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Anglican Bishops condemn Pakistan bombings

The Anglican Archbishops of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia have condemned an Easter Sunday suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan which killed at least 70 people.

Would you stay in a Taliban hotbed?

Travellers can now book budget accommodation in the Taliban hotbed of Quetta via Airbnb.

Cricket: Second chance for Pakistani bowler

Convicted spot-fixer Mohammad Amir will join the Pakistan cricket team to tour New Zealand after he was granted a visitor visa.

Talks prompt Indian airbase attack

Four gunmen and two troops have been killed in an attack on an Indian Air Force base near the border with Pakistan.

Amir entry to NZ could be blocked

Speculation is mounting over whether convicted cricket cheat Mohammad Amir will be allowed into New Zealand if he is selected for this month's tour.

Horror at video of body parts

Relatives of an American-New Zealand father and son who died on K2 were horrified after another climber shared a video of human remains.

Taliban death threat to peace

Confirmation of the death of Mullah Muhammad Omar, the reclusive cleric who founded the Afghan Taliban, is likely to complicate the pursuit for peace in the country.

'Joke' wedding could be for life

It may have been a joke, but two men are now locked up in Pakistan's Baluchistan province because they got married to each other - or at least acted as if they did.

Elite Seals do the dirty work

The elite Seal Team Six fighting force which killed Osama bin Laden has warped and bloated into an unaccountable organisation which targets low-level militants and "street thugs", according to a new account of the secretive unit.

Imran's rocky start

For the women of Pakistan, it was cause for mourning. For the conservatives in the Muslim nation, it was cause for anger. But for the man himself, it was cause for celebration.

Mastermind of school massacre killed

Man suspected of planning savage attack on Peshawar school that left 132 children dead is killed in police shoot out.

Grief-stricken Pakistan takes on Taliban

Three days after Pakistan suffered its worst ever terrorist attack, with the massacre of 132 schoolchildren in Peshawar, the country has hit back.

Paul Thomas: Stumped by insensitivity over school massacre

How many Pakistani children have to be slaughtered to stop a cricket match? We don't know, but it's more than 132, writes Paul Thomas.

Slain teacher: 'You must kill me first'

The wounded children of Peshawar Army Public School paid tribute to the teachers who died saving their lives as Pakistan woke to the full horror of the Taliban massacre.

The men who killed children

Horrifying pictures have emerged showing the Taliban gun squad who slaughtered 132 innocent children - as a new threat to kill schoolkids was revealed.

Slaughter of the innocents

The first lesson of the day for 10-year-old Irfan Shah at Peshawar's Army Public School was social studies.

School attack the work of 'savages'

A Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan that killed 132 children has been widely condemned as un-Muslim, abhorrent, inhumane and disgusting.

Pakistan school seen as the perfect target

The frontier city of Peshawar was once known as "the city of flowers".