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U.S. Drone Strike Kills 10 In Pakistan

Reuters | Posted 05.24.2012

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By Haji Mujtaba MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, May 24 (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike on suspected Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan kill...

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4 Suspected Militants Killed In U.S. Drone Strike

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 05.23.2012

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden was convicted of high treason Wednesday and sentenced to...

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Diplomatic Talks End In Failure Over Airstrike Apology

The New York Times | Posted 04.28.2012

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The latest high-level talks on ending a diplomatic deadlock between the United States and Pakistan ended in failure on Friday ...

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Who Is Fighting In Afghanistan?

1 | Posted 04.20.2012

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As Afghanistan and the United States discuss conditions for a strategic partnership, HuffPost World looks at the different troops and fighters in the ...

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Afghan Policeman Kills 9 Sleeping Fellow Officers

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 03.30.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A member of a U.S.-backed Afghan village police force killed nine of his fellow officers as they slept Friday in a volatile...

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Secret U.S. Cable Warned About Pakistani Havens

The Washington Post | Posted 02.24.2012

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The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan sent a top-secret cable to Washington last month warning that the persistence of enemy havens in Pakistan was placi...

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Tenuous Ties on 'AfPak' Frontier

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 01.31.2012

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A NATO air attack that killed at least twenty-four Pakistani soldiers along the Afghan border has further damaged a U.S.-Pakistan relationship that has lurched from crisis to crisis this year.

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Closing the Gap Between the United States and Pakistan

Rizwan Ladha | Posted 01.11.2012

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Obama's announcement to negotiate with the Haqqani network continues its sensible policy of engaging Pakistan to combat terrorism and rebuild Afghanistan. But the Pakistanis do not see things quite the same way.

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Suspected U.S. Drone Kills Two Haqqani Network Militants

AP | RASOOL DAWAR | Posted 01.03.2012

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's rugged tribal region Thursday, killing two insurgents fr...

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Ruinous Victories

Bruce Fein | Posted 12.25.2011

Politicians are chronically myopic and generally ill-educated. Whenever they claim victory abroad, skepticism is justified. The latest case of Libya is no different.

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NATO: 200 Afghan Militants Killed Or Captured

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 12.24.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Tens of thousands of Afghan and NATO troops killed or captured 200 insurgents in eastern Afghanistan during two operations ...

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Clinton Confirms U.S. Outreach To Haqqani Network

AP | By MATTHEW LEE | Posted 12.21.2011

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday confirmed that American officials have reached out to the Pakistan-bas...

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Clinton Pressures Pakistan To Step Up Battle Against Militants

AP | MATTHEW LEE and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 12.21.2011

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ISLAMABAD — The United States pressed a hard case with a difficult ally during an extraordinary two-day diplomatic offensive in Pakistan, arguin...

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Top U.S. General Announces New Offensive Against Haqqani Network

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 12.19.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S.-led coalition has launched a new offensive against one of Afghanistan's most virulent militant networks and plans ...

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Troops Ramp Up Fight Against Most Dangerous Threat To Forces In Afghanistan

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 12.18.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan and NATO forces have stepped up their fight against a militant network considered the most dangerous threat facing c...

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Missiles Kill 4 In Pakistan

AP | RASOOL DAWAR | Posted 12.14.2011

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Drone-fired U.S. missiles killed four people in a northwestern Pakistani region controlled by the Haqqani militant network ...

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Haqqani Network Leader Reportedly Killed In U.S. Drone Strike In Pakistan

AP | RASOOL DAWAR | Posted 12.13.2011

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — American drone-fired missiles killed a ranking member of the militant Haqqani network on Thursday in northwestern Pakistan,...

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HOW WE CREATED A MONSTER: Haqqani Network Now Top Scourge In Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 12.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S.'s new public enemy No. 1 in Afghanistan is one of its own making. Ten years into the occupation of Afghanistan, American off...

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Ten Years of Afghan War

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 12.07.2011

October 7 marks the tenth anniversary of the beginning of U.S. war in Afghanistan. There is no certain end in sight for U.S. involvement, and concerns are growing over the United States' capacity to bring stability to the country and the region.

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Fox News Makes Quote Up About Iran (UPDATE)

James Miller | Posted 12.06.2011

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UPDATE: The title of this article is being recanted by me, the author, as it is misleading. I made a mistake, and apologize to the readers for that mi...

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Afghan Officials: Plot To Assassinate Karzai Foiled

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 12.05.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan intelligence officials said Wednesday that they had broken up a cell that plotted to kill President Hamid Karzai, ar...

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Playing Nuclear Chicken in Southeast Asia

Eric Margolis | Posted 12.03.2011

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It's awfully hard for the world's greatest power to admit its high-tech military forces are being beaten in Afghanistan by a bunch of lightly-armed m...

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BBC Report: Siraj Haqqani Says U.S. Wanted Him To Join Government

AP | Posted 12.03.2011

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LONDON — A BBC report quoted Afghan insurgent leader Siraj Haqqani on Monday as saying he's been approached by the United States to join the Afg...

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Pakistani PM Deflects U.S. Pressure Over Militants

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 11.29.2011

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's political leaders voiced their support Thursday for the country's powerful army in its destabilizing standoff with the Un...

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Pressure Grows To Add Haqqani Network To Terrorists List As U.S. Patience Wears Thin

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Two U.S. senators Wednesday urged the State Department to designate the al Qaeda-affiliated Haqqani network as a terrorist organization ...

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