A senior NATO official says the coalition in Afghanistan is facilitating contacts between senior Taliban leaders and top Afghan government officials. The official says the alliance has helped secure passage of Taliban commanders to Kabul for high-level contacts with the government. The official said it would be very difficult for Taliban leaders to travel safely [...]
A new book documents deep division among U.S. President Barack Obama’s top advisors on the Afghan war strategy, with some key administration officials doubtful the new plan will succeed. The Washington Post and The New York Times both published excerpts Wednesday of an upcoming book by Bob Woodward, an associate editor at the Post, who [...]
The international community gathers for its annual meeting at the United Nations next week. World leaders will take to the podium in the General Assembly to discuss issues of concern to their countries, regions and the world. The Millennium Development Goals also will take center stage at a special summit. A lot of the substance [...]
Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Indian Kashmir, some setting fire to a police station and other government offices. Protesters filed into the streets of the main city of Srinagar following prayers for the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Fitr Saturday, many waving green flags and chanting, “Go India, go back,” and, [...]
Pakistan police say a suicide car bomber has killed at least 14 people and wounded at least 34 others in an attack on a police station in northwest Pakistan. Officials say the attacker drove his vehicle into the police station Monday in Laki Marwat in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Police say the police station [...]
Pakistan police say a suicide car bomber has killed at least 14 people and wounded at least 34 others in an attack on a police station in northwest Pakistan. Officials say the attacker drove his vehicle into the police station Monday in Laki Marwat in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Police say the police station [...]
Pakistan police say a suicide car bomber has killed at least 14 people and wounded at least 34 others in an attack on a police station in northwest Pakistan. Officials say the attacker drove his vehicle into the police station Monday in Laki Marwat in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Police say the police station [...]
A month after floodwaters inundated vast areas of Pakistan, millions of people are still awaiting some sort of help from their government. This is creating an opening for at least one Islamic group with possible extremist ties. The problem is vast. The United Nations says more than 3 million people have yet to receive desperately [...]
Pakistani officials are urging 400,000 people to evacuate three southern towns threatened by new flooding. Authorities issued the warning Thursday after the Indus River breached an embankment in Sindh province. Officials say the residents of Sujawal, Mir Pur Batoro and Daro are at risk. Authorities in the Thatta district are working to shore up other [...]
In response to country-wide flooding, Pakistan has received humanitarian aid and assistance from around the world, including $5 million from its rival India. But the extent of the disaster continues to complicate aid distribution. Three weeks after massive flooding started in Pakistan, those affected say aid is reaching them slowly, if at all. Authorities are [...]
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he has never seen a disaster as bad as the flooding in Pakistan. He says the unprecedented floods demand unprecedented global support to help Pakistan deal with the humanitarian crisis. The United Nations chief spoke to reporters after meeting with Pakistani leaders and after flying over the worst hit areas [...]
Crowds of Pakistanis swarm together in a camp at the Government College of Technology in Nowshera, 40 kilometers east Peshawar. In a recessed field at the site, patches of dirty water lie among rows of open tents stenciled with green Pakistani government lettering and emblems. Ghulan Rasool lives at the camp with his four children, [...]
A United Nations official says the number of people affected by Pakistan’s massive floods could exceed the combined total of three recent major natural disasters. Maurizio Giuliano, a spokesman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said Monday if the Pakistan government’s calculations are correct, the scale of the disaster could be [...]
Floodwaters that have already ravaged Pakistan’s northwest are sweeping south into Punjab province, as more than 3 million people struggle to cope with the growing disaster. Authorities are working to evacuate thousands of residents from Punjab, where water flowed into villages, destroying homes and farmland, and are also on alert in neighboring Sindh province. Monsoon [...]
President Barack Obama met on Thursday with his national security team to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan. The 7th such regular meeting on the subject came as the government pressed ahead with an investigation into the leak of tens of thousands of classified documents about the war in Afghanistan. Taking part in the meeting in the [...]
The top U.S. military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, spent more than two hours Saturday flying over Northern Pakistan with his counterpart, General Ashfaq Kiyani, to get a bird’s eye view of some of the rough terrain where Pakistani forces are taking on insurgent groups. The aerial tour was part of a 24-hour visit – the [...]
The top U.S. military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, spent more than two hours Saturday flying over Northern Pakistan with his counterpart, General Ashfaq Kiyani, to get a bird’s eye view of some of the rough terrain where Pakistani forces are taking on insurgent groups. The aerial tour was part of a 24-hour visit – the [...]
The top U.S. military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, spent more than two hours Saturday flying over Northern Pakistan with his counterpart, General Ashfaq Kiyani, to get a bird’s eye view of some of the rough terrain where Pakistani forces are taking on insurgent groups. The aerial tour was part of a 24-hour visit – the [...]
Concluding a second round of the so-called U.S.-Pakistan strategic dialogue in Islamabad, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday announced more than $500 million in several new aid programs for Pakistan. The string of new projects unveiled by Clinton during a joint press conference with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Memood Qureshi are designed to help [...]
A man who Iran claims is a missing nuclear scientist has turned up at the Iranian interests section of the Pakistani embassy in Washington. Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said Iranian officials were arranging Shahram Amiri’s repatriation to Iran. It is not clear how the story will develop. His whereabouts at first were a [...]
A man who Iran claims is a missing nuclear scientist has turned up at the Iranian interests section of the Pakistani embassy in Washington. Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said Iranian officials were arranging Shahram Amiri’s repatriation to Iran. It is not clear how the story will develop. His whereabouts at first were a [...]
A man who Iran claims is a missing nuclear scientist has turned up at the Iranian interests section of the Pakistani embassy in Washington. Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said Iranian officials were arranging Shahram Amiri’s repatriation to Iran. It is not clear how the story will develop. His whereabouts at first were a [...]
A man who Iran claims is a missing nuclear scientist has turned up at the Iranian interests section of the Pakistani embassy in Washington. Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said Iranian officials were arranging Shahram Amiri’s repatriation to Iran. It is not clear how the story will develop. His whereabouts at first were a [...]
A man who Iran claims is a missing nuclear scientist has turned up at the Iranian interests section of the Pakistani embassy in Washington. Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said Iranian officials were arranging Shahram Amiri’s repatriation to Iran. It is not clear how the story will develop. His whereabouts at first were a [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that an Iranian nuclear scientist, who Iran claims was abducted by U.S. agents, is in the United States on his own free will and is free to leave. The Iranian, Shahram Amiri, turned up at the Iranian interests section, located at the Pakistani embassy in Washington. Officials here [...]
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