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.

KABUL: The Taliban on Saturday announced a new nationwide campaign of attacks in Afghanistan, as President Hamid Karzai prepared for talks with US leaders on his embattled country’s future. The announcement, emailed to AFP, said the operation would begin on May 10 and would target diplomats, members of the Afghan parliament and foreign contractors as […]

KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban have ordered mobile phone operators to shut down their networks during the night in a northern Afghan province, officials said on Thursday, a sign of the militants’ increasing influence in a once peaceful area.

Nigeria’s president has died after a long illness, an official at his office has said.