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U.S. Missile Kills 4 In Pakistan; 18 Die In Stampede

AP | RASOOL DAWAR | Posted 11.14.2009 | World


MIR ALI, Pakistan — A missile fired from a suspected unmanned U.S. drone slammed into a car in a Pakistani tribal region close to the Afghan bor...

Pakistan: US Missile Kills 10

The New York Times | PIR ZUBAIR SHAH and SABRINA TAVERNISE | Posted 09.11.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- An American missile hit the Mehsud tribal region of South Waziristan on Tuesday, claiming at least 10 lives in the same area wh...

Armageddon at the Top of the World: Not!

Juan Cole | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics


Juan Cole

Churchill said that in the Pashtun of Pakistan, "the world is presented with that grim spectacle, 'the strength of civilization without its mercy.'" The image survived his era and made it into our headlines.

Pakistan Objects To U.S. Expansion In Afghan War

New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT and JANE PERLEZ | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


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

Ayman al-Zawahri, Al Qaeda #2, Warns Pakistanis Against US Alliance

AP | Posted 08.15.2009 | World


(AP) Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader warned the Pakistani people in a new audio message that the U.S. interference in their country's affairs poses a grave da...

US To Give Pakistan $110M In Humanitarian Aid

Reuters | Arshad Mohammed | Posted 06.19.2009 | World


WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The United States said on Tuesday it would give Pakistan $110 million to help the estimated two million people who have fled f...

Pakistan Rejects US Proposal For Joint Operation In Tribal Areas

Dawn.com | Iftikhar A. Khan & Baqir Sajjad Syed | Posted 05.09.2009 | World


Pakistan rejected on Tuesday a US proposal for joint operations in the tribal areas against terrorism and militancy, as differences of opinion between...

Pakistan's Long March to Democracy

Wajahat Ali | Posted 04.17.2009 | World


Wajahat Ali

The U.S., which provided support to General Zia and Musharraf's dictatorships, should use its diplomatic resources to force the reinstatement of Chief Justice Chaudhry and the independent judiciary.

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...

US And UK Trying To Nudge Pakistan's Musharraf Out The Door

McClatchy Newspapers | Saeed Shah | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics


Americans and British diplomats are trying to encourage a quick exit from office for Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, a staunch Western anti-ter...