KABUL, Sept. 8 -- More than 80 percent of suicide bombers in Afghanistan are recruited and trained in neighboring Pakistan, the United Nations said in a report that showed attacks running at record levels this year.
The spiralling number of suicide attacks in Afghanistan are often carried out by young Afghan men who pass through religious schools in Pakistan, a United Nations report said Sunday.
Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday he would return home from exile despite a call from a Saudi official for him to stay away for the sake of Pakistani stability.
Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- More than 80 percent of suicide bombers staging attacks in Afghanistan are trained, recruited or sheltered in neighboring Pakistan, the United Nations said in a report published today.
Saudi Arabia and an influential Lebanese politician on Saturday joined calls by Pakistan for former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to scrap plans to return to the country next week.
Lebanese politician Saad Hariri and a senior Saudi official Saturday urged former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to defer his return to Pakistan next week for the sake of the country's stability.
Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said he intends to return to the country Sept. 10 and warned President Pervez Musharraf not to attempt to prevent him.
U.S. intelligence agents believe Osama bin Laden remains in hiding in the remote Chitral district of northern Pakistan, it was reported Saturday.
Pakistan's airports are on highest alert amid a security crackdown before the return of former PM Nawaz Sharif.
MONTVILLE -- A Morris County congregation continues to mourn two missionaries killed last week in Pakistan in what appears to be a crime.