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Obama: Relations With Pakistan Strained

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.27.2012

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SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama, closing a nuclear security summit Tuesday, sought a thaw in the diplomatic chill with Pakistan, a c...

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No, Prime Minister

Wajid Ali Syed | Posted 08.11.2011

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Wajid Ali Syed

It was Pakistan's moment of "Hope and Change." There were high expectations for the new regime.

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Pakistani PM: Bin Laden Death Was 'Justice Done'

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 07.09.2011

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ISLAMABAD — Suspicion rose Monday that Pakistan's intelligence service leaked the name of the CIA chief in Islamabad to local media in anger ove...

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Raymond Davis -- Deport the Killer

Shahid Mahmood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shahid Mahmood

Policies of appeasement allow military contractors a free license to patrol and kill in Pakistan -- in the case of Raymond Davis, the ability to fire on his assailants 10 times.

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Damsels in Distress: Using Victimized Women as Political Ploys

Beenish Ahmed | Posted 05.25.2011

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Beenish Ahmed

Caught in the crossfire of this battle for hearts and minds waged in the most paternalistic and patriarchic of ways, women are seen invariably as victims.

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Pakistan Foils Plot To Kill Government Leadership

AP | KHALID TANVEER | Posted 05.25.2011

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MULTAN, Pakistan — Pakistani police arrested a group of Islamist militants plotting to kill the prime minister in a gun and suicide bomb attack ...

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Enemy in Need can be Friend Indeed

Sunil Sharan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sunil Sharan

Come hell or high water, India and Pakistan's leaders continually nose-thumb one another. Each snub is met with a counter-snub; every kindness by susp...

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Shunned, Will He Bolt?

Sunil Sharan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sunil Sharan

What was supposed to be a breakthrough meeting between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan last month degenerated into a public rebuke of Indi...

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Yousaf Raza Gilani, Pakistan PM, "Bin Laden Not In Pakistan"

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER and GREGORY KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Pakistan's prime minister on Thursday defended his country's efforts in fighting terrorism, saying he didn't believe Osama bin Laden wa...

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A Sub-continental Nightmare

Pinaki Bhattacharya | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pinaki Bhattacharya

This was a week the Indian chatterati were animated by spectacles taking place in foreign lands, and it ended in uproar when the government was found to be advocating a dialogue with Pakistan.

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More Clarity Needed About Pakistan's Swat Operation

Madiha Sattar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Madiha Sattar

More and clearer information would go a long way towards winning over a still- skeptical public burned by three failed operations in the past.

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Selling War: Struggling to Make the Case to Fight Terrorism, Again.

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vikrum Aiyer

Obama's proposed tactics in the AfPak region have certainly been scrutinized, but truly vocal criticisms have maintained low decibel levels... until now.

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Biden Holds Talks With Pakistani Leaders

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Friday met with Pakistani leaders during an Asian trip meant to show the new administration's int...

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Pakistani Prime Minister Says US Strikes Will Stop Once Obama Takes Office

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan protested to the U.S. ambassador Thursday over a deep cross-border missile strike, and a militant group threatene...

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Obama To Meet With Paulson, Bernanke and Prime Minister Of Pakistan

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama told House Democrats on Tuesday that as president he would order his attorney general to scour White House executive o...

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Bush Meets Pakistani Prime Minister After U.S. Strike in Tribal Area

New York Times | Steven Lee Myers | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Bush praised Pakistan's commitment to fighting the Taliban and other extremists along its deteriorating border with Afghanistan on Monday, o...

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