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Billions in U.S. aid never got to Pakistan army »
Posted by: berkeley 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political News
The United States has long suspected that much of the billions of dollars it has sent Pakistan to battle militants has been diverted to the ...
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Five Sri Lankan cricketers hurt in Pakistan attack »
Posted by: suzanek 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Five members of the Sri Lankan cricket team were wounded when around a dozen gunmen attacked their bus as it drove under police escort on ...
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Taliban threatens Pakistani singers and actors with death »
Posted by: berkeley 8 months, 1 week ago in News
Nazia Iqbal, a singer from Peshawar who is known as much for her beauty as her popular melodies, retired this week from singing and joined ...
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Thousands flee bomb attacks by US drones - Times Online »
Posted by: dissent 7 months, 3 weeks ago in News
AMERICAN drone attacks on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan are causing a massive humanitarian emergency, Pakistani officials claimed after a new attack yesterday killed ...
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The Taliban's Atomic Threat - WSJ.com »
Posted by: pc25 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
At his press conference Wednesday evening, President Barack Obama endorsed Pakistan's official position that it has secure control over its nuclear-weapons arsenal. Mr. Obama ...
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Pakistan Strife Raises U.S. Doubts on Nuclear Arms »
Posted by: suzanek 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
As the insurgency of the Taliban and Al Qaeda spreads in Pakistan, senior American officials say they are increasingly concerned about new vulnerabilities for Pakistan ...
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Blaming Google Earth for Mumbai »
Posted by: LibertyKnight 11 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Holding Google responsible for terrorists using its product makes about as much sense as blaming the Wright brothers for 9/11.
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Rescuing U.S. Foreign Policy (5 Questions for Leslie Gelb, President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations) »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months ago in Political News
I think there’s no chance of forcing or persuading Iran to abandon its uranium enrichment program. The issue is can we forestall their developing ...
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A Risk-Averse CIA And The Killing Drones »
Posted by: tehranchik 7 months ago in Political News
The drones are inching ever-closer to Quetta, where the Afghan Taliban are hosted by Pakistani intelligence.
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In other words, we are credibly threatening to shoot ...Read (128) | Share | Discuss (9) | Read Full Story at politics.theatlantic.com
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan and India in terror vow »
Posted by: ConquistadorForLife 4 months, 1 week ago in News
Pakistan and India pledge to co-operate in fighting terrorism, after a meeting to discuss restarting peace talks.
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Officials: Mass abduction by Taliban in Pakistan - washingtonpost.com »
Posted by: altnrg 5 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Taliban militants ambushed a convoy of vehicles carrying at least 400 students, staff and relatives from a boys' school Monday, taking dozens, possibly hundreds, captive ...
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Obama's foreign policy report card »
Posted by: Katie21 4 weeks ago in Political News
Why can't the administration of President Barack Obama get the word out about its policy successes? President Obama campaigned on an ambitious platform of ...
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US 'not winning in Afghanistan' »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
US President Barack Obama says the US is not winning in Afghanistan, saying it is more complex than Iraq.
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Afghanistan and Pakistan’s “Salvador Option” »
Posted by: populist 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
With a rightist insurgency raging on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border, the United States is resorting to a tried-and-true method to stem the rising ...
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Pakistan police raid US-contracted security firm »
Posted by: orndorffter 2 months ago in News
Pakistani police raided a local security firm that helps protect the U.S. Embassy on Saturday, seizing dozens of allegedly unlicensed weapons at a time ...
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