The Taliban have attacked a Nato base in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan to “send a message to David Petraeus,” the general expected to take command of the US mission in the country.

LAHORE: Hearing a petition regarding US drone attacks inside Pakistan’s tribal areas, the Lahore High Court said if the attacks were being carried out without government authorisation then the federal government should immediately take measures to stop them.

KABUL: The death toll for foreign soldiers in Afghanistan neared the grim milestone of 100 for June alone on Monday as the CIA chief warned the anti-Taliban war would be tougher and longer than expected.

SRINAGAR: A separatist protester in Indian-administered Kashmir was killed and several others wounded Monday when security forces opened fire to disperse a violent demonstration, police said.

An Afghan police official said on Monday that eight civilians were killed in a NATO raid in the southern province of Kandahar, but the alliance claimed the victims were Taliban fighters.

KABUL (AFP) – The death toll among foreign soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan closed in on the grim toll of 100 for June alone as the CIA chief warned that the war will be tougher and longer than expected.

OCCUPIED KASHMIR: Another youth was killed in this north Kashmir town on Sunday when [Indian] paramilitary CRPF troopers opened fire on protesters. The killing comes barely 3-days after two youth were shot dead by the CRPF men in the town.

ZAHEDAN: The final exams of the Sunni schools of Sistan-Baluchistan province have started under the Union of Sunni Schools on Saturday, at 26th June 2010 (13th Rajab 1431 H.Q). The exams will be continued up till coming Sunday 4th July. It should be noted that about four thousand students belonging to 50 schools will participate […]

Kyrgyzstan has voted in a referendum on a new constitution amid fears of renewed inter-ethnic violence. Voting ended at 8pm local time (1400GMT) on Sunday. The country’s election commission said 58 per cent of registered voters cast their ballots. Results are due on Monday.

Another deadly US drone attack has killed at least six people and injured several others in the troubled northwestern Pakistan, officials say.