Islamabad  - A suspected US missile strike Thursday killed at least eight people and wounded six others in Pakistan's restive tribal region along the Afghan border, as the country's leaders reiterated that the frontiers would be defended "at all costs."

Two missiles targeted an Islamic seminary, Sirajul Uloom, in Dandai Darpakhel village, located some 3 kilometres from Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, at around 
2:30 am (2030 GMT), security officials and residents said.

Peshawar, Oct 23 : An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has declared Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud and two of his commanders as proclaimed offenders (POs), in connection with suicide attack on Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao chief Aftab Khan Sherpao in Charsadda last year.

The court also issued non-bailable warrants in the name of the three.

London, Oct 23 : The Pakistan unit of the Taliban, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has expressed willingness to lay down arms if the government assured it of ending the ongoing military operat

Islamabad - At least eight people were killed and six injured on Thursday in a suspected US missile strike in Pakistan's restive tribal region along the border with Afghanistan, security officials and residents said.

Two missiles targeted an Islamic seminary, Sirajul Uloom, in Dandai Darpakhel village, located some 3 kilometres from Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, at around 
2:30 am (2030 GMT).

Islamabad, Oct 23 : Pakistan and Afghanistan have reportedly agreed on not holding talks with armed Taliban. Foreign ministers of the two countries announced this at a joint press conference last evening, saying that talks would be held “only with those who lay down arms”.

“Talks will be held with only those who are willing to lay down arms and those who live within the constitution,” the Daily Times quoted Afghan Foreign Minister Dr Rangin Dadfar Spanta as saying.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said other nations were coming around to Pakistan’s multi-pronged counterterrorism strategy that said “no talks with militants, but political dialogue with those who agree to live as peaceful citizens”.

Mingora, Oct 23 : At least 15 soldiers belonging to the Frontier Constabulary (FC) and five Taliban were found dead in Kabal tehsil of Swat on Wednesday.

The FC troops had gone missing after a fight with Taliban that broke out last evening after a roadside bomb targeted a paramilitary convoy in the Sarsenai area. “After the exchange of fire that lasted for several hours, more than 20 troops went missing but today we found 15 dead bodies at the site,” Noor Rehman, a police officer in Kabal, said.