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Diplomatic Talks End In Failure Over Airstrike Apology

The New York Times | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Obama Administration, Isi, Diplomatic Talks, Taliban, Haqqani Network, United States Pakistan, Pakistan, World News

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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Expectations for the New ISI Chief

Aziz Nayani | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Pakistani Intelligence, Isi, Pakistan Democracy, Pakistan, World News, Pakistan Crisis, Pakistan Military, World News
Aziz Nayani

No matter how attractive or sought after a job can be, it is never easy taking on a role that immediately requires damage control on multiple fronts. By becoming the new Director General of Pakistan's notorious intelligence agency, the Inter-Service Intelligence.

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A Pakistani Spring Since Birth?

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Imran Khan, Democracy, India, South Asia, Mohsin Mohi Ud Din, Isi, Pakistan, u.s. Foreign Policy, Pakistani Military, Pakistan Democracy, International Peace and Security, Zardari, Kayani, World News
Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

In 2011, there were few on the outside who could find space for optimism with Pakistan, even some of my Pakistani friends living in the States. "Peopl...

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The People Pay

Wajid Ali Syed | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Financial Crisis, Asif Ali Zardari, Pakstan, Mansoor Ijaz, Yousuf-Raza-Gilani, Husain Haqqani, Memogate, Isi, World News
Wajid Ali Syed

Because of years of inaction and putting the interests of politicians over the people they were elected to serve, Pakistan's weak child of a democracy could succumb to the common cold. And the public will pay again.

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Blood and Gifts: A Conversation With Playwright J.T. Rogers

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: mi5, Isi, Pakistan, Ussr-Afghanistan, Blood and Gifts, Mitizi E. Newhouse Theater, Ghost Wars, War in Afghanistan, Mujahideen, Marsha Norman, J.T. Rogers, Steve Coll, The Overwhelming, Afghanistan, Off-Broadway, Afghan Freedom Fighters, Stinger Missles, Culture News
Marcia G. Yerman

Blood and Gifts, a play by J.T. Rogers, creates a full overview of the issues and choices that were the precursors to our current situation.

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Killing the Cranes

Nick Mills | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Peshawar, Killing the Cranes, Masood Khalili, Cia, Isi, Taliban, Edward Girardet, Afghanistan, Ahmed Shah Massoud, Al Qaeda, Books News
Nick Mills

In Edward Girardet's fine new book, Killing the Cranes, there is this damning sentence: "Simply put, it was the U.S. backing for the Islamic extremists in the 1980s that helped produce the current military quagmire in Afghanistan."

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Accused Pakistani Agent Expected To Plead Guilty In U.S. Lobbying Case

AP | By MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Isi, India, Video, Irs, Pakistani Intelligence, Internal Revenue Service, Pakistan, Fbi, Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, Kashmir, DC News

McLEAN, Va. -- A Virginia man accused of secretly receiving millions of dollars from Pakistan's spy service while he lobbied Congress on the disputed ...

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Pakistani Actress Sues Indian Magazine Over Nude Photo

AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 02.03.2012

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NEW DELHI (AP) The lawyer for Pakistani actress Veena Malik says she is suing an Indian men's magazine for publishing photos she says were doctored to...

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Dan Froomkin

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Isi, Suicide Bombers, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Cia, Pakistan ISI, Mujahedin, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Haqqani Network, Mujahideen, World News

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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Playing Nuclear Chicken in Southeast Asia

Eric Margolis | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Admiral Mike Mullen, Haqqani Network, Terrorism, Isi, Pakistan, Sen. Graham, World News
Eric Margolis

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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Afghanistan Reconciliation Reboot

Michael Hughes | Posted 11.22.2011

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Michael Hughes

The notion that cutting a deal with the Pakistani-supported Taliban will achieve any semblance of stability is a dangerous and delusional one.

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Pakistan Explosion: Deadly Bomb Explodes Outside Senior Police Officer's Home

AP | ASHRAF KHAN | Posted 11.18.2011

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KARACHI, Pakistan — A large bomb exploded Monday outside the home of a senior police officer tasked with cracking down on the Taliban and other ...

