Pakistan Military

A Deadly October In Pakistan Amid South Waziristan Operation

Maria Tirmizi | Posted 10.28.2009 | World


Maria Tirmizi

Panic-stricken text messages are making the rounds, warning friends and family against possible future target areas.

Pakistan's Security Crisis and Political Limitations

Saad Khan | Posted 10.13.2009 | World


Saad Khan

Pakistani people have grown weary of the ever-changing policies of government parties. They are the direct victims of suicide bombings and extremism and want a stern action against the Taliban.

Attacks demonstrate Taliban resurgence in Pakistan

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...

Pakistan nabs last attacker, ends siege of army HQ

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. ...

Obama's Nobel Victory and the Muslim world

Saad Khan | Posted 10.09.2009 | World


Saad Khan

The real question raised by this "great achievement" of Obama is "Will he actually deliver?"

Pakistan's Military Rejects US Aid Bill

AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 10.08.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's powerful military rejected U.S. attempts to link billions of dollars in foreign aid to increased monitoring of its anti-t...

Taliban's Diverse Funding Might Make It Impossible To Restrict Cash Flow

Washington Post | Craig Whitlock | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics


KABUL -- The Taliban-led insurgency has built a fundraising juggernaut that generates cash from such an array of criminal rackets, donations, taxes, s...

Pakistan Military Accused Of Summary Executions After Dozens Of Bodies Found

The Guardian | Mark Tran | Posted 09.25.2009 | World


Pakistan's security forces are under pressure to hold an inquiry after being accused by human rights groups of summarily executing suspected militants...

Hakimullah Mehsud's Bases Pounded By Pakistan, 12 die

AP | HUSSAIN AFZAL | Posted 09.13.2009 | World


PARACHINAR, Pakistan — Helicopter gunships pummeled a key Taliban commander's bases in Pakistan's northwest, killing at least 12 insurgents Thur...

Pakistani Public Turns Against Taliban (VIDEO)

GlobalPost | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


By Charles M. Sennott With Photos By Seamus Murphy | GlobalPost It was out of the refugee camps in Pakistan's northwest frontier province that the ...

Zardari Op-Ed Asks For More US, European Support For Pakistan

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...

Pakistan Swat Valley Operation Destroys Homes, Draws Local Ire

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 06.28.2009 | World


SULTANWAS, Pakistan — When Pakistan's army drove the Taliban back from this small northwestern village, it also destroyed much of everything els...

US training Pakistani forces to fight Taliban

AP | STEPHEN GRAHAM | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — U.S. special forces have begun teaching a Pakistani paramilitary unit how to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, hoping to str...