Several Afghan soldiers and militants were killed and injured after Taliban militants stormed a national army's main base in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand early Friday, a local source said.
Pakistan says it will release an Indian pilot who was shot down and captured after his fighter jet crossed the de-facto border in the disputed Kashmir region on Wednesday.
The United States on Thursday offered a $1 million reward for information on a son of late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, seeing him as an emerging face of extremism.
