Lahore, Apr. 9 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the United States has promised not to extend the drone strikes to Balochistan.

In an interview with The Daily Times, Zardari said the Pakistan government has communicated its discontent over Washington's plan to carry out missile strikes against terror hideouts in Balochistan, replying to which the US had assured that it would not target the new region.

Zardari hoped that Balochistan's problem would be solved by the year end.

Islamabad, Apr. 9 : After establishing their writ over the Swat Valley, the Taliban is looking to take Islamabad under its grip.

According to The Nation, a Taliban commander has warned that the outfit would take their war to the capital city to retaliate against the continuous US drone strikes against them.

"The day is not far when Islamabad will be in the hands of the Mujahideen," Taliban commander Mullah Nazeer Ahmed said.

Islamabad  - A suspected US missile strike killed four Taliban militants Wednesday in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, an intelligence official said.

Two back-to-back missiles fired by a pilotless drone aircraft hit a vehicle in Ganjikhel area of South Waziristan tribal district, a stronghold of Taliban and al-Qaeda militants lunching cross-border attacks on US-led international forces in Afghanistan.

Peshawar, Apr 8 : A US drone aircraft fired two missiles on a vehicle carrying militants in the Daza Ghundi area near South Waziristan on Wednesday, killing four people.

"The drone was flying very low and as soon as militants in a truck opened fired at it, a missile was fired that hit the vehicle," a foreign news agency quoted a resident, as saying.

Karachi, Apr 8 : The Karachi police on Wednesday foiled an attempt to carry out a terrorist act by arresting five alleged terrorists, seizing explosives and a large cache of ammunitions from them.

CCPO Wasim Ahmed confirmed at a news conference that the accused Muhammad Akbar, Sarfaraz, Faridullah, Faisal Sheikh and Dar Muhammad Baloch were arrested following an exchange of fire near Super Market in Sohrab Goth.

Islamabad, Apr 8 : President Asif Ali Zardari today expressed Pakistan's firm commitment to fighting extremism, and vowed to never give in to the militants and extremists.

Talking to a US Congressional delegation led by Senator John Kyl at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, Zardari said the fight against extremism cannot be won only through military means alone.

Zardari said military was only one aspect of the solution and the government has resorted to a strategy of dialogue with reconcilable elements that are willing to give up violence.