At least 30 people were killed on Friday when gunmen stormed a mosque in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi, detonating bombs and shooting at worshippers, the interior minister said. "There were two suicide bombers and the roof of the mosque collapsed," Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the private ARY television channel. "According to the information I received a few ...

At least two people were killed Friday when gunmen stormed a mosque in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi, detonating bombs and shooting at worshippers, officials said. "We have received two dead bodies. There are no wounded so far in our hospital. They have taken most of the casualties to the military hospital," said Ejaz Sohail, in charge of the ...

SARAROGHA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani forces have captured most main Taliban bases in their offensive in South Waziristan and will soon fan out into the rugged countryside to hunt for militants there, commanders said on Tuesday. Soldiers have advanced faster than expected in their month-long offensive, seizing main roads and Taliban bases but militant leaders have apparently melted away while their ...

Pakistan's military said Tuesday that its latest offensive against the Taliban had captured most of the towns and population centres once under militant control in South Waziristan. Pakistan dispatched 30,000 troops into battle on October 17, vowing to crush the Tehreek-e-Taliban network and blaming the faction for some of the deadliest bomb attacks that have killed more than ...