Pakistan Afghanistan

Growing Anger Over Soldiers Slain In NATO Air Strike

AP | By KHALID TANVEER and RIAZ KHAN | Posted 01.31.2012

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SAHIWAL, Pakistan -- Azra Bashir spoke by phone to her son Usman, holed up in a freezing border outpost on the dangerous Afghanistan-Pakistan border, ...

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Afghan Troops Reportedly Called In Deadly NATO Airstrike On Pakistan

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 01.27.2012

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ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan officials claimed Sunday that Afghan and NATO forces were retaliating for gunfire from two Pakistani army bases when the...

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Islamabad, Afghanistan

Wajid Ali Syed | Posted 12.23.2011

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Referring to "Islamabad, Afghanistan" is more than an error.  Considering the geopolitical realities and complexities of the frontier, it is a symbol of the objections to the connotations of the term "AfPak."

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Pakistani Army Chief Warns U.S. To Focus On Afghanistan

AP | MUNIR AHMED | Posted 12.19.2011

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's powerful army chief said in a rare briefing to parliamentarians that the U.S. should focus its efforts on stabilizing nei...

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U.S. Ambassador Sees Evidence Linking Militant Network To Pakistani Government

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 11.17.2011

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ISLAMABAD — The U.S. ambassador to Islamabad said in remarks broadcast Saturday that there is evidence linking the Haqqani insurgent network to ...

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Pakistan Official: NATO Tanker Blast Kills At Least 15

AP | Posted 07.20.2011

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A Pakistani official says a tanker carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan exploded in northwestern Pakistan as people were ...

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A Paradigm Shift on the Chessboard of the Afghan "Great Game"

Khalil Nouri | Posted 07.17.2011

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This Pakistani rush to stack the deck in their favor in Afghanistan will fail. There can only be one legitimate way to obtain stability in Afghanistan; an all Afghan national ratification of a reconciliation process.

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Former GOP Senator: 'I Don't Think We Can Afford Afghanistan Much Longer'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A former Republican senator who was once a cabinet choice for President Barack Obama is calling for a quicker withdrawal from Afghanista...

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WATCH: Obama Administration Responds To Low Public Support For Afghanistan War

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- With public support for the war in Afghanistan at a new low, top Obama administration officials on Thursday defended the United States' ...

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Pakistani Forces Kill 35 Militants In Khyber Raids

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Government forces destroyed four militant bases and killed 40 insurgents Tuesday in a new offensive near Pakistan's famed K...

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Explosive Remnants Of War Provide Employment Opportunities For Afghans

Madhavi Bhasin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Madhavi Bhasin

Unlike most mine action projects in Afghanistan where trained deminers come from elsewhere to remove landmines and unexploded ordnance, community-based demining utilizes a local workforce that is recruited, trained, and employed by an Afghan NGO that oversees all aspects of the operation.

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Pakistan Objects To U.S. Expansion In Afghan War

New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT and JANE PERLEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistan is objecting to expanded American combat operations in neighboring Afghanistan, creating new fissures in the alliance wit...

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Pakistan May Overshadow Afghanistan In Washington Talks

McClatchy | Warren P. Strobel and Margaret Talev | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- With nuclear-armed Pakistan increasingly threatened by Islamist militants, President Barack Obama will urge the country's leader on Wedn...

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Swat Valley: Scenic Pakistani Region Falls To Taliban Militants

AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Taliban militants are beheading and burning their way through Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley, and residents say the in...

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Pakistan Moves Thousands Of Troops Toward Indian Border

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan began moving thousands of troops from the Afghan border toward India, officials and witnesses said Friday, raisin...

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