Faisal Shahzad

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  26 Killed In Suicide Bombing At Government Office In Pakistan

  A young Taliban suicide bomber today blew himself up outside a crowded government office in Pakistan's restive northwest, killing at least 26 people and injuring nearly 60 others, in one of the deadliest attacks since the Peshawar school carnage that left over 150 dead.

• American trained in Pak pleads guilty to terror charges

  Daniel Patrick Boyd, known by the name "Saifullah", who received military-style training interrorist camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan, has pleaded guilty to terror charges, Justice Department has said."Daniel Patrick Boyd admitted his role in a multi-year conspiracy to advance violent jihad by recruiting and helping young men travel overseas to mu...

• Pak Taliban gave $43K to Times Square bomber: Report

  Pakistan's banned Tehrik-e-Taliban militant outfit had provided US $43,000 in financial support to Pakistani-American terrorist Faisal Shahzad for plotting the botched car bombing in New York's Times Square.This was mentioned in a report on the arrest of Shahzad's alleged associates that was submitted by police on Monday to a Rawalpindi-based anti-...

• Times Square attempted bomber gets life sentence

  The man who plotted to kill Americans by driving a homemade car bomb into Times Square and leaving it to explode has been sentenced to life in prison.A federal judge gave Faisal Shahzad a mandatory life prison term at his sentencing on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. The bomb he had packed into the back of an SUV sputtered, injuring no one in a...

• NY Times Square bomber plotted 2nd attack: US

  Prosecutors say the man who admitted trying to bomb Times Square boasted that he thought it would kill at least 40 people and said he planned to detonate a second bomb in New York city two weeks after the first.The government included the details today in a court filing before Faisal Shahzad is sentenced next week. He faces life in prison.Shahzad w...

• Shahzad indicted on 10 terror charges

  Terror suspect Faisal Shahzad has been charged with 10 terrorism and weapons counts in the botched Times Square car bombing in an indictment that also accuses him of receiving money and explosives training from Pakistani Taliban.The charges include conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempting an act of terrorism, transportation of an ...

• Pak man held in New York bomb probe to be deported

  A US immigration judge has ordered a man arrested in Massachusetts during the probe into the failed Times Square car bombing deported to his native Pakistan.The ruling in the case of 27-year-old Aftab Khan was made on Thursday and announced on Friday.Khan was one of three men arrested on immigration charges May 13 and suspected of supplying money t...

• New York bomb plot: Pak arrests another suspect

  Pakistani officials have detained an 11th suspect in connection with the probe into the failed car bomb attack in New York by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, a media report said on Thursday.The latest suspect to be detained is a man named Qamar Ejaz, a Pakistani intelligence source said. Ejaz's brother, Adnan Ejaz, is a former Pakistan Army majo...

• Officials: Two detained admit aiding Times Square bomb plot

  Two men detained in Pakistan admitted with pride that they helped the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing, and one of the men angrily accused his interrogators of "siding with the infidels," a senior intelligence official said today.     The pair are among six men officials say have been detained in Pakistan for allege...

• US satisfied with Pak cooperation on Times Square probe

  The US has said it is "satisfied" with cooperation from Pakistan on investigation into the failed Times Square bombing over which several people have been detained in that country.     "We are satisfied with the cooperation that we are receiving from Pakistan in this investigation," State Department spokesperson, P J Crowley, to...

• Pak detains five over Times Square plot: Report

  Pakistan has detained a co-owner of an upscale catering company in Islamabad and at least four others in connection with the botched Times Square bombing plot for which Pakistani-American terror suspect Faisal Shahzad has been arrested in the US, a media report said today.     The suspects, including Salman Ashraf of 'Hanif Rajp...

• Shahzad's number found on detained Pak national's phone

  A Pakistani national arrested in connection with the botched Times Square car bombing had prime suspect Faisal Shahzad's phone number on his cell phone and an envelop with the accused name on it in his apartment.Aftab Ali Khan, 27, is one of the three men arrested last week for violating immigrations laws and are suspected of funding money to Shahz...

• Times Square car bomb suspect appears in court

  The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square appeared in court on Tuesday on terrorism and weapons charges for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago and was quickly led away in handcuffs after being held without bail.

• Shahzad planned to hit 4 other US targets: Reports

  Pakistani-American terror suspect Faisal Shahzad had planned to attack four other targets if his bid to detonate a car bomb near Times Square in New York was successful, according to a television channel.FOX 5 News quoted a source as saying that Shahzad, arrested by the FBI for the May 1 failed bombing, has told investigators that he intended to at...

• Next terror attack on US will be postmarked 'Pakistan': CIA analyst

  A former CIA analyst, who helped President Barack Obama formulate his Pakistan-Afghanistan policy, says "a very serious possibility that the next mass casualty terrorist attack on the United States will be postmarked 'Pakistan'.""What we're seeing going on in Pakistan now is a very dangerous phenomenon," says Bruce Riedel, Senior Fellow, Brookings ...