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Security Jitters in Afghanistan

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 11.14.2011

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Jayshree Bajoria

Afghan and NATO forces ended a 24-hour attack by militants on the U.S. embassy and NATO headquarters in what has been a secure district in Kabul, raising new concerns about Afghanistan's security.

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Clear and Present Danger: The Haqqani Network

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Iran, Kabul, Nato, Afghanistan Surge, Isi, Pakistan, Isaf, Admiral Mike Mullen, Afghanistan, Kabul Attack Network, World News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

Will troop withdrawal leave a vacuum rapidly filled by the march of the Haqqani network?

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Paying Pitts to Pay Pakistan to Pay Pitts -- and Raise the Deficit

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Dan Burton, Mullin, Isi, Pakistan, Joe Pitts, India, Cantor, Afghanistan, Tea Party, Kahsmir, World News
Leon T. Hadar

A few days after he had received $2,000 campaign contribution from the Pakistani lobbyists, Rep. Joe Pitts introduced a resolution in 2004 which, reflecting Islamabad's stance, called for a more activist U.S. role in resolving the dispute over Kashmir.

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Sources: Pakistan Arrests Multiple C.I.A. Informants Involved In Bin Laden Raid

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER and KATHY GANNON | Posted 08.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Pakistan's intelligence service has arrested the owner of a safe house rented to the CIA to observe Osama bin Laden's compound before th...

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Waking Up to the Awakening

Neetu Mahil | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: India, Arab Awakening, Arab Spring, Isi, Pakistan, Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, World News
Neetu Mahil

2011 has begun with a bang. January saw Sudan split in two; February, great upheaval in the Middle East; March, a tri-fold disaster in Japan. April, a...

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Desperately Seeking Mullah Omar

Michael Hughes | Posted 07.31.2011

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Michael Hughes

U.S. and Afghan intelligence have illustrated their desperation by spreading fabrications about Omar's death, hoping to provoke him to react with haste and angrily issue denials via statements or audio recordings that could give up his position.

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Robert Gates: 'Somebody Knew' Bin Laden Was Hiding In Pakistan

AP | LOLITA BALDOR | Posted 07.18.2011

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WASHINGTON — Pakistan has already paid dearly for its failure to know or acknowledge that Osama bin Laden was hiding for more than five years in...

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Most Popular Drink in Abbottabad

Sunil Adam | Posted 07.09.2011

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Sunil Adam

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The Red Line of Pakistan's Complicity?

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 07.09.2011

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Kristen Breitweiser

With all the hullabaloo surrounding bin Laden's execution, let's not lose sight of the fact that while it is undoubtedly a SOCOM success story, it is also a stunning seven-year-fumble by U.S. intelligence and foreign policy.

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Pakistan Army: Earn Your Keep

Wajid Ali Syed | Posted 07.09.2011

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Wajid Ali Syed

The world's most wanted terrorist was a block away from the army garrison. This incident is not the first time the Pakistan Army has made claims that strained credulity.

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A U.S. Break With Pakistan? Forget About It

Sandy Goodman | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Abbottabad, Nuclear War, Military Cantonment, Sen. John Kerry, Islamic Bomb, Isi, Pakistan, Pres. Asif Ali Zardari, Bin Laden, India, Seals, Congress, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, U.S. Aid, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Osama Bin Laden Death, Osama Bin Laden, World News
Sandy Goodman

As long as this country is heavily involved in Afghanistan, it cannot seriously threaten, much less break, its alliance with the Pakistanis, whatever their sins.

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Pakistan: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Wajid Ali Syed | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Isi, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Cia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, Pakistan Osama Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, World News
Wajid Ali Syed

If Pakistan admits that it helped U.S. forces kill bin Laden it fears a backlash from the different militant organizations within its boundaries, and if it denies any such cooperation then it will be labeled a supporter of al Qaeda.

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Pervez Musharraf: "Pakistan Didn't Know Where Bin Laden Was"

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Middle East, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Democracy, Drones, Osama Bin Laden, Isi, World News
Elisabeth Braw

Osama bin Laden's death "is a big victory for the peace-loving people of Pakistan and the world," former President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan told me on Monday.

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