Top Taliban Leader Killed in Afghanistan

May 14, 2007 -- Taliban Leader: Death Won't Slow Militant Jihad
Taliban leader Mullah Omar said the killing of its top field commanders will not "create problems" for the hard-line militia and that attacks of foreign troops will continue, a spokesman said Monday. (AP)

Five Afghan Soldiers Die in Border Clash
Pakistani and Afghan forces exchanged fire at their rugged border on Sunday in their most serious skirmish in years. Pakistan said it killed five Afghan soldiers, but Afghanistan said just two Afghan civilians died. (Dawn)

Rangers Get Orders To Shoot Rioters in Karachi
The government ordered Rangers to shoot rioters on sight and imposed Section 144 as eight people were killed and nine, including three policemen, injured in a second day of violence here on Sunday. (Daily Times)

Karachi Violence Was Planned By Govt: Lawyers
By Bakhtawar Mian
Lawyers on the panel defending Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry have alleged that Saturday's incidents in Karachi were part of a conspiracy hatched by the government to foil the lawyers' movement for independence of the judiciary. (Dawn)

Senior Official of Pakistani Supreme Court Is Killed
A senior official of the Pakistani Supreme Court was shot to death by unidentified gunman early Monday, following political clashes in Karachi on Sunday that claimed 39 lives. (International Herald Tribune)

Authorities in Germany Detained 2 With al Qaeda Ties
Authorities detained two suspects believed to be part of a cell of the Islamic Jihad Union, an al Qaeda-affiliated Uzbek group, intelligence sources have told ABC News. (ABC News)

Staffers Call for Special Probe of Watchdog
A group of anonymous employees are asking President Bush to fire their boss, the top watchdog at the Commerce Department, and opt for a special counsel to investigate him. (ABC News)