Afghan bus blast kills civilians

At least 12 civilians have been killed in southern Afghanistan by a roadside bomb which blew up a bus, police and officials say.

The bus was travelling through Kandahar province when it hit the device, police chief Bismullah Khan said.

Fifteen other civilians were hurt in the blast, he told Associated Press.

Roadside bombs are often planted by militants to attack foreign and Afghan forces, but the devices kill many more civilians than they do soldiers.

Afghan bus blast kills civilians

Twin blasts kill 15 in northwest Pakistan

At least 15 people were killed in northwest Pakistan Saturday in three powerful bomb blasts, police said.

Six people died when a police station in the Bannu district of North West Frontier Province was targeted by a suicide car bomb, police said.

The suicide bomber was in a truck packed with an estimated 160 kg (353 pounds) of explosives, police said. Among the 55 people injured were 28 policemen and 27 civilians. Dozens of nearby shops and buildings were destroyed.

Police arrested a suspect near the Maidan police station.

Another eight people were killed five hours later in the provincial capital of Peshawar after a bomb exploded in the central business district, according to government official Sahibzada Anis Khan.

The blast occurred near a state-owned bank and a military hospital in Peshawar's Saddar market. Police arrested two suspects at the scene but did not say how they were connected to the lethal attack. read more

Twin blasts kill 15 in northwest Pakistan

Blasts rock north-west Pakistan

At least 16 people have been killed in two suicide car bomb attacks in north-western Pakistan.

Ten people are reported to have been killed and scores injured in a bombing in the city of Peshawar.

Earlier, a suicide car bomb in the town of Bannu killed at least six people, police said.

The BBC's Aleem Maqbool, in Islamabad, says the attacks show the Taliban appear to be reasserting themselves after a series of setbacks.

In Peshawar, police said the bomb had exploded in the car park of a bank in a commercial area. Witnesses said the blast was heard across the city.read more

Blasts rock north-west Pakistan

Deadly blasts kill 12 in Pakistan

- Saturday turned deadly in northwest Pakistan as a dozen people were killed in two powerful bomb blasts, police said.

Six people died when a police station in the Bannu district of North West Frontier Province was targeted by a suicide car bomb, police said.

The suicide bomber was in a truck packed with an estimated 160kg (353 pounds) of explosives, Iqbal said. Among the 55 people injured were 28 policemen and 27 civilians. Dozens of nearby shops and buildings were destroyed.read more

Deadly blasts kill 12 in Pakistan

Alleged U.S. drone kills three

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- An apparent drone attack killed three people in northern Pakistan's tribal region, a Pakistani intelligence source said.

The drone missile targeted a home late Thursday in Danday Darpa Khel, a small village near Miranshah, North Waziristan, said the source, who asked not to be identified.

The United States is the only country in the region known to have the ability to launch missiles from drones, which are controlled remotely. The U.S. normally does not comment on suspected drone strikes, which have caused tension between Pakistan and the United States in the past.

Pakistani and U.S. officials think a drone attack killed the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, last month in Waziristan. A new leader was named afterward.read more

Alleged U.S. drone kills three

U.S. Terror Stings

We’re following three separate terror investigations tonight. Three different alleged plots here on U.S. soil.

First, new charges have been filed against Najibullah Zazi. He’s the Afghan-born Colorado resident who was arrested last week on charges he lied to federal investigators. Now he’s accused of plotting to set off “weapons of mass destruction.” Tonight we’ll tell you what a Beauty Supply Warehouse in Aurora, Colorado has to do with the case.

The second case on our radar is out of Illinois where a man is behind bars tonight accused of trying to use a truck bomb to destroy a federal courthouse in Springfield. He reportedly idolized John Walker Lindh, the American captured fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan.

The third case is in Texas where another alleged bomber is accused of trying to blow up a 60-story Dallas office tower. The suspect is a Jordanian citizen, who authorities say entered the U.S. illegally. Investigators say he attempted to execute his plot today, but it failed. We’ll give you the details.

We’re also looking into the mysteries death of a Census worker who was found tied to a tree in Kentucky. The Associated Press is reporting the word “Fed” was written on his chest. Was it suicide or murder?read more

U.S. Terror Stings