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Pakistan Asks US To End Missile Attacks

AP | RYAN LUCAS | Posted 06.25.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD — Officials say a suicide bomber has killed at least two soldiers in the Pakistani part of Kashmir. Two security officials said the a...

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Pakistan's Refugees Burden Its Major Cities

nytimes.com | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

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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...

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Hashoo Bombers Strike Again

Derek Flood | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

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Derek Flood

People across the region who depend on the Ismaili establishment for employment, sustenance and remittances have suffered enormously from the Taleban's unforgiving insurgency.

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Islamabad Police Station Hit By Bomb Explosion

Al Jazeera English | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

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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...

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Obama's Deepening AfPak Crisis

William Bradley | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

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William Bradley

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.

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Pakistan: Who's To Blame?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

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Jamal Dajani

US attacks on tribal areas in Pakistan have done nothing to reduce the Taliban's influence, but rather have backfired and strengthened it politically.

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Islamabad Police Base Hit By Suicide Bomber

BBC NEWS | Posted 04.04.2009 | World

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A suicide bomber has killed at least five paramilitary police in an attack on a security base in the Pakistan capital, Islamabad, police say....

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Holbrooke Holds Talks In India, Discusses Relations With Pakistan

Al Jezeera | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

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The new US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan has met Indian officials and discussed Afghanistan and simmering tensions between New Delhi and I...

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Pakistan Urges Holbrooke To Take Regional Approach

Daily Times | Sajjad Malik | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

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Islamabad will urge US special envoy Richard Holbrooke to adopt a regional approach to solve the prevailing issues of terrorism and extremism, diploma...

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Bombs Rip Through Pakistani Market

BBC News | Posted 12.05.2008 | World

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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 ...

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Roadway Through the FATA

Ashley Bommer | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

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Ashley Bommer

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.

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Pakistan: US Missile Strike Kills 27

AP | ISHTIAQ MAHSUD | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Suspected U.S. missiles slammed into two villages close to the Afghan border Friday, killing 27 people including an...

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We are like a city on a hill

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

This election will show the public's choice, its mandate for the type of leader it wants to deal with complex issues, like why people use terrorism as a tactic to dialogue with those in power.

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Islamabad Bombing Shakes Pakistan

Eric Margolis | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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Eric Margolis

The Marriot attack is further proof that Pakistan is edging ever deeper into outright civil conflict at a time when the stalemated war in Afghanistan is steadily seeping into Pakistan.

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Suicide attack in Pakistani capital kills 15

AP | MANAL AHMAD | Posted 07.06.2008 | Home

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suicide attacker detonated explosives near a police station in Pakistan's capital on Sunday, killing at least 15 people ...

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