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Congressional Balochistan Witness Prepares for Potential Firestorm Hearing for U.S. Pakistan Policy

Eddie Walsh | Posted 04.09.2012

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Eddie Walsh

Members of Congress must clearly convey their intentions when taking on potentially contentious issues that risk undermining one of the Obama administration's most important strategic partnerships. Balochistan is clearly one of those issues.

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Don't Expect a Revolution in Pakistan

Michael Kugelman | Posted 04.01.2012

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Michael Kugelman

Don't be fooled. Pakistan is too fractured to experience an Arab Spring-style mass movement. Pakistan's four provinces are often at odds, and ethnic and sectarian tensions are rife.

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Fearing Coup, Pakistani PM Called British Diplomat

AP | HEIDI VOGT and KATHY GANNON | Posted 03.14.2012

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's prime minister appealed for support Friday from parliament in a standoff between his beleaguered government and the milit...

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U.S. Reportedly Launches First Drone In Pakistan In 6 Weeks

AP | By LOLITA C. BALDOR and RASOOL DAWAR | Posted 03.12.2012

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BANNU, Pakistan -- An American drone strike killed four Islamist militants in Pakistan, the first such attack since errant U.S airstrikes in November ...

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Pakistan Names New Ambassador To The US

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 01.23.2012

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ISLAMABAD — The government appointed a liberal lawmaker and rights activist as its U.S. ambassador Wednesday, swiftly replacing an envoy who was...

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Muscular Show Of U.S. Diplomatic Force In Islamabad

AP | By KATHY GANNON, ADAM GOLDMAN and LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 12.19.2011

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- CIA chief David Petraeus will be among an army of high-level U.S. officials with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when she ar...

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U.S. Missile Strike In Pakistan Kills Three

AP | ISHTIAQ MAHSUD | Posted 11.30.2011

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A U.S. missile strike killed three suspected militants in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Frida...

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The Sorry State of Pakistan

Wajid Ali Syed | Posted 11.12.2011

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Wajid Ali Syed

Ten years later, the diseases that had been contained in Pakistan metastasize more rapidly than ever. If the West's strategy for combating radicalism continues on its present parochial course, the world will feel the heat.

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After the Breakup: What Next for U.S.-Pakistan Relations

C. Christine Fair | Posted 10.25.2011

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C. Christine Fair

America should engage Pakistan's emerging civilian centers of power. The most likely path to a stable Pakistan involves empowering civilians to exert control over its security and foreign policies.

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Pakistan Officials: U.S. Drone Allegedly Kills Four Militants

AP | ASHRAF KHAN | Posted 10.02.2011

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KARACHI, Pakistan — Authorities called in paramilitary soldiers and police to quell political and criminal violence in Pakistan's largest city T...

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U.S. Diplomats In Pakistan Need Government Permissions To Travel

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 09.29.2011

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has placed new travel restrictions on American diplomats living in the country, a U.S. official said Saturday, in the lates...

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U.S. Suspends Millions In Aid To Pakistani Military

nytimes.com | ERIC SCHMITT and JANE PERLEZ | Posted 09.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is suspending and, in some cases, canceling hundreds of millions of dollars of aid to the Pakistani military, i...

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Poll: Majority Of Pakistanis Think Bin Laden's Death A Negative

AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 08.21.2011

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistanis largely disapprove of the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, with a majority believing the al-Qaida chief's death is ...

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U.S. Officials: Pakistanis Tipped Off Militants Again, Gave Terror Suspects Time To Flee

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 08.18.2011

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WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say Pakistan has apparently tipped off militants at two more bomb-building factories in its tribal areas, giving the...

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Pakistan's Faustian Parliament

Wajid Ali Syed | Posted 07.20.2011

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Wajid Ali Syed

The parliament has an obligation to explain to the public not only how and why Osama bin Laden was living in Abbottabad, but why the Taliban continues to carry out its bloody operations.

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U.S. - Pakistan Relations: Charlie Brown, Lucy and the Football

Wajid Ali Syed | Posted 07.18.2011

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Wajid Ali Syed

For decades, the United States has made the mistake of equating "Pakistan" with its army and supporting military governments. Despite outward signs that aid will continue to flow to Pakistan's military, there are growing signs that the U.S. is tired of playing the Charlie Brown role.

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Osama Bin Laden Mission Agreed In Secret 10 Years Ago By U.S. And Pakistan

The Guardian | Declan Walsh in Islamabad | Posted 07.09.2011

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The US and Pakistan struck a secret deal almost a decade ago permitting a US operation against Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil similar to last week'...

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Pakistani PM: Bin Laden Death Was 'Justice Done'

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 07.09.2011

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ISLAMABAD — Suspicion rose Monday that Pakistan's intelligence service leaked the name of the CIA chief in Islamabad to local media in anger ove...

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Pakistan's Intelligence Agency Linked To Afghan Militants: U.S.

Posted 06.20.2011

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer accused Pakistan's intelligence agency of maintaining ties to militants in Afghanistan during a ...

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US Official To Face Murder Charge In Pakistan

AP | BABAR DOGAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan will pursue murder charges against a U.S. consular employee suspected of shooting two armed men during a possible ro...

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Pakistan Border To Remain Closed Despite U.S. Apology

AP | ASHRAF KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KARACHI, Pakistan — Two suspected suicide bombers have attacked the most beloved Sufi shrine in Pakistan's largest city, killing at least eight ...

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U.S. To Unveil Large Aid Package To Win The hearts Of Pakistanis

McClatchy | Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. will announce Monday hundreds of millions of dollars worth of civilian aid projects for Pakistan, American officials said, in an attempt to d...

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U.S. Missile Kills 4 In Pakistan; 18 Die In Stampede

AP | RASOOL DAWAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIR ALI, Pakistan — A missile fired from a suspected unmanned U.S. drone slammed into a car in a Pakistani tribal region close to the Afghan bor...

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Pakistan: US Missile Kills 10

The New York Times | PIR ZUBAIR SHAH and SABRINA TAVERNISE | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- An American missile hit the Mehsud tribal region of South Waziristan on Tuesday, claiming at least 10 lives in the same area wh...

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Armageddon at the Top of the World: Not!

Juan Cole | Posted 05.25.2011

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Juan Cole

Churchill said that in the Pashtun of Pakistan, "the world is presented with that grim spectacle, 'the strength of civilization without its mercy.'" The image survived his era and made it into our headlines.

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