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Anti-Taliban offensive could take a year: Pakistan

AFP South Asian Edition 19 days ago

Securing and stabilising the Pakistani Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan in the northwest tribal belt will take between six months and a year, the chief military spokesman said Thursday. Islamabad sent about 30,000 troops backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships into ...

Pakistan Solar Eclipse

AP News 25 days ago

A partial solar eclipse seen before a crescent mounted on a mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash) Copyright 2010 AP News

5 US suspects in Pakistan defend 'jihad' plans

AP News 36 days ago

5 Americans detained in Pakistan say they planned to wage jihad in Afghanistan Five Americans detained in Pakistan told a court Monday they intended to cross the border into Afghanistan to wage jihad against Western forces but denied any links to al-Qaida ...

Roadside bomb kills former Pakistan minister

Reuters US Online Report World News 37 days ago

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A bomb attack in northwest Pakistan killed a former minister on Sunday, officials said, keeping up pressure on a government struggling to contain a raging Taliban insurgency and stabilize the country. A roadside bomb hit the car in which ...

U.N. to pull some staff from Pakistan over security

Reuters US Online Report World News 40 days ago

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United Nations will withdraw some of its staff from Pakistan over safety concerns, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Thursday, underscoring security challenges facing the pro-American government. "Some percentage of the international staff will be relocated and this relocation ...

Pakistan Muharram

AP News 44 days ago

Pakistanis struggle to get a cup of donated milk, during Muharram procession, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar is observed around the world for ten days of mourning in remembrance of martyrdom of ...

APTOPIX Pakistan Muharram

AP News 44 days ago

Pakistanis struggle to get a cup of donated milk, during Muharram procession, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar is observed around the world for ten days of mourning in remembrance of martyrdom of ...

Car bomb wounds 19 in Pakistan's commercial capital

Reuters US Online Report World News 45 days ago

KARACHI (Reuters) - A bomb in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi wounded at least 19 people on Saturday, police said, in an apparent attack on Shi'ite Muslims ahead of one of their most important mourning rituals. The explosion took place outside a Shi'ite ...

Teen suicide bomber kills child at Pakistan shrine

AFP South Asian Edition 46 days ago

A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Pakistan Shiite shrine on the main road from Islamabad to the international airport Thursday, killing a six-year-old girl, officials said. The bomber tried to enter the shrine but detonated his explosives when he ...

Pakistani Christians fearful this Christmas

AP News 46 days ago

Christmas threats stoke fear among Pakistani Christians who suffered anti-minority violence Christmas in Gojra, where a tent camp houses Christians who lost their homes to a rampaging Muslim mob, will be celebrated not with decorations and cheer but with fear of another ...

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