Citizens have been encouraged to form posses of their own in a sign of the shortcomings of Pakistan’s police forces.

An explosion at a bridge killed at least six police officers in a valley where Pakistani security forces are battling Islamic militants, the police said Saturday.

The Pakistani Taliban have taken dozens of officials hostage, including police, paramilitary forces and even state bank officials, and threatened Friday to begin executing them.

An increase in the number of foreign fighters may reflect a change that is making Pakistan?s tribal areas the preferred destination for some Sunni insurgents.

An increase in the number of foreign fighters may reflect a change that is making Pakistan?s tribal areas the preferred destination for some Sunni insurgents.

American accommodation to Pakistan?s government and a shift away from counterterrorism efforts to preparations for the war in Iraq helped make Pakistan a haven for Al Qaeda.

U.S. accommodation to Pakistan?s government and a shift from counterterrorism efforts to preparations for the war in Iraq in 2002 helped make Pakistan a haven for Al Qaeda.