Islamabad - Dozens of Taliban militants attacked a NATO transit terminal in north-western Pakistan Saturday with rockets, damaging shipping containers carrying supplies for Western troops in Afghanistan, a police official said.
The attack took place at the Farhad terminal on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of North-West Frontier Province.
"The containers caught fire after the attackers fired several rocket-propelled grenades at the terminal," said local police official Fazal Mohammad Khan.
Islamabad, Mar. 28 : Pakistan's political fraternity has tendered a mixed response to the new US policy on Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Islamabad, Mar. 28 : More than anything, its Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's political survival that depends on his much-awaited address to the joint sitting of parliament. His speech could convince the power centers to re-thing over their earlier inclination of applying the Minus One formula.
Islamabad, Mar. 28 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and deposed Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif have filed a petition in the Supreme Court pleading to the apex court to make them parties in the disqualification revision petitions' hearings.
Islamabad, Mar. 28 : Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain has asked the PML (Nawaz) to stop horse-trading in its quest to poach its candidates to reach the magic number in Punjab.
Islamabad, Mar. 27 (ANI): Pakistan based Talibani leaders have decided to join hands with their Afghan counterparts and jointly retaliate against the US led allied forces in the region, following the Obama Administration's decision to send in 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan to facilitate the `war on terror'.
