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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he is making 50 million pounds ($83 million) in new funding available to Pakistan to help the country pacify its lawless border with Afghanistan.
Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday he did not think al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was hiding in his country.
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- President Obama's new strategy for combating Islamist insurgents in Afghanistan fell on skeptical ears Wednesday in next-door Pakistan, a much larger, nuclear-armed state that Obama said was "at the core" of the plan and had even more at stake than Afghanistan.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said he does not think the leader of terrorist network al- Qaeda is in Pakistan. “I don’t think Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan,” Gilani said at a press conference in London today.
The Obama administration sought Wednesday to win firmer backing from Islamabad in fighting extremism by pledging to sharply step up support for Pakistan, a nuclear-armed nation wary of US actions.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A suicide bomb attack outside Pakistani naval headquarters in Islamabad killed two navy personnel, authorities said.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Pakistan on Wednesday to do more to go after militants on their territory but sought to allay Islamabad's concerns over increased U.S. troops in neighboring Afghanistan.
Pakistan needs more information on U.S. plans for Afghanistan before it will decide on its position toward them, the Pakistani prime minister said Thursday.
Dec. 2: Rachel Maddow is joined by Ambassador Susan Rice, U.S. representative to the United Nations, to talk about Pakistan and the CIA drone program. (Other)
A suicide bomber attacked Pakistan's navy headquarters in the capital Islamabad on Wednesday, killing a naval policeman and injuring 11 others in the latest blast in the insurgency-hit nation.
The United States sought Wednesday to win firmer backing from Islamabad in fighting terror by pledging to "significantly expand support" for Pakistan, a nuclear-armed nation wary of US actions.
Pakistan's government has given the go-ahead for the country's players to take part in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) next year, a cricket board spokesman told Reuters on Wednesday.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan and India will achieve peace only with an accord on the disputed territory of Kashmir, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said as India’s government said it won’t hold talks until the government in Islamabad tackles terrorism.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday pledged an "enduring" commitment to Afghanistan and Pakistan, adding Washington will also significantly expand support to Pakistan.
President Obama left much unsaid about Pakistan, where he can send no troops, but he offered hints of an expanded counterinsurgency effort.
A suicide bomber set off explosives hidden under his jacket outside the entrance of Pakistan's navy headquarters Wednesday, killing one security guard and wounding 11 other people, police said.
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