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ISLAMABAD - A double suicide bomb attack outside the shrine of the 13th century Sufi saint Ahmed Sultan, popularly known as Sakhi Sarwar, in Dera Ghazi Khan district killed 42 people on Sunday. Hundreds of people had gathered at the shrine for a ceremony when the attacks took place.
"We have recovered 41 bodies so far," said police officer Zahid Hussain Shah, adding that more than 70 people were wounded. "Both were suicide attackers, they came on foot and blew themselves up when

HANGU - At least 8 militants were killed and 3 of their hideouts destroyed in the shelling of security forces in the Central Kurram Agency whereas 5 persons were injured in the fresh missile attack by American spy planes hereon Thursday. Security Forces attacked at the hideouts of militants with heavy artillery fire in Ali Sher Zai, Chinarak and Sparkut areas. Resultantly, 8 militants were killed, several injured and 3 of their hideouts destroyed.
In addition, American spy planes

KANDAHAR - Foreign troops killed two Afghan civilians in restive southern Kandahar city on Thursday, a police detective said, days after the publication of gruesome photos of the body of an unarmed teenager murdered by U.S. soldiers nearby.
NATO soldiers opened fire after a car with brake failure sped towards a checkpoint set up by foreign and Afghan troops, who thought the vehicle was part of a suicide attack, said Fazel Ahmad Sherzad, a senior detective in Kandahar city. Two

PESHAWAR - At least nine militants were killed as security forces targeted their hideouts in central Kurram Agency on Thursday.
According to a private TV, forces have been conducting operations in Kurram Agency for the past ten years and have been able to re-establish their presence in major areas. However, security forces are facing tough resistance in some areas of lower and central Kurram.

KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai spoke out for the first time Wednesday about the "heart-rending" media accounts of a rogue US army unit accused of deliberately killing civilians for sport.
In his first public reaction to the scandal, Hamid Karzai said he wanted to ensure ordinary Americans knew about an alleged rogue army unit "kill team" accused of murdering Afghan civilians and mutilating their corpses. Karzai said he was disturbed by the accounts in US media of American

BANGKOK - Thailand mobilised its only aircraft carrier as efforts to rescue thousands trapped on storm-swept holiday islands intensified on Wednesday after severe flooding across the south killed 15.
Victims were either swept away by the rising waters, or buried in mudslides as the unseasonably wet weather deluged the homes and businesses of around a million people in what should be one of the hottest months of the year.
Rising waters have choked off road and rail links to

PESHAWAR - A militant ambush on a convoy of security forces in Shindhand area of Khyber Agency left 14 personnel dead on Monday, officials said. "The personnel were returning to their base after carrying out a search operation in the nearby Sipah area when ambushed by militants," a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
He said most of the casualties were caused when one of the mortars targeting the militants exploded in the barrel of the gun. "Those

SAHIWAL - Two brothers murdered their brother-in-law, Ghulam Murtaza, over domestic differences at Chak No 87-A-6R the other day. Reportedly, differences arose between Ghulam Murtaza and his wife. A few days back, the woman left her house and shifted to her parents. On the day of the incident, her two brothers went to the house of Ghulam Murtaza and murdered him with the repeated attacks of an axe. Farid Town police registered a case on the report of Mukhtar Ahmed, a brother of the

BANGKOK - Serious floods in the south of Thailand have killed three people and affected tens of thousands more, causing about $10 million of damage, officials said Sunday.
Emergency disaster zones have been declared in 34 districts across five provinces since heavy downpours began on Wednesday, according to a statement from the department of disaster prevention and mitigation.
"Since rains began on March 23, there have been floods, strong winds and landslide in several

DERAA - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made an unprecedented pledge of greater freedom and more prosperity to Syrians on Thursday as anger mounted following a crackdown on protesters that left at least 37 dead.
As an aide to Assad in Damascus read out a list of decrees, which included a possible end to 48 years of emergency rule, a human rights group said a leading pro-democracy activist, Mazen Darwish, had been arrested. In the southern city of Deraa, a hospital official said

TUNIS - Libyan rebels on Thursday killed 30 government snipers in the town of Misrata and Western warplanes hit military targets deep inside the country, as Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the command of Western military operations in Libya would be transferred from the US to NATO within a day or two.
"Compromise has been reached in principle in a very short time," Davutoglu told reporters. "The operation will be handed over to NATO completely." Earlier, a rebel

LAHORE - Two alleged robbers were shot dead in a shootout with the police in Harbanspura Police precincts late on Wednesday. The police claimed that one robber died as a result of firing from his accomplice while the other was shot dead by the police. The police arrested one robber while three others fled.
Police said robbers snatched a mobile phone and Rs 3,500 from a pedestrian namely Ashraf near Wada Sattar, Sheran Wali Kothi. Muhafiz Squad personnel, who were on a routine

DAMASCUS/SANAA - Syrian forces killed at least 16 people on Wednesday, including six in an attack on a mosque in the southern city of Deraa, site of unprecedented protests challenging President Bashar al-Assad's Baathist rule, residents said.
Assad, a close ally of Iran, key player in neighbouring Lebanon and supporter of militant groups opposed to Israel, has dismissed rising demands for fundamental reforms in Syria where his Baath Party has held a monopoly on power for 48

PESHAWAR - Mine and bomb attacks targeting police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday killed one person and wounded 11, including nine officers, police said. In the first attack, a donkey cart went over a mine buried by the roadside on the outskirts of Peshawar. "Both the donkey cart owner and donkey were killed. Basically the mine was planted to target police," Kalam Khan, a senior police official, told AFP. In the second incident, a remote control bomb hit a police patrol pick-up,

PESHAWAR - Mine and bomb attacks targeting police in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday killed one person and injured 11, including nine officers, police reported.
In the first attack a donkey cart went over a mine buried by the roadside on the outskirts of Peshawar, police said.
"Both the donkey cart owner and donkey were killed. Basically the mine was planted to target police," Kalam Khan, said a senior police official.
In the second incident a remote control bomb hit a

LAHORE - Two robbers shot dead a police constable's wife and critically injured the policeman for putting up resistance when the couple was returning home after attending a wedding in the Ghalib Market Police Station precincts. Police registered a case against unidentified robbers on Mujahid Squad Constable Bilal's complaint but no arrests have been made until filing of this report. The deceased was identified as Arooj, 18.
According to sources, Bilal and Arooj got married

PESHAWAR - US drones killed six militants and injured another five on Sunday in three separate strikes in North Waziristan and South Waziristan, local and official sources said.
The strikes took place in the village of Spalga, 20 kilometres south of Miranshah. The drone first struck a house belonging to a militant leader, and fired a second time at militants who were rescuing the targets of the first attack, killing six and injuring five.
Earlier, a drone fired at a vehicle