 16 at courthouse

19.11.09

A suicide bomber killed 16 people and injured 26 outside a courthouse in the Pakistani city of Peshawar... more

Suicide bomber destroys spy building

13.11.09

Suicide bombers struck at the heart of Pakistan's anti-terror campaign, devastating the country's main spy agency in an attack that left at least nine people dead and 55 injured... more

9/11 mastermind to go on trial in New York

13.11.09

Self-proclaimed ringleader of the 9/11 terror attacks is to face public trial in New York, President has announces... more

Pakistan blast kills 20 as Hillary praises army's strike at terror

28.10.09

Huge explosion rocks Pakistan's main north-west city of Peshawar today, killing 20 people and injuring at least 35... more

Afghanistan: Obama must decide soon

28.10.09

The bombings of Kabul's principal hotel destination for Westerners and of a hostel approved for UN workers underline the scale of the challenge facing Nato in Afghanistan ahead of the presidential election runoff... more

Suicide bombers kill 11 in Pakistan

16.10.09

Eleven people were killed and 15 injured today when three suicide bombers, including a woman, set off two blasts near a fortified police station in north-west Pakistan... more

50 die in Pakistan market blast

09.10.09

Suicide bomber struck near a crowded market in Peshawar, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 100... more

Europe must not stand by while Pakistan unravels

11.06.09

The West has to aid the 2.6 million refugees who have fled the Taliban, says a leading Pakistani commentator ... more

Fifteen killed by bomb at Pakistan hotel

10.06.09

A suicide squad shot its way past guards and set off a massive blast outside a hotel popular with wealthy Pakistanis and foreign workers, killing at least 15 people and wounding 70... more

Bomb kills 40 in Pakistan mosque

05.06.09

A bomb blast killed around 40 worshippers attending Friday prayers at a mosque in a restive area of northwest Pakistan... more

In shock, the girlfriend who was sure Tom would go free

07.05.09

Sally Dudmesh heard a judge find her lover, Old Etonian heir Thomas Cholmondeley, guilty of manslaughter on his Kenyan estate. It was the verdict she always dreaded ... more

Pakistan surrenders to Taliban on use of sharia

16.02.09

The Pakistan government has agreed to implement Islamic law across a large swathe of the country's north-west in a concession aimed at pacifying a spreading Taliban insurgency... more

Pakistan's Musharraf quits

18.08.08

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has finally stepped down in a bid to stop the country from descending into chaos... more

From trailing the Taliban to the new Bond girl

27.12.07

Director of The Kite Runner Marc Forster has been accused of endangering his Afghan stars and cultural insensitivity. In a frank interview, he defends himself - and reveals his next challenge.... more

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