A videotape of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released on Friday is the Pashto-language version of a tape released several months ago, said IntelCenter.
Ahead of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, a top US official today said he was free to go anywhere as a religious figure.
The move to repair Sino-Indian ties, which began between prime minister Singh and premier Wen Jiabao -- over the weekend in Thailand, was continued on Tuesday by the countries' foreign ministers.
Pakistan must "destroy" militant groups operating on its soil, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday during a visit to the disputed region of Kashmir.
A Taliban suicide attack Wednesday on a Kabul guesthouse which killed six foreign staff will not deter the United Nations from fulfilling its work in Afghanistan, the head of the UN's mission said.
A massive bomb killed more than 50 people in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Wednesday, hospital and government officials said. One hospital doctor put the toll at 57.