KABUL - NATO-led forces killed at least 18 suspected insurgents in firefights and airstrikes in Afghanistan over the weekend, the alliance said Sunday.

SRINAGAR - Eight people were injured Sunday in a powerful grenade blast in Bejibehara town in south Kashmir, police said.

ISLAMABAD - At least five suspected militants were killed Sunday in a US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan region bordering Afghanistan.

ISLAMABAD - Banned militant outfits Al Qaeda, Taliban and Lashkar-i-Jhangvi have joined hands to carry out terrorist attacks in Pakistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Sunday.

MUMBAI - Mumbai is two years past the day that deeply scarred its heart. The macabre dance of death by terrorists on Nov 26, 2008, is history. But the pain remains - sometimes hidden, sometimes visible. Mumbai is unstoppable. It has shed the shock of that nightmare.