President Asif Ali Zardari returns to Pakistan to face a storm of criticism for visiting Europe as his country was gripped by its worst natural disaster... more
Storms ground helicopters carrying emergency supplies to flood-ravaged north-west Pakistan today amid growing anger at the absence
of president Zardari... more
Rescue teams try to reach tens of thousands of people cut off by flooding in northern Pakistan as the death toll from the disaster rose to more than 1,400... more
Militant groups in Pakistan are going head-to-head with the US government in a battle to help more than a million people caught up in the worst floods in 80 years... more
In a spine-stiffening newspaper column, Boris Johnson reminds us why we are in Afghanistan. Have we forgotten 9/11, or our duty to our American allies?... more
Pakistani planes bombed Taliban strongholds in South Waziristan near the Afghan border today as the government said a ground offensive against insurgents was "imminent".... more
Probe into possible ballot rigging has been launched in an area of Afghanistan where British soldiers died fighting the Taliban ahead of the presidential poll... more
President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, widower of the assassinated Benazir Bhutto, visits Downing Street today at a crucial point in British relations with his country... more
Despite the mayhem in Afghanistan and the crucial presidential elections there last week, the real focus of the US and Britain in the region remains on Pakistan, which at this moment has an unprecedented opportunity to turn the tide against the Taliban and al Qaeda... more
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
More than 30 people were killed and 300 injured in a car bomb attack which caused a huge explosion outside a spy HQ and police station in the Pakistani city of Lahore... more
Thousands of Pakistanis were fleeing clashes between Taliban fighters and the army in the bitter battle for the Swat valley, threatening a humanitarian emergency... more
Air strikes by US forces in Afghanistan are thought to have killed dozens of civilians, including women and children, as pictures emerged showing villagers burying their dead... more
Pakistani forces took back a key town from the Taliban as warplanes launched an assault on militants in a bid to halt their advance toward the Pakistani capital... more
Hillary Clinton has attacked the Pakistani government for "abdicating to the Taliban" by allowing extremists to impose Islamic law in parts of the country... more
The Islamist extremist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba was immediately identified as the prime suspect in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team... more
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
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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