Taliban Claim Responsibility For A Series Of Attacks In Afghanistan And Pakistan

Taliban Groups Launch Attacks In Pakistan And Afghanistan -- The Guardian

Suicide bomber kills 13 in Pakistan city of Rawalpindi and insurgents attack Nato base in Zhari, Afghanistan

The Pakistani and Afghan branches of the Taliban mounted provocative attacks near military bases on Monday, the latest in a series of high-profile militant strikes on either side of the troubled border.

In the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi a speeding suicide bomber on a motorbike killed 13 people, including five soldiers, after detonating himself at a checkpoint close to the headquarters of the country's powerful army. Dozens more were wounded.

Responsibility was claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a coalition of Pakistani groups that pledges nominal allegiance to Mullah Omar, the leader of the Afghan Taliban.

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More News On Today's Taliban Attacks In Pakistan And Afghanistan

Fatal suicide attack on Afghanistan base -- Al Jazeera
ISAF soldier, 9 militants die in attack on base in Kandahar province -- UPI
9 militants killed in attack on NATO base in Kandahar -- Khaama Press
Afghan Taliban suicide team kills ISAF soldier in assault on base -- Long War Journal
Insurgents attack base in Afghanistan, killing coalition service member -- Stars and Stripes
NATO service member killed in Afghan attack -- Washington Post/AP

Taliban attack Pakistani military in Rawalpindi, Bannu -- Threat Matrix
Pakistani Army checkpoint blast kills 22; Taliban claim responsibility -- CNN
Second Taliban bomb attack kills 13 near Pakistan army HQ -- Reuters
Suicide bomber kills 13 near Pakistan army HQ in Rawalpindi -- BBC
At least 13 killed, 24 hurt in bomb blast near Pakistan army HQ -- NBC
Pakistan market attack kills 13 near army headquarters in Rawalpindi -- CNN