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Pakistan Drone Attacks Kill At Least 10

Al Jazeera English | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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At least 10 people have been killed after a suspected US drone fired missiles into Pakistan's North Waziristan region, Pakistani intelligence has said...

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Hakimullah Mehsud's Bases Pounded By Pakistan, 12 die

AP | HUSSAIN AFZAL | Posted 09.13.2009 | World

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

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Pakistan: Civilian Militias Join The Fight Against The Taliban

AP | PAUL ALEXANDER | Posted 07.22.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD — Military jets and artillery pounded suspected militant hide-outs in two towns in Pakistan's northwest on Sunday, killing 27 fighters...

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Pakistan Ground Forces Move In For Offensive

AP | ROHAN SULLIVAN and ASIF SHAHZAD | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistani ground troops moved into Taliban-controlled areas Friday and engaged in the first gunbattle of a new offensive in the vola...

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Baitullah Mehsud, Taliban Leader, Targeted By Pakistan

DAWN.COM | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Sunday that a 'decisive offensive' will be launched against Baitullah Mehsud, chief of the banned Tehrik-i-Tali...

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If David Brooks Thinks He Knows So Much About Afghanistan, He Should Debate Robert Greenwald

ZP Heller | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

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I'm curious to know what Afghanistan David Brooks visited? Either Brooks spent all his time hanging out with military leaders or there's a whole crisis he's deliberately trying to downplay.

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Obama's Afghanistan Plan, Amid Wide Praise, May Be Followed By EU Troop Contributions (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

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President Obama's plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan has so far been widely well received. According to a Reuters round-up: spokesmen from Afghanistan...

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Tom Ricks: We Should Really Be Fighting The 'Afghan-Pakistani War'

Foreign Policy | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

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Two things that need to be said about this. The Afghan war isn't either. That is: * It isn't a good war * It isn't an Afghan war What d...

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India: Pakistan 'Epicenter' Of Attacks Yet War Not A Solution

New York Times | SOMINI SENGUPTA and ROBERT F. WORTH | Posted 01.11.2009 | World

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NEW DELHI -- Calling Pakistan the epicenter of terrorist attacks against India, the Indian foreign minister on Thursday urged the government there to ...

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