LAHORE - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has held a secret meeting at which they decided to set up two units to carry out strikes on foreigners and security forces, a media report said.

ISLAMABAD - A man who posed as a Taliban leader and hoodwinked his way into getting access to the corridors of power in Afghanistan and also got his bank balance hugely fattened has exposed how "the worlds best-funded and highly regarded intelligence outfits are capable of making royal blunders", a Pakistani daily has said.

RANCHI - Maoist guerrillas blew up a panchayat building in Jharkhands Latehar district as the state holds its first panchayat polls, police said Sunday.

JAMMU - Two militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces Sunday morning in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, police said.

KATHMANDU - A year after India started paramilitary operations against its own outlawed Maoist party and nearly five months after security forces killed a top guerrilla leader, Nepals Maoist party has finally reacted to the incidents officially, condemning both and underlining its continued antagonism towards the Indian government.