Pakistan army helicopters have been hovering over the site of a major assault on al-Qaida-linked fighters while officials have razed shops belonging to a tribal sympathiser of the organisation.

Unidentified men have attacked a government vehicle in

At least 15 Pakistani security personnel have reportedly been killed in fierce fighting with alleged al-Qaida-linked fighters in a remote tribal region bordering

Pakistan

Pakistan's military says that an "al-Qaida fighter" killed in an operation near the

Pakistan has scorned a report that Washington tolerated Islamabad's pardoning of a nuclear proliferator in order to get US troops on to Pakistani territory to hunt down Usama bin Ladin. 

Four soldiers have been killed and three others injured in an attack on a Pakistan army camp in the remote tribal belt bordering Afghanistan.