Pakistan: 8 Militants Killed In Reported US Strike
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A security guard has been wounded in an explosion outside the office of a non-governmental organization in the main city in...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A security guard has been wounded in an explosion outside the office of a non-governmental organization in the main city in...
AP | HABIB KHAN | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A police official says gunmen have killed a Pakistani working as the director of public relations at the Iranian Consulate ...
Maria Tirmizi | Posted 10.28.2009 | World
Panic-stricken text messages are making the rounds, warning friends and family against possible future target areas.
AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 10.12.2009 | World
ISLAMABAD — A week of terror strikes across Pakistan, capped by a stunning assault on army headquarters, show the Taliban have rebounded and app...
AP | MOHAMMAD YUSUF | Posted 10.11.2009 | World
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Pakistan's army says commandos have caught the last militant who attacked its headquarters and took dozens of hostages. ...
nytimes.com | LYDIA POLGREEN and SOUAD MEKHENNET | Posted 11.29.2009 | Home
Ten months after the devastating attacks in Mumbai by Pakistan-based militants, the group behind the assault remains largely intact and determined to ...
AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 10.17.2009 | World
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Government forces destroyed four militant bases and killed 40 insurgents Tuesday in a new offensive near Pakistan's famed K...
AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 09.14.2009 | World
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are holding for undisclosed reasons a Pakistani journalist who works for an American media outlet. Rahman Bunairee,...
Washington Post | Posted 07.23.2009 | World
After the debacle of Vietnam, the United States could pack up and leave with minimal consequences for its genuine national interests; similarly, for t...
AP | MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 06.02.2009 | World
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani forces repelled a mass assault on their outpost near the Afghan border Saturday in a battle that left 18 dead and shook cl...
AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 05.23.2009 | World
ISLAMABAD — Gunmen attacked a Pakistani paramilitary force sent to a Taliban-infiltrated district just 60 miles from the capital Thursday, killi...
Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 05.16.2009 | World
WASHINGTON, Apr 15 (IPS) - The U.S. programme of drone aircraft strikes against higher-ranking officials of al Qaeda and allied militant organisati...
AP | RIZWAN ALI | Posted 04.03.2009 | World
***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** LAHORE, Pakistan - At least a dozen men ambushed Sri Lanka's cricket team with rifles, grenades and rocket launchers Tuesd...
AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 01.30.2009 | World
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan suspended truck shipments of U.S. military supplies through the famed Khyber Pass on Tuesday after launching an of...
AP | MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 01.07.2009 | World
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani troops seized a camp used by the extremist group blamed in the Mumbai attacks and arrested more than 12 people, ...
New York Times | ISMAIL KHAN and JANE PERLEZ | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics
A British militant who was a liaison to Al Qaeda and was a main suspect in the plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners in 2006 was killed Saturday in...
AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Suspected Taliban fighters hijacked trucks carrying Humvees and other supplies for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan, authorit...
AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A militant group that claimed to be behind the deadly Marriott Hotel bombing in Pakistan's capital threatened more attacks...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.09.2008 | Home
The New York Times this morning reported that U.S. intelligence agencies have discovered, through intercepted communications, that Pakistan's spy serv...
AP | STEPHEN GRAHAM | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Islamic militants seized a security post in Pakistan's troubled northwest Tuesday, capturing at least 25 police and troops...
New York Times | Eric Schmitt | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
American military and intelligence officials say there has been an increase in recent months in the number of foreign fighters who have traveled to Pa...
New York Times | ISMAIL KHAN and CARLOTTA GALL | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics
The Pakistani government is close to an agreement to end hostilities with the most militant tribes in its turbulent border area, whose main leader is ...
AP | MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistanis voted Monday for a new parliament in elections shadowed by fears of violence and questions about the political ...
New York Times | CARLOTTA GALL and ISMAIL KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The announcement of a cease-fire just a few weeks into a determined military operation against one of Pakistan's most wanted men, the militant leader ...
AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 11.21.2009 | World