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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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U.S. Drone Strike Kills 4 Suspected Militants In Pakistan

Reuters | Posted 05.29.2012

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(Adds quote from intelligence official) MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, March 30 (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed four suspected militants ...

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Ramped Up U.S. Drone Strikes Kill 5 Suspected Militants

AP | ISHTIAQ MAHSUD and RASOOL DAWAR | Posted 04.10.2012

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A U.S. drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region Thursday, killing five suspected m...

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Suspected Drone Strike Kills 6 Mlitants

Reuters | Posted 03.13.2012

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(Updates death toll) By Haji Mujtaba MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A second drone strike in two days killed s...

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U.S. Reportedly Launches First Drone In Pakistan In 6 Weeks

AP | By LOLITA C. BALDOR and RASOOL DAWAR | Posted 03.12.2012

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BANNU, Pakistan -- An American drone strike killed four Islamist militants in Pakistan, the first such attack since errant U.S airstrikes in November ...

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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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Pakistan Officials: U.S. Drone Allegedly Kills Four Militants

AP | ASHRAF KHAN | Posted 10.02.2011

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KARACHI, Pakistan — Authorities called in paramilitary soldiers and police to quell political and criminal violence in Pakistan's largest city T...

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Pakistan: Drone Attacks Are Wrong, Regardless

Ethan Casey | Posted 09.18.2011

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 ...

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A Month After Osama, Pakistan Faces the Heat

Saad Khan | Posted 08.02.2011

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The bald-faced attack on the oldest airbase in South Asia -- Lawrence of Arabia worked there as an engine clerk in mid-1920s -- reinforces the global concerns about the security of Pakistani nuclear assets.

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Hillary Clinton Arrives In Pakistan To Repair Frayed Relations

AP | ANNE GEARAN and NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 07.26.2011

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ISLAMABAD (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that relations between the United States and Pakistan have reached a turn...

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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...

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Pakistani Officials: U.S. Drone Strike Kills At Least 5 Along Afghanistan Border

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 07.11.2011

SHABQADAR, Pakistan — Twin explosions struck a paramilitary training center in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 68 people &ndas...

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Pakistan Army: Earn Your Keep

Wajid Ali Syed | Posted 07.09.2011

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

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 06.21.2011

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

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Military Downplays Key U.S. Objective In Afghan War

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- A top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is contradicting comments by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen on whether a military o...

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Woodward: U.S. Drones Killed Americans In Pakistan

SpyTalk | Posted 05.25.2011

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CIA drones killed "many Westerners, including some U.S. passport holders" in Pakistan's tribal area during the George W. Bush administration, the new ...

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Suspected U.S. Missiles Kill 10 In Northwest Pakistan

AP | ASIF SHAHZAD and KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD — Drone aircraft unleashed two missile attacks in a lawless tribal region on the Afghan border, making September the most intense peri...

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Pakistan Rocked By Missile Attacks: U.S. Suspected Of 6 In Past Week

AP | ISHTIAQ MAHSUD | Posted 05.25.2011

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Three suspected U.S. missile strikes in less than 12 hours hit militant targets in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesd...

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Working Backwards: A New Strategy to Hunt Osama bin Laden

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Osama bin Laden is either dead or alive, and I'm proposing a strategy to both remove him from the world stage while hunting him down in the process. The tactic is simple: declare his demise.

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US Drone Kills 10 After Striking House In Pakistan

Xinhau | Posted 05.25.2011

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The United States pilotless drone aircraft Friday struck a house in Pakistan's North Waziristan region and killed at least 10 people, local media repo...

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I Want to Live with My Family

Kathy Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many Pakistanis, including some Pakistani military officials, feel astounded by the U.S. government suggestion that Pakistan should do more to dislodge militants from strongholds in FATA and in other parts of Pakistan.

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Environmental Cost of the Taliban Insurgency

Saad Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

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While Afghanistan has seen an environmental catastrophe ever since the October 2001 invasion, Pakistani tribal areas have become a hell zone for the flora and fauna only just recently.

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U.S. Missile Barrage Kills 14 Alleged Insurgents In Pakistan

AP | HUSSAIN AFZAL | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARACHINAR, Pakistan — Two separate volleys of American missiles slammed into a Taliban sanctuary in Pakistan close to the Afghan border Tuesday...

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Taliban Spy Killing: Alleged U.S. Spies Found Dead In Pakistan

AP | ROHAN SULLIVAN and RASOOL DAWAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD — A top Taliban leader picked up in Pakistan as part of a recent crackdown on insurgents will be handed over to Afghanistan, an Afghan...

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Suspected US Drones Kill 6 Militants In Pakistan

AP | RASOOL DAWAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIR ALI, Pakistan — The Pakistani Taliban refused Tuesday to provide proof their leader survived a U.S. missile attack, just one day after promi...

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