Suspected Maoists blew away a portion of railway tracks in the wee hours today near here causing derailment of a goods train and disruption of train services on the Howrah-Mumbai route.

Terrorists today struck the Pakistani port city of Karachi targeting a bus carrying a group of people to a Shia religious procession as well as a hospital, killing at least 22 people and injuring over 50 in the latest in a wave of attacks across the country.

Three US soldiers were among nine persons killed today when a suspected suicide bomber targeted a security forces' convoy in the restive northwestern Dir area, the first such attack that has left American troops dead in Pakistan.

A suicide attacker blew himself up in a crowded market in Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal region, killing at least 12 people and injuring 24 others.

Six NATO service members, including three Americans, were killed on Monday in Afghanistan, making it the deadliest day for the international force in more than two months. The violence underscored warnings that casualties will increase as more foreign troops stream into the country and step up the fighting against the Taliban.