he bomber referred to striking Britain, the La Dfense business district in Paris, and the ultra-conservative Catholic organisation, Civitas, in a folder titled Target, written in English, according to the source.
The attack took place near the home of a prominent politician Obaidullah Shinwari, a member of Nangarhar's provincial council.
Senior Lankan minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle and 11 others were killed and over 90 injured in a powerful suicide bombing at a ceremony marking the start of a marathon race as part of Sri Lanka's traditional New Year celebrations near Colombo. Former Olympic marathoner K A Karunaratne and national athletic coach Lakshman de Alwis, were also killed in the suicide blast.
''In terms of the investigation itself by Scotland Yard, we view this as a credible investigation by independent, outside experts,'' State Department spokesman Tom Casey said. ''We don't have any reason why we would question the validity of their assessment,'' he added.
Driven from its self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State is down but not out. Where once they confronted armies, the extremist Islamist group's adherents have now staged hit-and-run raids and suicide attacks. In some cases, the group has claimed responsibility for atrocities, including the bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed at least 253 people. Its involvement is not always proven, but even if the link is ideological rather than operational, Islamic State still poses a security threat in many countries.
Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI was behind the attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul which killed 17 people and wounded more than 60 others, Afghan envoy to the US has claimed.
An accused, arrested in connection with planting of a pipe bomb on BJP leader L K Advani's Jan Chetna yatra route near here, caused a flutter in a court on Tuesday when he slit his throat in a bid to commit suicide.
Petraeus said he will recommend reducing the number of American troops in Iraq by next summer.
Hizbul Mujahideen leader Mast Gul, involved in the 1995 siege of Charar-e-Sharief shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, was behind a suicide attack on Shias in Peshawar that killed nine persons, a Pakistani Taliban commander has said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday visited families of Brigadier R D Mehta and IFS officer V Venkateswara Rao, who were killed in a suicide bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul, to offer his condolences. Dr Singh first went to Mehta's residence in Ghaziabad and then to Rao's flat in New Delhi and spent time with the families.
The daring terror attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul on Monday has come at a time when the resurgent Taliban has threatened to escalate a campaign of suicide bombings in an attempt to topple the government of President Hamid Karzai, who was himself targeted by the militants in April.
The death toll in a suicide car bombing at an army check post in the restive North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan has risen to 17, a military spokesman said on Sunday.
Pakistan police on Saturday claimed to have killed the alleged mastermind of Wagah suicide bombing -- that claimed 61 lives last year -- in an encounter, a media report said.
Musharraf's problems keep multiplying, and as elections approach, he finds himself fighting for his political survival. But generals do not let go of power easily. Their instinct is to cling on at all costs.
Russia on Friday claimed a major breakthrough in the twin suicide attacks at Moscow metro stations, in which 40 people were killed, saying it has arrested the main plotters of the terror bombings. "We have made arrests. Very serious work is underway," a law enforcement source was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. However, no other details were disclosed.
Australia have postponed their planned cricket tour of Pakistan because of security fears, the countries said in a joint statement on Tuesday. The two countries said they planned to meet in Dubai next weekend to discuss the possibility of rescheduling the tour that was due to start on March 29.
A suspected Islamic State jihadist blew himself up in southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, during a police raid, injuring four officers, one seriously, media reports said on Sunday.
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Wednesday's conviction showed Indonesia's determination to fully prosecute those involved in terrorism.
The July 7 terror attacks on London's transport system, which killed 56 people, and its repeat two weeks later are unrelated, initial investigations have revealed.
British police have already identified the people they want to target under the proposed new anti-terrorism measures, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said.
At least three huge explosions were reported from the Dakshina naval facility, located 117 kilometres south of the capital Colombo.
Two suicide attacks killed at least 35 people and wounded hundreds more in Kabul on Friday, the first major attacks in the Afghan capital since the announcement of Taliban leader Mullah Omar's death.
Usually BARC buses bring the employees to the main gate and all the employees get down and walk through metal detector in addition to getting verified electronically their I-cards by the BARC securities.
Even though the US has better electronic intelligence, Pakistan is far better in terms of human intelligence, the envoy said.
In a veiled reference to separatists and hardline Hurriyat Conference leaders, Singh also said the security given to people getting funds from Pakistan and its snooping agency Inter-Services Intelligence should be reviewed.
A day after the worst attacks since the rout of the Taliban, the Afghan president said Taliban leader Mullah Omar was a coward who was hiding in Pakistan and sending youngsters to kill Afghans.
The death toll in two suicide car bombings in northwest Pakistan today rose to 25 with the recovery of five more bodies from the debris of a police station that was destroyed in one of the attacks.
Leader of Opposition of North-Central Provincial Assembly Maj Gen Janaka Perera and his wife are among the 20 killed, Army spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said.
The Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for a series of suicide attacks in Pakistan, including the bombing of Pearl Continental hotel in Peshawar. "We claimed responsibility for these attacks," said a telephone caller who introduced himself as Saeed Hafiz, a deputy of Hakeemullah Mehsud based in Orakzai tribal region.
All those charged on Thursday were from the same area of West Yorkshire, England, as three of the four bombers.
The NIA had alerted the island nation that ISIS terrorists were planning to carry out strikes there.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had asked the agencies to hunt down terrorist agencies.
Militants attacked an outdoor market on Sunday in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens, officials said.
Maybe, the need for secrecy may have tied the government's hand from sharing details in Parliament. Still, it should consider the need of sharing the utmost within any consultative committee, so that relative secrecy is still maintained. But such a course should involve the prime minister or home minister, as it is much more serious than is being made out to be, argues N Sathiya Moorthy.
Inter Milan cancelled a pre-season tour of England because of safety fears after the London suicide bombing campaign.
Inter Milan have cancelled a pre-season England tour because of safety fears after the London suicide bombing campaign
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