Eight people were killed and 45 were injured when a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up at a meeting of tribal elders in the unstable province of Bajaur in Pakistan.
An Egyptian member of Al Qaeda was among those killed in a US missile attack in Pakistan on Friday, security officials said. Such strikes have fueled tensions between Washington and Islamabad over incursions into Pakistani territory.
An Egyptian member of Al Qaeda was among those killed in a US missile attack in Pakistan on Friday, security officials said. Such strikes have fueled tensions between Washington and Islamabad over incursions into Pakistani territory.
Over 200 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake in the Baluchistan region in southwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan. An aftershock late Wednesday caused more damage.
At least 170 people have been killed after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Pakistan near its border with Afghanistan, according to the police. Authorities report that people are still trapped under the debris.
In the latest in a series of strikes on Pakistani soil that have raised tensions between Washington and Islamabad, the attack on a militant training camp near the Afghanistan border killed a Taliban commander and at least 15 others.
Pakistani intelligence officials said a US drone has fired missiles into a region near the Afghan border, killing up to 20 alleged militants. A dozen similar attacks have taken place in the last two months.
Pakistani troops killed nine Taliban militants in clashes in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Pakistan is locked in an ongoing conflict with militias and Al-Qaeda partisans that has threatened its overall stability.
