India on Friday voiced concern over the “danger and threat” of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal falling into the hands of terrorists and said it is closely monitoring the situation in the neighbourhood.

“Eight soldiers and 10 Taliban were killed after militants attacked a Pakistani security checkpost in the lawless tribal belt before dawn on Thursday”, local security officials said.

US and Pakistani authorities disagree sharply over claims that senior Al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri was killed in a recent missile strike, officials from both countries said on Monday, suggesting sharp strains persist between authorities in Washington and Islamabad.

US drone strikes on Monday killed 15 militants in Pakistan's tribal district of South Waziristan, destroying compounds in twin attacks just minutes apart, local security officials said.

The first str

Pakistan apparently aided the killing of the dreaded al-Qaeda linked terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri, who had come to figure as the most wanted militant for the security establishment.

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A bomb ripped through a passenger vehicle parked at a bus terminal near the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding 11 others, police said.

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Pakistan has hiked the budgetary allocation for defence to Rs.495 billion for 2011-12, a media report said.

The allocation for the next fiscal year is Rs.53 billion more than the Rs.442 million earma

India will feel pressured to retaliate if Pakistan-based militants launched an attack similar to the Mumbai assaults that killed more than 160 people and fueled anger across the country, minister of state for defence M.M. Pallam Raju said on Saturday.

Pakistani intelligence agencies have uncovered a plot to assassinate President Asif Ali Zardari and arrested several persons, TV news channel reported.

The agencies conducted raids over the past few

At least five suspected militants were killed when US drones fired missiles on Friday night at a hideout in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, Xinhua reported.

The drone strike took place in W