Islamabad

U.S. Commander Holds Talks With Pakistan's Army Chief

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 05.12.2012

ISLAMABAD -- The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan held talks with Pakistan's army chief Saturday aimed at improving border coordination, almost six m...

Airline Chief Barred From Leaving Pakistan

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT and ZARAR KHAN | Posted 04.21.2012

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Saturday barred the head of the airline whose jet crashed near the capital from leaving the country, vowing to investiga...

Plane Crashes Near Islamabad Airport

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 04.21.2012

ISLAMABAD — Emergency workers with flashlights searched the smoldering wreckage of a passenger jet carrying 127 people that crashed into a muddy...

Islamabad: The Allergy Capital of the World

Saad Khan | Posted 04.02.2012

Saad Khan

The pollen count in Islamabad hovers above 30,000 particles per cubic meter during the peak season. And that is not considered a record high.

Iran Tries Brotherly Love in the Persian Gulf Oil Game

Daniel J. Graeber | Posted 05.22.2012

Daniel J. Graeber

With Kuwait allied with the United States and working more closely with Iran's long-time rivals in Riyadh, it's unlikely there will be any brotherly love in the Persian Gulf anytime soon.

PHOTOS: AP Photographer Documents Daily Life In Pakistan

Posted 02.22.2012

Associated Press chief photographer in Pakistan Muhammed Muheisen documents daily life on the outskirts of Islamabad. To see more great photogr...

Joshua Hersh

Occupy Wall Street: Protests Spread to Islamabad, If Only For A Day

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 12.28.2011

Well, it wasn't much, but the Occupy movement found accomplices earlier this week in perhaps one of the most far-flung places yet: Pakistan's capital ...

The Pakistanis Are Coming! The Pakistanis Are Coming!

Michael Brenner | Posted 09.21.2011

Michael Brenner

Washington is abuzz with the headline news that the FBI is accosting two Pakistanis who allegedly have been trying to win influence and influence poli...

Pakistan: Drone Attacks Are Wrong, Regardless

Ethan Casey | Posted 09.18.2011

Ethan Casey

Drone attacks are wrong. I'm sure to be called an appeaser of terrorists for saying that, particularly in light of the latest events in Mumbai. But I ...

Pakistan Appoints First Female Foreign Minister

AP | Posted 09.18.2011

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan has appointed its first female foreign minister, filling a key Cabinet position days ahead of peace talks with archrival India. ...

Obama's Drone Surge in Pakistan Doing More Damage Than Good

Michael Hughes | Posted 09.11.2011

Michael Hughes

The facts unequivocally illustrate that the drone program is steering the U.S. away from achieving its national security objectives in the region.

Pakistan's Army Chief Fights To Keep His Job

The New York Times | JANE PERLEZ | Posted 08.15.2011

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's army chief, the most powerful man in the country, is fighting to save his position in the face of seething anger fro...

Clinton: Osama Bin Laden Raid A Watershed Moment For Pakistan

AP | By ANNE GEARAN and NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 07.27.2011

ISLAMABAD -- The killing of Osama bin Laden is a watershed moment for Pakistan's confrontation with homegrown terrorism, U.S. Secretary of State Hilla...

Playing the China Card: Has the Obama Administration Miscalculated in Pakistan?

Dilip Hiro | Posted 07.24.2011

Dilip Hiro

Pakistan's Chinese alliance, noted fitfully by the U.S., is one of its most potent weapons in any future showdown with the Obama administration.

With Friends Like These...

Aki Peritz | Posted 07.23.2011

Aki Peritz

Where would Pakistan turn for international support if America indeed withdraws its helping hand? The answer is likely Pakistan's "all weather friend," the People's Republic of China.

Source: NATO Helicopters Return Fire After Being Attacked From Across Pakistan Border

Reuters | Posted 07.16.2011

May 17, 2011 7:44:26 AM KABUL, May 17 (Reuters) - Two NATO helicopters supporting a coalition base in eastern Afghanistan came under fire twice...

Pakistan's DoubleSpeak

Sunil Adam | Posted 07.10.2011

Sunil Adam

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Most Popular Drink in Abbottabad

Sunil Adam | Posted 07.09.2011

Sunil Adam

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Pakistan Army: Earn Your Keep

Wajid Ali Syed | Posted 07.09.2011

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.

Andrea Stone

Bin Laden Assassination Complicates U.S. And Pakistan's Diplomatic Dance

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 07.02.2011

WASHINGTON -- Pakistan has long subscribed to the Claude Rains school of diplomacy. Like the corrupt police chief the actor played in the classic 1...

Inside The Raid That Killed Osama Bin Laden

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 07.01.2011

WASHINGTON — Helicopters descended out of darkness on the most important counterterrorism mission in U.S. history. It was an operation so secret...

Andrea Stone

Bin Laden Is Dead But Does It Matter?

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 07.01.2011

WASHINGTON -- The words so many Americans have waited to hear for nearly a decade -- Osama Bin Laden is dead -- were finally spoken on a spring night ...

U.S. Missiles Kill Multiple People In Pakistan Tribal Region

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 06.21.2011

ISLAMABAD — U.S. missiles killed 25 people in an al-Qaida and Taliban sanctuary close to the Afghan border on Friday, Pakistani officials said, ...

Pakistani Minister For Minorities Gunned Down

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

March 2, 2011 6:47:13 AM ISLAMABAD, March 2 (Reuters) - Pakistani Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti, who has been calling for changes in the c...

Valentine Love For Pakistan Governor's Killer

AP | ASIF SHAHZAD | Posted 05.25.2011

ISLAMABAD — The confessed killer of a liberal Pakistani governor pleaded guilty Monday to a murder he said was justified under Islam, while outs...