Assassination of key U.S. ally adds to Pakistan's crises
ISLAMABAD -- A Taliban suicide bomber assassinated a top-ranking Pakistani security official and key U.S. ally Wednesday, adding to a string of crises here that have raised alarm in recent days over whether the government can cope.Since last week, Pakistan has endured its worst air crash in history, the most ...
Twin suicide bombs kill 62 in Pakistan tribal area
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A pair of suicide bombings killed 62 people Friday outside a government office in a region along the Afghan border where the Pakistani army and U.S. missiles have had some success in decreasing the number of such attacks.The assault, which wounded at least 111 people, was one ...
Options studied for a possible Pakistan strike
The U.S. military is reviewing options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan in the event that a successful attack on American soil is traced to the country's tribal areas, according to senior military officials. Ties between the alleged Times Square bomber, Faisal Shahzad, and elements of the Pakistani Taliban have ...
US drone strike kills six in Pakistan: officials
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — A US drone attack on a suspected militant compound Saturday killed six militants in Pakistan's lawless northwestern tribal belt, security officials said.The target of the attack was a house used by militants in Mohammad Khel village, some 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town ...
Militants destroy NATO truck in Pakistan: police
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Taliban militants on Saturday attacked and destroyed a fuel tanker in northwest Pakistan supplying NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, police said.A group of 15 armed militants ambushed the truck outside Peshawar and opened fire."They ordered the driver and the assistant to get down and set the tanker ...
Pakistan backlash after volleyball bombing kills 101
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani authorities faced a furious backlash Sunday after a suicide strike on a volleyball match killed 101 people, as more violence killed a former provincial minister and seven others.Authorities rounded up dozens of suspects after the volleyball attack and opened an investigation into poor medical care, while ...
Suspected US drone strike kills 8 in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — A suspected US missile attack targeting Al-Qaeda-linked militants killed eight people in Pakistan's mountains on the Afghan border as CIA chief Leon Panetta held talks in Islamabad on Friday.The attack, the presumed work of CIA drones, was the second in two days in North Waziristan, part of ...
Taliban guerrillas bring 'Iraq tactics' to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Suicide attacks, car bombings, shootings in the capital and fighting in the mountains -- Taliban guerrillas are dragging Pakistan into a war deadlier than in Afghanistan and mimicking the carnage of Iraq.Militant attacks killed at least 320 people in nuclear-armed Pakistan last month alone, including 170 civilians slaughtered ...
Clinton in Pakistan encounters widespread distrust of U.S.
Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan - Every time Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to win over Pakistanis during her three-day charm offensive last week, they fired back a polite but firm message: We don't really trust your country. No matter how hard Clinton tried to reassure audiences in Lahore ...
Clinton faces Pakistani anger at Predator attacks
ISLAMABAD — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came face-to-face Friday with Pakistani anger over U.S. aerial drone attacks in tribal areas along the Afghan border, a strategy that U.S. officials say has succeeded in killing key terrorist leaders.In a series of public appearances on the final day of ...
Car bomb in crowded Pakistan market kills 100
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Suspected militants exploded a car bomb in a market crowded with women and children Wednesday, killing 100 people and turning shops selling wedding dresses, toys and jewelry into a mass of burning debris and bodies. The attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar was Pakistan's deadliest since ...
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