Another US-led soldier has been killed in southern part of Afghanistan, bringing the death toll of foreign forces to 329 so far this year, NATO says.

KARACHI: At least 12 people were killed by unknown assailants in Karachi in the past 24 hours, DawnNews reported. Gunmen shot and killed one man in Pak Colony’s Purana Golimar area. The victim, 40-year-old Mohammad Ejaz, was a resident of Orangi Town.

US-led forces in Afghanistan have killed at least three civilians as their new commander General David Petraeus makes his debut in Kabul.

At least five people have been killed in an attack by Taliban fighters on the office of a US aid contractor in northern Afghanistan.

At least 42 people have been killed and hundreds injured after suicide attacks struck a busy shrine in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.

A Sudanese opposition leader arrested after criticising the country’s election earlier this year has been released from jail in the capital Khartoum.Hassan al-Turabi was arrested in May in the capital Khartoum, a month after national elections which returned president Omar al-Bashir to power.

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.