U.S. Consulate in Pakistan Attacked by Militants PESHAWAR, Pakistan — In the most direct attack on an American facility in Pakistan in years, militants mounted a multipronged assault against the United States Consulate in this northern city on Monday, using a truck bomb, machine guns and rocket launchers, Pakistani and American officials said. At least […]
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Clinton arrives in Pakistan to write new chapter in relations
The U.S. secretary of state arrived Wednesday in nuclear-armed Pakistan, a country hit hard by terrorism, economic crisis and rising sentiment that it is paying too high a price for its partnership with the United States in fighting extremists.
Al Qaeda tells China’s Uyghurs to prepare for holy war
A high-ranking al Qaeda leader has called on China’s minority Uyghurs to prepare for a holy war against the Chinese government. “There is no way for salvation and to lift this oppression and tyranny unless you …
Pakistan’s Non-Campaign Against the Taliban
Despite strenuous entreaties by top U.S. officials, Pakistan has abandoned plans to mount a military offensive against the terrorist group responsible for a two-year campaign of suicide bombings across the country. Although the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan , has been in disarray since an Aug.
U.N.: 85,000 Pakistanis flee fighting daily
Pakistanis are fleeing the ongoing fighting against Taliban militants in "the biggest and fastest exodus that we have seen in recent years," United Nations refugee agency spokesman Ron Redmond says.
Pakistan: 200 Taliban die in 24 hours
Pakistani forces have killed as many as 200 Taliban militants in the past day in the Swat and Shangla areas, the military said Sunday. CNN could not verify the account, because journalists are barred from the region
Displaced Pakistanis crowd camps as they flee fighting
A family of 18 Pakistani men, women and children trudges down a dirt road toward a refugee camp. Adolescent girls carry infants on their hips, while the men lug bundles of belongings on their backs. “Come, stay close to me,” said one woman wrapped in brightly colored robes, speaking to three children trailing behind her.
Zardari in Washington: Hard Questions for Pakistan’s Leader
Pakistan’s President, Asif Ali Zardari, arrives at the White House on Wednesday as one of his country’s walking wounded. Amid rising violence and turmoil, his popularity among his own people has hit rock bottom; political allies and rivals alike smell blood in the water; the country’s military barely pretends to follow his instructions; the Taliban controls large swaths of his country’s territory; and militant groups want his head — literally. So, can Pakistan’s President expect some TLC in Washington
Zardari: Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is safe
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday insisted that his country’s nuclear arsenal is "definitely safe," despite growing concerns about recent gains by the Taliban along the country’s border with Afghanistan.
Can Pakistan Be Untangled from the Taliban?
In Washington, a New York Times report that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency is directly assisting militant groups fighting against U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has barely raised an eyebrow. Veteran Pakistan watchers here have known — or suspected — as much for several years.