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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.
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Pakistan Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q1 2010" report to their offering.
One of the world leaders President Obama called before his speech about Afghanistan was Pakistan's President Asif Zardari. Journalist Ahmed Rashid in Lahore tells Renee Montagne that after some Pakistanis heard the speech, they became worried about the U.S. withdrawing from Afghanistan. They don't think the Taliban can be beaten back in the time announced by Obama.
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 2, 2009 - President Barack Obama's new Afghan war plan will heap pressure on Pakistan to dismantle Taliban and Al-Qaeda sanctuaries, but the embattled government fears the surge could spark further instability.
Films about the war in Afghanistan and slain former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto were named in the line-up for next year's Sundance Film Festival.
So far, in 2009 alone, 9000 Pakistanis have died in Pakistan because of terrorism – that is bombings, suicide attacks and other acts of extreme violence against Pakistan, and Pakistani society by the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Yes, 9000 (nine thousand) Pakistanis have died because of terrorism in 2009 alone. This terrorism according to Pakistan is [...]
When President Obama Took To The World Stage To Detail U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan, He Hammered Home A Key Foreign Policy Principle: Success In Afghanistan Is 'Inextricably Linked To Our Partnership With Pakistan.'
Washington, Dec 2 (PTI) US Vice President Joe Biden today said that the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban leadership are in Pakistan and the new Af-Pak policy is focusing on it.
Pakistan's Supreme Court said Tuesday it will soon begin examining an expired amnesty covering the president and key allies. The decision launches a process that could unseat the U.S.-allied leader just as the Obama administration needs stability in Islamabad to help crack down on the Taliban.
Here is a transcript of the remarks by President Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan from West Point, delivered on December 1, 2009.
Pakistan's top judge ordered Tuesday a hearing into an amnesty which had been protecting the president and key aides from corruption cases until it expired, plunging the nation into uncertainty.
The civilian operation to rebuild Afghanistan is disjointed and needs to be coordinated better, U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke said on Wednesday.
With NATO foreign ministers set to hold two days of talks, Italy was reported to be considering the biggest increase among European allies made public so far.
ISLAMABAD - A suicide bomber set off explosives hidden under his jacket outside the entrance of Pakistan's navy headquarters Wednesday, killing one security guard and...
President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 new U.S. troops to Afghanistan will only lead to more American casualties, the Taliban vowed.
FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Pakistan wants the United States to better coordinate with its armies in implementing its new Afghan strategy, Pakistan's foreign minister said.
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