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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.
WASHINGTON — As Pakistan's military fights escalating battles with Islamic extremists and with the country's civilian government, the country's journalists, especially those who are critical of the military, are increasingly caught in the crossfire.
As he announced on Tuesday, President Obama is betting that sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan will rapidly change the balance of power in the field, erode local support for the Taliban and bolster their local opponents, give breathing space to the Kabul government to clean up its act, allow humanitarian aid and development to reach the countryside, and possibly bring some war-weary ...
Police say a suicide attacker has struck Navy headquarters in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.
Pakistanis fear abrupt withdrawal by U.S. troops
The non-U.S. members of NATO intend to commit at least 5,000 more troops to Afghanistan along with the American buildup just announced, the alliance's top civilian leader said Wednesday.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to deploy 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
Senators of both parties expressed skepticism about President Obama’s plans for sending an additional 30,000 troops with a timeline for pulling them out.
President Obama said he would begin to draw U.S. forces out of Afghanistan in July 2011, even after sending some 30,000 more troops by mid-2010.
President Obama has made official what most had expected and many had feared. He announced his decision to increase the troop levels in Afghanistan. The decision was in a way almost inevitable.
BERLIN: Pakistan – being Afghanistan’s immediate neighbour – must be on board in ensuring peace and stability in the war-torn country, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday.
FRANKFURT: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday invited the Pakistani community in Germany to help strengthen Pakistan’s economy by making investments in the fields of energy, industry, housing and agriculture.
BERLIN: Pakistan and Germany inked a new bilateral investment treaty on Tuesday to “safeguard and promote” business interests and facilitate Islamabad’s efforts to attract foreign investment.
WASHINGTON (Sami Ibrahim): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday said Pakistan itself will have to cope with its internal challenges.
A teenage suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban lawmaker in his house in Pakistan's Swat Valley on Tuesday, showing the militant threat in the region remains months after a military push there was declared a success.
A teenage suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban provincial lawmaker in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday after walking into the official's house along with guests and blowing himself up.
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