The Chief Minister of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province on Thursday said Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar and al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri were not hiding in the region.

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The UN Security Council has slapped sanctions, including an assets freeze and travel ban, on the al-Qaeda-linked Pakistani Taliban, which is believed to be behind a string of terror attacks in that

The dreaded Taliban group in North Waziristan tribal region has threatened to expel those journalists from their controlled areas who are feeding 'baseless news' about their leaders.

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An 8 year-old boy was hanged by suspected members of the Taliban in Afghanistan's Helmand province, after the boy's father-a police commander, refused to comply with militants’ demands.

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An 8-year-old boy was hanged by suspected members of the Taliban in Afghanistan's Helmand province, after the boy's father-a police commander, refused to comply with militants’ demands.

The boy was

The Taliban on Wednesday said Mullah Omar was still alive, accusing the Americans of hacking into their phones after a text message sent to media from a spokesman's phone said the leader was dead.

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A senior adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been murdered at his home near the parliament in Kabul, a senior government official told the media on Sunday.

Jan Mohammad Khan, former governor

Ahmed Wali Karzai, the younger brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a hugely powerful if controversial figure in southern Afghanistan, was assassinated at his home on Tuesday, officials said.

A new North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) strategy of night raids has succeeding in breaking the back of the Taliban as the US begins pull-out from Afghanistan in 2011, says a report here.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday appealed to the people from all walks of life to play their role in maintaining peace and security in Karachi.

Addressing a reception in honour of Special