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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
