India has rejected allegations by Pakistan that militants backed by Delhi were behind a deadly car bomb attack that killed at least 13 soldiers on Saturday. Pakistani officials said a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a military convoy in the north-western tribal region of Pakistan's North Waziristan,

The attack, which took place in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan, involved a suicide bomber who rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a Pakistani military convoy near the border with Afghanistan.

Beijing's bid for enhanced regional leadership suffered a setback when India rejected signing a joint statement put before members of the China-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organization