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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.
Conservative and liberal lawmakers Wednesday sharply criticized President Obama's plan to start a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in July 2011.
The threat posed by Al-Qaeda remains strong, experts say, because as well as planning attacks, Osama bin Laden's organisation is inspiring others.
A suicide bomber killed a provincial lawmaker and his brother Tuesday in Pakistan's northwest Swat valley, where the military claims to have quashed a Taliban uprising.
Islamabad - Pakistani security forces killed 10 Islamist militants in an overnight raid on a rebel redoubt in north-western Swat district, the military said on Thursday. The picturesque valley, once a tourism hub, has regained relative peace after th...
by David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt WASHINGTON — President Obama focused his speech on Afghanistan. He left much unsaid about Pakistan , where the main terrorists he is targeting are located, but where he can send no troops. read more
Islamabad - Pakistan on Wednesday cautiously welcomed the revised plan for Afghanistan announced by US President Barack Obama, urging the United States to work closely with Islamabad to implement the new strategy successfully. Obama announced his lon...
Nearly 2,600 bodies have been found in single, unmarked graves and in mass graves throughout mountainous Indian-controlled Kashmir, a human rights group said.
Pakistan's Supreme Court said Tuesday it will soon begin examining an expired amnesty covering the president and key allies....
Anxious Democrats show little appetite for seriously blocking President Barack Obama’s new war strategy for Afghanistan and appear to be looking for ways instead to bridge their differences with the White House before funding is debated next year.
The White House released these facts on Afghanistan and Pakistan shortly after President Obama's address Tuesday night.
Top U.S. officials said the first of 30,000 new U.S. troops would arrive in Afghanistan in two to three weeks but also made clear on Wednesday that plans to start bringing the soldiers home in 18 months could slip.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans and Pakistanis Wednesday greeted President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000-35,000 additional troops to Afghanistan with limited enthusiasm, skepticism that the U.S. has enough staying power to defeat the Taliban-led insurgency and even suspicion that the rapid surge will be followed by a speedy exit.
Weak partners in Afghanistan and Pakistan raise questions about the strategy.
Move to curb extremist factions could end up fueling them.
Pakistan's Supreme Court said Tuesday it will soon begin examining a recently expired graft amnesty covering the president and key allies.
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