Demands by the United States for Pakistan to crack down on the strongest Taliban warrior in Afghanistan, Siraj Haqqani, whose fighters pose the bigges...
Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.02.2009 | World
Pakistani children may be enjoying the break, but most of them know exactly why they can't go to school. I sit stiff as one boy looks up from his video game to tell me the school buses might not be safe right now.
AP | ASHRAF KHAN and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — A suicide bomb killed 35 people near Pakistan's military headquarters Monday while a second blast wounded several police,...
AP | ASIF SHAHZAD and ASHRAF KHAN | Posted 10.25.2009 | World
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani soldiers captured the hometown of the country's Taliban chief Saturday, a strategic and symbolic initial prize as the army...
AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 10.21.2009 | World
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Suicide bombers attacked an Islamic university popular with foreigners in Pakistan's capital Tuesday, killing four student...
Abdulhadi Hairan | Posted 10.15.2009 | World
The world should not just close its eyes to Pakistan and say, 'there is no danger, everything is safe.' There is currently a dangerous vulnerability in officials who still sympathize with Taliban militants.
AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 10.07.2009 | World
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan braced for more militant attacks ahead of an anticipated offensive against a Taliban stronghold, as the insurgents said the...
Refugees International | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
Taliban militants have decided not to bother differentiating between armed forces and UN aid workers. They should remember, however, that they too are bound by international humanitarian law.
AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 10.06.2009 | World
ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber who killed five staffers at the U.N. food agency's headquarters in Pakistan on Monday was dressed as a security off...
The Observer | Declan Walsh | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
Five US soldiers were among dozens killed in a wave of violence in Afghanistan as pressure grew on President Hamid Karzai last night to strike a power...
Nosheen Abbas | Posted 09.26.2009 | World
This retreat was organized by youths from Islamabad in order to share a message of progressive tolerance.
Nosheen Abbas | Posted 09.19.2009 | World
Tired of hearing people complain about what's wrong with Pakistan, these students decided to do something about it by meeting every Sunday to clean up trash.
Betwa Sharma | Posted 09.12.2009 | World
Why have Pakistanis endured decades of bad politics and their violent consequences? Why do they watch their leaders play a foolhardy game with the Taliban? Can they not do more?
The New York Times | Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah | Posted 08.28.2009 | World
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Even as hundreds of thousands of people stream back to the Swat Valley after months of fighting, one important group is conspic...
AP | RYAN LUCAS | Posted 07.26.2009 | World
ISLAMABAD — Officials say a suicide bomber has killed at least two soldiers in the Pakistani part of Kashmir. Two security officials said the a...
nytimes.com | Posted 07.19.2009 | World
Pakistan is experiencing its worst refugee crisis since partition from India in 1947, and while the world may be familiar with the tent camps that hav...
Derek Flood | Posted 07.12.2009 | World
People across the region who depend on the Ismaili establishment for employment, sustenance and remittances have suffered enormously from the Taleban's unforgiving insurgency.
Al Jazeera English | Posted 07.07.2009 | World
A bomb has exploded at a police station in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, as the military continues to battle Taliban fighters in the northwest of the...
William Bradley | Posted 05.31.2009 | World
With the appropriate huzzahs for Obama's first 100 days still ringing in the air, his new AfPak strategy, for the linked crisis of Afghanistan and Pakistan, is already in deep trouble.
Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2009 | World
US attacks on tribal areas in Pakistan have done nothing to reduce the Taliban's influence, but rather have backfired and strengthened it politically.
BBC NEWS | Posted 05.05.2009 | World
A suicide bomber has killed at least five paramilitary police in an attack on a security base in the Pakistan capital, Islamabad, police say....
Al Jezeera | Posted 03.19.2009 | World
The new US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan has met Indian officials and discussed Afghanistan and simmering tensions between New Delhi and I...
Daily Times | Sajjad Malik | Posted 03.12.2009 | World
Islamabad will urge US special envoy Richard Holbrooke to adopt a regional approach to solve the prevailing issues of terrorism and extremism, diploma...
BBC News | Posted 01.05.2009 | World
At least 20 people have been killed and 70 injured in a suspected car bombing in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say. The blast ...
Ashley Bommer | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics
While the enemy weaves in and out of the tribal areas, living and interacting with the people, we fight the war against Al Qaeda superficially through military airstrikes and covert operations.
New York Times | Jane Perlez | Posted 12.14.2009 | World