Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Taliban, and the United States (not to mention Iraq and Iran) are headed for a collision course. President Barack ObamaBarack Obama sat down with both,...
Many thousands took advantage of a brief lull in the fighting to flee the Swat district of Pakistan, where government troops are engaged in a major offensive against forces of the Taliban. Escape was possible for only a few hours before the army...
News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 6 months ago
After weeks of watching the Taliban make unprecedented inroads toward the Pakistani capital, political and military leaders Sunday sought to address the limits of the insurgency that spans the Afghan-Pakistani border. Three crucial figures in...
News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
| 6 months ago
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari declined to reveal the location of his country's nuclear arsenal, even as he argued for more U.S. aid to help fight Taliban forces that are threatening Pakistan's security. Mr. Zardari, speaking on NBC News's "...
Pakistan has been roused to fight the "existential threat" of a growing Islamist insurgency, the top U.S. commander for the Afghan-Pakistan war theater said on Sunday, as Islamabad intensified an offensive against Taliban militants...Central Command,...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai accused the United States of failing to abide by a high moral "standard" as it carries out military operations in his country, while a top security official said the United States will not meet Karzai's demand to end air...
U.S. officials are stressing the threat posed to South Asia by Taliban militants, as they assess the results of the recent U.S.-Afghan-Pakistani summit in Washington. President Barack Obama met at the White House last Wednesday with Afghan President...
In a blunt rebuff of the Afghan president, President Barack Obama's national security adviser said Sunday the United States would not end airstrikes in Afghanistan even though they are blamed in the deaths of hundreds of civilians during the war...
The airstrikes took place in the Farah province in western Afghanistan. Students held up banners, including one which said America was "the biggest terrorist in the world". The US military admitted there had been civilians deaths but blamed Taleban...
Sunday's rallies, held by Kabul university students, come on top of days of protests in Kabul and other major cities across Afghanistan following the US air operation in two villages in Bala Baluk district in the Farah Province. Protestors chanted...
President Asif Ali Zardari has announced that his government would take over all Madaris as part of Madaris reforms and separate the students from extremists and they would be imparted modern education along with religious education. He also pledged...
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