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Russia seen as route into Afghanistan

Nato is considering transporting vehicles by rail across the former Soviet Union to supply its troops in the combat zone

Twin blasts kill at least 25 in Karachi

At least 25 people, mainly Shia worshippers, have died in twin explosions in Pakistan’s commercial capital, Karachi, police officials said

Interactive graphic: Taliban attacks in Pakistan

Interactive graphic: Chart the most recent attacks by Taliban militants from Peshawar to Lahore and Rawalpindi on an interactive timeline

US soldiers killed in Pakistan blast

Three US soldiers have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in Pakistan that drew attention to a little-publicised training mission to help the country’s army fight Taliban insurgents

Pakistan bomb blast kills 3 US soldiers

Pakistan’s Taliban claimed responsibility for a bomb that killed three US soldiers and four Pakistanis outside a girls’ school in the northwest of the country

Pakistan confident of insurgent death

Pakistain’s intelligence officials appear confident that the country’s top insuragent, Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has been killed

Pakistan offers to train Afghan army

The move is a display of confidence among Pakistan’s military hierarchy over its increasingly pivotal role in resolving the conflict in Afghanistan

Pakistani Taliban leader reported killed

Pakistan’s military says it is investigating an unconfirmed report that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud had been killed in a US missile strike

Pakistan reaches out to Afghan Taliban

Pakistan is reaching out to “all levels” of the Afghan Taliban in a bid to encourage reconciliation in its war-torn neighbour, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said

Terror budget cuts lead to war of words

Gordon Brown faced accusations of ‘indifference to the point of negligence’ as he defended the adequacy of counterterrorism funding in Pakistan after a row over Foreign Office cuts