Al-Qaeda suspect killed by Saudi police in shootout

Saudi security forces shot dead a suspected Al-Qaeda militant and arrested another after one of them opened fire at agents at a checkpoint on Friday, the interior ministry said.

One of the two men, who was disguised as a woman, opened fire after their car was stopped at the checkpoint in the central town of Wadi al-Dawasir. We have a strong suspicion it is Al-Qaeda, but we are still trying to identify the dead man and questioning the detained suspect, a spokesman said. Saudi security forces have stepped up their campaign against Al-Qaeda after the Islamic militant groups’s Yemeni and Saudi wings merged in 2009 into a regional organisation, which claimed responsibility for the failed bombing of a US-bound passenger plane last Christmas.

Seven Afghan police killed in Taliban raid

At least seven policemen were killed and one wounded during an insurgent attack in southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, an official said on Wednesday.

The militants attacked a police checkpoint in the Khas Uruzgan district late Tuesday night, Uruzgan governor Haji Khodai Rahim told AFP.

Rahim said that seven policemen were killed and an eighth had gone with the insurgents in the wake of the overnight attack, raising fears of an inside job.

“This was a plot,” Rahim said.

“The eighth soldier who was on guard, had links with Taliban, he directed the militants into the check point.”

One soldier was also seriously wounded in the overnight attack.

A spokesman for Taliban, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, said their fighters killed eight policemen and seized weapons from all those who manned the checkpoint.

PM for fast tracking Pak-Iran oil, gas cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday called for fast tracking Pak-Iran cooperation in oil and gas sectors and import of electricity from Iran.

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Abbas: US assurances on borders needed

RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told his Fatah movement he wants a more specific U.

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Insurgents behead 6 Afghan police: NATO

KABUL: Insurgents beheaded six policemen after attacking their checkpoint in northern Afghanistan, NATO said Wednesday.

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Troops kill 29 militants in Kurram, Orakzai

PESHAWAR: Security forces killed 29 militants Friday in Kurram Agency and Khyber Agency.

According to reports, eighteen militants died early Friday at a military checkpoint in the Orakzai tribal region.

Lt. Col. Tahir Akram, a spokesman for the paramilitary Frontier Corps, said the fighting involved insurgents who arrived from the nearby Khyber region to try to retake the checkpoint in Orakzai where the Taliban have a heavy presence.

He said the security forces repulsed the attack and captured four insurgents. One soldier was wounded.

Later Friday, security forces clashed with militants in Kurram Agency. The shootout left 11 suspected insurgents dead, said Rashid Khan, a local government official.

Helicopter Gunships Kill 10 Militants In Mohmand

Helicopter Gunships Kill 10 Militants In Mohmand: Ten suspected militants were killed after helicopter gunships shelled militant hide-outs in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region. The operation followed an attack on a security checkpoint in the area that killed two paramilitary soldiers. An intelligence official said gunmen also injured three soldiers when they attacked the checkpoint Tuesday night in Mohmand region

Helicopter Gunships Kill 10 Militants In Mohmand: Ten suspected militants were killed after helicopter gunships shelled militant hide-outs in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region.

The operation followed an attack on a security checkpoint in the area that killed two paramilitary soldiers.

An intelligence official said gunmen also injured three soldiers when they attacked the checkpoint Tuesday night in Mohmand region.

The official said security forces have been unable to establish contact with 10 other soldiers at the checkpoint at the time.

A local government official in Mohmand confirmed the checkpoint attack and Wednesday’s shelling of militant hide-outs in Bai Zai town.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to talk to media.

bomb exploded at a security checkpoint in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: A suspected car bomb exploded at a security checkpoint in Rawalpindi late Thursday, wounding seven people.

Authorities have been bracing for attacks after the reported death of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in an Aug. 5 drone missile strike in a tribal region close to the Afghan border.

The blast took place at police checkpoint on misrial road.

Police officer Aslam Tareen said four police and three civilians were wounded. The extent of their injuries was not known.

Tareen said officers believed a bomb concealed in white car had exploded.—AP