CIA vows to avenge agents’ deaths in Afghanistan

Last Updated: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 14:38

In a bid to avenge the assassination of seven of its operatives in Afghanistan this week, the Central Investigative Agency has vowed to find and attack Taliban and al Qaeda leaders with “greater than ever resolve”.

Taliban say not behind Karachi suicide blast

Last Updated: Friday, January 1, 2010, 13:29

The Taliban have disassociated themselves from a militant commander`s claim that the group was behind the suicide attack on a Muharram procession of Pakistani Shia Muslims here that killed 43 people.

Eight killed in Afghan suicide blast were CIA agents

Last Updated: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 09:12

The eight American civilians killed in a suicide bombing at a military base in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday were all CIA agents, US officials said.

Bombs kill over 30 in Iraq; provincial Governor injured

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 19:13

Twin suicide bombs killed at least 24 and wounded more than 100 in Iraq`s Sunni Arab heartland on Wednesday and a roadside bomb killed seven pilgrims returning from a major Shi`ite Muslim religious festival.

10 killed, 100 injured in two simultaneous blasts in Pak

Last Updated: Sunday, December 27, 2009, 22:27

Two near-simultaneous terror strikes today targeted Shia religious gatherings in the southern port city of Karachi and the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, killing at least 10 people and injuring nearly 100.

3 killed, 18 injured in suicide blast outside press club in Pak

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 14:35

At least three persons were killed and 18 others, including journalists, were injured on Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a press club here, the first such attack targeting scribes in Pakistan which has been rocked by a series of terror strikes in recent months.

2 officers killed in terror attack on Pak`s Navy HQ

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 21:10

A teen suicide bomber struck Pak`s Navy headquarters, blowing himself up at the gate of the complex here, killing two Naval policemen.

Suicide bomber kills 23 in western Afghanistan

Last Updated: Friday, November 20, 2009, 23:32

Bomb attacks on Friday killed 23 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai`s second term that underscored spiralling insecurity nine years into the US-led war.

Suicide bomber in car kills Pak policeman

Last Updated: Sunday, October 25, 2009, 08:57

A suicide bomber has blown up his explosives-filled car on a Pak motorway, killing a patrol officer.

Pakistan suicide blast toll rises to 39

Last Updated: Saturday, September 19, 2009, 21:01

The toll in a suicide blast in northwest Pakistan Friday mounted to 39 as six more bodies were recovered, media reports on Saturday said.

Suicide blast hits police in Chechnya, 3 wounded

Last Updated: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 21:23

A suicide bomber detonated explosives near police on patrol in the capital of Russia`s war-scarred Chechnya province on Saturday, wounding three officers, emergency and law enforcement officials said.