Troops kill 60 militants in Afghanistan

KABUL - Sixty Taliban militants have been killed in clashes with the Afghan and US-led coalition troops in southern Helmand province, officials said Saturday.

Manmohan Singh at greater ease in second term: Pakistani media

ISLAMABAD - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be at greater ease as he begins his second term and Pakistan must leverage this so that the two countries can move forward to undo the damage caused by the 26/11 attack in Mumbai and resume the derailed sub-continental peace process, an editorial in a leading English daily said Saturday.

Taliban might launch retaliatory attacks across Pakistan, says Gilani

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said Saturday that terrorists might carry out retaliatory attacks in the country as they have suffered heavy losses in the wake of the military offensives in North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

Timing not right for deal with Afghan Taliban: US defence secretary

WASHINGTON - The chances of a deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban are remote as long as the insurgents enjoy momentum on the battlefield, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said.

Tamil mourners say no going back on ‘Eelam’ (With Images)

TORONTO - More than 20,000 Canadian Tamils descended on the Ontario assembly here in black to mourn “innocent civilians killed in the genocide by Sri Lanka”.

US drone attack kills nine in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - An unmanned aircraft, suspected to be US operated, fired two missiles at a militant hideout in Pakistan’s ungoverned tribal region bordering Afghanistan, killing nine people, a security official said Tuesday.

US drone attack kills eight in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Eight people were killed in a suspected US drone strike in northwestern Pakistan’s tribal area, officials said Friday.

Six killed in Pakistan blast

ISLAMABAD - Six people were killed and several injured in an explosion Friday in Pakistan’s Peshawar city, a media report said.

Trooper, guerrilla killed in Kashmir gunfight

SRINAGAR - A separatist guerrilla and a trooper have been killed in clashes in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, an army spokesperson said here Tuesday.

Maoists blow up school building in Jharkhand

RANCHI - Maoist rebels blew up a school building in Chatra district of Jharkhand, police said Friday.

Suicide bombing kills five in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - At least five people were killed and seven injured on Friday in a suicide bombing at a security check post in Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab, police said.