A suicide attack on a Nato convoy in southern Afghanistan on Friday killed 10 civilians and wounded some Nato soldiers.

Egyptian expert on radical Islamists, Dia Rashwan, says recent al-Qaeda propaganda footage from Iraq is old and cannot mask the crisis it is facing.

Pakistani police foiled planned suicide attacks on the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, arresting six suspects and seizing three vehicles packed with explosives, officials said on Friday.