42 people have been killed and 180 wounded in a double suicide bombing in Pakistan. The attackers struck as thousands of people were visiting a Sufi shrine in the second largest city of Lahore. Islamist extremists consider Sufis to be heretics and have often targeted them. Lahore has been struck by a series of attacks recently including a twin Continue Reading

The Taliban is claiming victory in eastern Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley following the withdrawal of US forces from the remote outpost., Aljazeera English reported while ago.

US officials, however, say the withdrawal in Kunar province was “a repositioning of forces” following a decision by General Stanley McChrystal, head of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan, to concentrate resources on urban areas.

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