WASHINGTON - Calling Pakistan as the "epicentre" of global terrorism, a top US military official has said that America can't succeed in Afghanistan unless terrorist safe havens in Pakistan are shut down.

ISLAMABAD - At least 20 people were killed and 15 injured in a suicide blast targeting a police station in Bannu district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Wednesday evening, officials said.

ISLAMABAD - At least seven people were killed and several injured in a suicide blast targeting a police station in Bannu district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Wednesday evening, a media report said.

ISLAMABAD - A suicide blast targeting a police station in Bannu district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province reportedly caused several casualties Wednesday evening, a media report said.

KABUL - Thirty Taliban militants gave up insurgency in Afghanistan's Ghor province and surrendered to authorities Wednesday, Xinhua reported.