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By TOM MORGAN; TOM RAYNER Pakistan's president and Prime Minister were due to dine at the luxury hotel destroyed in a weekend bombing but changed their minds at the last moment, it emerged today. Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik did not explain why they decided to move to the premier's house on Saturday, but said the decision was kept secret. Suspicion has fallen on al Qaida or the Pakistani Taliban for the blast at Islamabad's Marriott hotel. But a spokesman for Pakistan's top...

By Stephen Graham Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Taliban militants based near the Afghan border and their al-Qaida allies are the most likely suspects behind a massive truck bombing at Islamabad's Marriott Hotel, officials and experts said Sunday. At least 53 died in the explosion, including two U.S. Defense Department employees and the Czech ambassador. The truck sat burning and disabled at the hotel gate for at least 3 1/2 minutes as nervous guards tried to douse the flames...

By Stephen Graham and Nahal Toosi Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber detonated a dump truck packed with a ton of explosives outside the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Saturday, setting off a fiery blast that shattered the hotel, killed at least 38 people and wounded hundreds, officials and witnesses said. The targeting of the American hotel chain was one of the largest terrorist attacks ever in Pakistan and came at a time of growing anger in Pakistan over a wave...

By Nahal Toosi ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Air-fired missiles hit a militant compound near the Afghan border and killed at least six people Wednesday evening, officials said, soon after a senior American officer met with government leaders to discuss U.S. attacks inside Pakistan. The airstrike was likely to further fan anger among Pakistanis over a surge in cross-border operations by U.S. forces that have strained the two countries' seven-year alliance against militants. Pakistani intelligence...

Text of report by Afghan independent Tolo TV, on 17 September [Presenter] The Pentagon is to investigate civilian casualties during military operations [in Afghanistan] On his visit to Kabul, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said he had asked US forces to provide him with precise information about the air raid on Shindand District [of Herat Province] He has once again given an assurance about the USA's commitment to the struggle against terrorism and supporting the Afghan people. Gates...

Missile attacks were launched Wednesday into Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, killing several people, witnesses said. CNN, quoting a local intelligence official and witnesses, said seven residents died and three more were wounded when four missiles were fired from drones over South Waziristan, a tribal region the United States calls a haven for Taliban and al-Qaida insurgents. The attacks occurred as Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs...

Text of report by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 17 September [Taleban spokesman] Zabihollah Mojahed: The mojahedin of the Islamic Emirate fired eight missiles on the airport in Fayzabad, the centre of Badakhshan Province, at 0115 [local time] this morning. A large number of German troops are stationed at the airport. According to a report, the enemy centre caught fire; however, there is no information on the number of casualties inflicted on the enemy. A large number of enemy...

The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived in Pakistan where officials are upset over an anti-insurgent incursion by U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Adm. Mike Mullen's arrival Tuesday from Iraq comes as relations between the two countries have been affected by the Sept. 3 incursion, The New York Times reported. Since then the Pakistani military has said it will fire at any foreign forces involved in cross-border incursions. In the Sept. 3 incident, the United States for the first...

By From news reports A suicide bomber in a vehicle attacked a convoy carrying Afghan doctors working for the United Nations in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing two doctors and wounding 15 other people, a police chief said. The attack happened in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar Province as the convoy was on its way to vaccinate people against polio, said the provincial police chief, Matiullah Khan. The blast killed two doctors and wounded 15 other people, including 10 civilians...

Text of report "American tank hit a mine in Paktia Province" by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 14 September [Taleban spokesman] Zabihollah Mojahed: A tank belonging to the invading American forces hit a mine planted by the mojahedin of the Islamic Emirate at 0910 this morning when their military convoy was passing though the Shabak Tangi area of Shewak District of Paktia Province. According to a report, the enemy tank was blown to pieces and all soldiers on board were killed in...