Obama Pakistan

Sam Stein

Karzai "Extremely Gratified" By Obama's Afghan Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Afghan President Hamid Karzai was "extremely gratified" with Barack Obama's speech and approach to the war in Afghanistan, the president's chief diplo...

Pakistan Mosque Packed With Worshippers Attacked By Suicide Bomber, At Least 48 Killed (PHOTOS)

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 04.27.2009 | World


PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suicide bomber demolished a mosque packed with hundreds of worshippers attending Friday prayers near the Afghan border, killing...

Sharif Eyed By U.S. As Partner In Pakistan

nytimes.com | JANE PERLEZ | Posted 04.25.2009 | World


LAHORE, Pakistan -- The opposition leader, Nawaz Sharif, sealed his place as the most popular politician in Pakistan this month when he defied his hou...

Taliban: Obama's Outreach Efforts 'Illogical'

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2009 | World


Afghanistan's Taliban on Tuesday turned down as illogical US president Barack Obama's bid to reach out to moderate elements of the insurgents, saying ...

The Pakistani Monster

Wajahat Ali | Posted 04.08.2009 | World


Wajahat Ali

The tempestuous relationship between the United States and Pakistan is akin to a sordid soap opera featuring a fickle, selfish lover and her unpredictable mistress prone to volatile tantrums.

Pakistan Lends Support For US Military Strikes

wsj.com | MATTHEW ROSENBERG in Islamabad, and SIOBHAN GORMAN and JAY SOLOMON in Washington | Posted 03.21.2009 | World


Pakistan's leaders have publicly denounced U.S. missile strikes as an attack on the country's sovereignty, but privately Pakistani military and intell...

Pakistan Hails Holbrooke's Visit A "New Beginning" In Pak-US Ties

AP | BY CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 03.13.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD — Pakistan told an envoy dispatched by President Barack Obama that it wants to be included in talks on any changes in U.S. efforts to ...

Piotr Stanczak, Polish Engineer, Beheaded In Pakistan

AP | VANESSA GERA and RYAN LUCAS | Posted 03.12.2009 | World


WARSAW, Poland — Poland promised Monday to issue international arrest warrants for Taliban militants after the apparent beheading of a Polish en...

Gates: Pakistan Missile Strikes To Continue

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is retaining a powerful but controversial weapon left over from the Bush administration's war on terror: Pre...

Pakistan Urges Obama To Halt Missile Attacks

AP | ASIF SHAHZAD | Posted 02.24.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan urged President Barack Obama to halt U.S. missile strikes on al-Qaida strongholds near the Afghan border, saying ...

First Missile Strikes On Pakistan Since Obama Presidency: Reports

Huffington Post/GroundReport | Katharine Zaleski, Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 02.23.2009 | World


According to ABC News, Commander-in-chief Obama has launched his first missile attacks... The CIA's bombing campaign against al Qaeda leadership in ...

Suspected US Missile Strikes Hit Pakistan

GroundReport | Posted 02.23.2009 | World


GroundReport

Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism platform that covers world news from the ground. By Abudlhadi Hairan PESHAWAR-- At...

Obama Pakistan Missile Strike Kills 18

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Suspected U.S. missiles killed 18 people on the Pakistan side of the Afghan border Friday, security officials said, the fi...

Obama Vows To Tackle Gaza Crisis Immediately After Inauguration

Usatoday.com | Posted 02.15.2009 | World


WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama, who has focused mostly on the nation's economic travails, says he will appoint a team immediately after hi...

Pakistani Paints 16th Obama Portrait As Nation Looks Closely At President-Elect

GlobalPost.com | Shahan Mufti | Posted 02.15.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Hamesh Gul claims he has looked more closely at Barack Obama than anyone else in Pakistan. And he might just be right. In a...

Young U.S. Muslims Shift to Democrats This Election

Kyla Cullinane | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home


Kyla Cullinane

"After Bush, many socially conservative Muslims are looking for a president who can balance national security with civil rights. They are particularly offended and outraged by domestic surveillance."

Obama's Pakistan Comments Draw Protest

Chicago Tribune | Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah | Posted 11.09.2008 | Chicago


A group of Pakistani-Americans and anti-war advocates delivered a letter to the downtown Chicago offices of Sen. Barack Obama today, calling on him to...

Right-Wingers Mock Obama's "Ostentatiously Exotic" Pronunciation Of Pakistan

Washington Monthly | Steve Benen | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama pronounces "Pakistan" correctly, with a soft "a," just like a lot of people who know what they're talking about, including Gen. David Pet...

Jason Linkins

Foreign Policy Prescience: Reality Catches Up With McCain On Pakistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


USA Today, February 21, 2008: JOHN MCCAIN: "Will we risk the confused leadership of an inexperienced candidate who once suggested bombing our ally, P...

Obama On Hill: Meeting Gilani, Bernanke, House Dems

Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama has a day of private meetings planned on Capitol Hill. MSNBC reports that Obama will meet with Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raz...

WaPo: Obama Shifting The National Foreign Policy Debate

Washington Post | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


Sen. Barack Obama, on his first and likely only overseas trip as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has remade the campaign's foreign po...

Obama Campaign: McCain Will Fail On Al-Qaeda And Pakistan

Christine Escobar | Posted 07.08.2008 | Home


Christine Escobar

Obama's approach to the re-emerging threat of Al Qaeda marks a break with the failed Bush policy. Obama would draw in NATO and focus attention where it matters in the war on terror.

Clinton Camp To Obama: You Need To Answer These Questions

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Clinton camp has released a memo questioning Sen. Obama's capacity to be Commander-in-Chief: Senator Obama has thus far failed to answer key ques...

Clinton: Obama Wavers on Foreign Policy

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton characterized rival Barack Obama on Monday as rash and inconsistent on foreign policy issues. Shifting to fo...

McCain, Obama Battle Over Pakistan

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


"Sen. John McCain of Arizona, close to clinching the GOP nomination, called Sen. Barack Obama 'naive' today and...blasted him for advocating a bombing...