TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. claims it was not supporting the Jundallah militant group responsible for attacks in Iran are unacceptable, Iran's parliamentary speaker said.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A Sunni rebel leader accused of masterminding the recent suicide attack in Iran is not in Pakistan, the Pakistani interior minister said.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Pakistan's recent militant attacks show the terror groups that once enjoyed official support now are turning against the state, officials and analysts say.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Pakistani military planes pounded militant hideouts in South Waziristan for the second straight day, killing several people, military officials said.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The Pakistani army chief of staff will decide the appropriate time to launch an offensive against militants in South Waziristan, the interior minister said.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Pakistani planes struck militants in tribal areas as the army prepared for a ground assault against the Taliban and other terror groups, officials said.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Pakistani fighter jets bombed suspected Taliban hideouts in South Waziristan as the battle against regional insurgents escalates.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Three hostages and four Taliban militants died when special forces stormed Pakistani Army headquarters to rescue 42 hostages Sunday, a military spokesman said.

More than 40 people died in a bombing of a marketplace in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan.