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Pakistan frees Taliban prisoners to jumpstart peace process?
Pakistan's release of the prisoners may signal greater willingness to help Afghanistan peace talks.
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Osama bin Laden's family deported to Saudi Arabia. Case closed?
Osama bin Ladens three wives and 11 children left Pakistan early Friday, closing an awkward chapter for Pakistan, but leaving unanswered questions about complicity of Pakistani state.
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Keep Calm Ritual Aggression: India and Pakistan's missile tests, following peace talks (+video)
Pakistan and India test ballistic missiles to demonstrate military might. But these tests have become separate from politics, in which both countries appear to be developing closer ties.
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Pakistan moves to reopen NATO supply lines, but US ties remain frayed
Parliament outlined how US-Pakistan relations ought to proceed, but gave an unofficial okay to reopening NATO supply lines to Afghanistan.
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Navy SEALs aftermath: Pakistan tears down Osama compound
On Saturday, Pakistan started ripping down the compound where US Navy SEALs killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in 2011.
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Why Musharraf is risking a return to Pakistan
Pakistani prosecutors say former President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will be arrested the moment he returns, but the Army might prevent his arrest.
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Global News Blog Pakistan coup rumors: Could the military take over again?
Coup rumors come at a time of great public dissatisfaction with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and growing disenchantment among the military with the US alliance.
12/08/2011 09:40 am -
Obama expresses 'condolences' to Pakistan President Zardari in bid to ease tension
That Obama expressed 'condolences' in a phone call to Pakistan President Zardari, was a crucial move for US-Pakistan relations, but it doesn't mean business will be back to normal, say analysts.
12/05/2011 09:59 am -
Clinton urges Pakistan to get tougher on terrorists
If Secretary of State Clinton asks Pakistan to carry out targeted operations against the Haqqani network on her visit this week, she is likely to be met with a frosty response, say analysts.
10/20/2011 11:53 am -
Report of CIA informant arrests another blow to Pakistan's military
Already beset by unprecedented criticism, Pakistan's military now tries to head off reports that an Army major was arrested for informing the CIA of activities on the bin Laden compound.
06/15/2011 12:55 pm -
Taliban raid: After another blow to its image, Pakistan's military regains control of base
With few trusted institutions remaining in Pakistan, such attacks on the military undermine the political stability of the country.
05/23/2011 12:50 pm -
Bin Laden hideout a command center? Pakistanis have doubts.
Bin Laden hideout: theories that Osama bin Laden was commanding terrorist activities throughout the world from his hideout in Pakistan have Pakistanis saying 'no way.'
05/08/2011 06:26 pm -
Terrorism & Security Osama bin Laden killed: How the world is reacting
Western leaders and Arab citizens alike said that Osama bin Laden's death is an important symbolic victory, but does not signal an end to the threat of terrorism in the West.
05/02/2011 10:09 am -
Why Admiral Mullen is talking tough with Pakistan over Haqqani militants
In an uncharacteristically blunt move, US Adm. Mike Mullen said publicly that Pakistan had a 'longstanding relationship' with the Haqqani militant group. The US appears to be both prodding Pakistan to finally root out militants in its border region and attempting to set the parameters for Afghan peace talks.
04/21/2011 01:46 pm -
Pakistan attacks reveal widening split between religious parties and militants
Successive, yet unsuccessful assassination attempts on Maulana Fazl ur Rehman of the group Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl show Islamic militants' growing disdain for even sympathetic political leaders.
03/31/2011 01:12 pm -
WikiLeaks: Top 5 revelations
The newest WikiLeaks release comprises 251,287 cables from more than 250 United States embassies around the world, including thousands classified "Secret." With historical cables dating back to the 1960s, the trove is seven times the size of "The Iraq War Logs," making it the world's largest classified information release. The New York Times, Der Spiegel, El País, the Guardian, and Le Monde had early access to the logs. According to their analysis of the myriad issues discussed in the cables, these five are among the most striking revelations.
11/29/2010 12:05 pm -
Wikileaks report stokes anti-US hardliners in Pakistan
Wikileaks reports indicate that the US has mounted a secret effort to remove highly enriched uranium from a Pakistani reactor since 2007, reinforcing what until now had been a conspiracy theory.
11/29/2010 09:09 am -
What Pakistan wants: US aid
Flow of US aid and presence of its troops serve Pakistan's long-range aim of thwarting its archenemy, India.
10/14/2010 03:59 pm -
NATO helicopter strike on Pakistan shows new strategy of 'hot pursuit'
NATO claims the helicopter strike was on the Afghanistan side of the border, but Pakistani officials say three Pakistani troops were killed in Kurram tribal agency.
09/30/2010 11:48 am -
Pakistan's political future questioned after the flood
As Pakistan struggles to recover from what may be the worst flooding in its history, the future of the country's leadership has been called into question.
09/01/2010 09:17 am -
Pakistan extends term of Army chief amid applause - and doubt
Pakistan extends Army chief's term by three years. But some political analysts worry that General Kayani's extension – the first of its kind when a civilian government has held power – will undermine the authority of Pakistan’s parliament.
07/23/2010 01:16 pm -
Gary Brooks Faulkner: quixotic bounty hunter, secret agent, or hero?
Gary Brooks Faulkner was detained in Pakistan Tuesday, and is undergoing psychological tests today. He said he was there to assassinate Osama bin Laden. Some Pakistanis wondered if he was working for the US government or Blackwater. His brother defended him as a 'man on a mission.'
06/16/2010 12:28 pm -
Terrorism & Security Militants torch NATO supply trucks en route from Pakistan to Afghanistan
More than 75 percent of all military supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan pass through a depot in Pakistan's capital. Seven truck drivers and workers were killed.
06/09/2010 09:38 am -
Pakistan Taliban claim retaliatory bombing
A bomb attack in the northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan killed 12 people Tuesday, including a senior police officer whom the Pakistan Taliban said they had targeted.
05/18/2010 10:27 am -
Pakistan Taliban claims Times Square bomb, threatens more. How credible?
Experts cast doubt on the Pakistan Taliban’s apparent claim to have planned the Times Square bombing and its threat to attack US cities.
05/03/2010 11:01 am
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