Suicide Bomb Hits Pakistan Police, kills 13

Three Other Vehicles were heavily damaged by flying Shrapnel. The shoes and slippers of victims were scattered across the blood-spattered road, witnesses said.

"The death toll has Risen to 13 Seven are khasadar (Tribal Policemen) and we are trying to ascertain the identity of six others," Shafeerullah Wazir, the chief administration of Khyber, said.

Wazirdand is a small town near Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar and is The Edge of the tribal belt, Which lies outside direct government control and has been branded by U.S. officials as the headquarters of Al Qaeda.

There was no claim of responsibility, but Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked militants have killed around 3.000 people in bomb attacks across Pakistan since July 2007 to oppose the government's alliance with the U.S..

The suicide bomber struck hours after a Pakistani military helicopter crashed in Khyber while operating against militants, officials said.Read More Story,http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/11/2816162.htm?section=justin

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Meeting To Finalise Pakistan’s Strategy For Talks With India

The Meeting Thurs finalise the agenda for the Pak-India talks began under the chairmanship of Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, official sources said.

Representatives from the Defense and Interior Ministries were participating, sources said.

India had recently offered-secretary-level talks Thurs conditionalised Pakistan but the offer with a dialogue on terrorism alone as opposed to restarting the composite dialogue process.

Foreign Office sources told DawnNews that Pakistan is ing, Thurs utilize this opportunity Thurs Revive the Composite Dialogue process for resolution of all outstanding issues between the two countries.Read More Story,http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-fo-strategy-pakindia-talks-qs-04

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Official: Suicide Attack kills 10 in NW Pakistan

Hakimullah Pakistani Taliban chief Mehsud has died, the country's top civilian security official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. It was the government's first Categorical confirmation of the death of the feared militants, Whose passing is Likely Thurs weaken, but not vanquish, the al-Qaida-linked insurgent network they led.

Reports of Mehsud's death emerged on a spate of U.S. Missiles hit his stronghold in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt in mid-January. Mehsud was said to have died of wounds suffered in one of the strikes in the Waziristan region - another big victory for the CIA-led missile campaign that killed Mehsud's predecessor just six months ago.

The Taliban have repeatedly denied his death, but backed off an initial promise Thurs prove the 28-year-old was still alive.

In a response to an AP query, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik, wrote, "Yes, he is dead," while a senior intelligence official concurred separately. Neither gave details As to when or how the Militant died.

The intelligence official spoke condition of anonymity is "Because he was not authorized to speak on the record.Read More Story,http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD9DPAESO0

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