Tehran, Nov 7 (DPA) Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards accused Pakistan Friday of releasing the leader of a Sunni rebel group ahead of a deadly attack it carried out in southeast Iran, state television IRIB reported.

Some 42 people, including at least seven senior commanders of the Revolutionary Guards, were killed last month in the bombing carried out in the province of Sistan-Beluchistan.

Chandigarh, Nov 6 (IANS) The Punjab Police Friday recovered nine kg of explosives from a motorcycle during routine checking near Khanna town.

The explosives recovered included detonators and gelatine (explosives) sticks.

Islamabad, Nov 6 (IANS) Pakistani security forces have fought their way into Makeen, which is the stronghold of the country’s Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, during the ongoing operations against terrorists in South Waziristan.

The security forces have successfully entered Makeen area, Geo News reported Friday.

Islamabad, Nov 6 (IANS) A survey has started to assess the damage to houses during the war on terror in Pakistan’s Swat district, but the militancy-hit residents aren’t too sure about the compensation they are likely to be offered.

The damage assessment survey was launched Thursday in which data about destroyed or partially damaged houses would be collected.

Islamabad, Nov 5 (IANS) At least four people were killed and four injured in a suspected US drone attack in North Waziristan, a media report said Thursday.

The attack was carried out by a suspected US unmanned spy plane on Norok tehsil of Mir Ali in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) late Wednesday night, Geo News reported.

Islamabad, Nov 5 (IANS) Taliban leader and radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah has been wounded and has been surrounded by security forces, a minister has said.

North West Frontier Province Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour said the head of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) in Swat, Fazlullah, was injured and has been surrounded, Online news agency reported Thursday.

Islamabad, Nov 4 (IANS) Pakistani security forces have stormed a Taliban stronghold in South Waziristan killing at least 30 militants, as a fierce battle rages in the volatile region bordering Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.

The army said heavy fighting erupted on the streets of Ladha town after security forces stormed the area. Thirty militants were killed in 24 hours till Wednesday evening. Eight soldiers were injured.

Islamabad, Nov 4 (IANS) Pakistanis, who are witnessing a string of terror strikes, are getting the jitters during marriage ceremonies, where bursting firecrackers and firing in the air takes place, as they are unable to distinguish the sound from a suicide attack.

The residents of the garrison city of Rawalpindi told The News that the passion for firing in the air and bursting firecrackers, especially during marriage ceremonies, has become a nuisance for them.

Islamabad, Nov 4 (IANS) Pakistanis, who are witnessing a spate of terror strikes, are getting the jitters during marriage ceremonies, where bursting crackers and firing in the air takes place, as they are unable to distinguish the sound from a suicide attack.

The residents of the garrison city of Rawalpindi told The News that the passion for firing in the air and bursting firecrackers, especially during marriage ceremonies, has become a nuisance for them.

Islamabad, Nov 4 (IANS) The US will help train police personnel in Pakistan’s Punjab province which has faced terror strikes by the Taliban, a media report said Wednesday.

Carol M. Sniegowski, US embassy assistant legal attache, held a meeting with Punjab Inspector General of Police Tariq Saleem Dogar Tuesday in Lahore during which prospects of mutual cooperation in the fields of police training and investigation were reviewed, The News International reported Wednesday.