KANDAHAR: In Kandahar Arghandab district Taliban shot down an American helicopter in the morning hours of 16th May, Taliban officials said.

KHARTOUM: Officials say that clashes between Sudan’s army and Darfur’s most powerful rebel group have left more than 160 people dead.

Parachinar, PAKISTAN (Reuters) Suspected militants dressed as policemen kidnapped about 60 people in troubled northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, government and police officials said.

Afghan and foreign forces are reported to have crossed into Pakistan in pursuit of undisclosed targets as a military offensive appears to be spilling across the border.

ISLAMABAD: Taliban have warned America that it will soon “burn” while calling for Pakistan’s rulers to be overthrown for following “America’s agenda”.

Drone attacks on Pakistan’s tribal areas have intensifiedin recent days. The raids come after it was revealed that the US government had granted approval to the CIA to expand drone attacksto lower-level members of Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters.

TRIPOLI (AFP) A Dutch boy was the sole survivor when a Libyan plane arriving from South Africa exploded on landing at Tripoli airport on Wednesday, killing 103 people, officials said.

As many as 55 Americans have been killed and 37 terribly injured with their three Chinook-like helicopters shot down in clashes with Taliban in Helmand’s Nowzad district through much of Monday, Taliban officials said.

Miranshah, PAKISTAN: United States drone aircraft on Tuesday fired more than a dozen missiles into Pakistan’s North Waziristan, a major al-Qaeda and Taliban sanctuary, killing at least 14 tribesmen, Pakistani security officials said.

MIRANSHAH: A US drone fired two missiles into a house in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Sunday, killing at least 10 persons, local security officials said.