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Pakistan Cleared Deadly Hit: US

Mark Russell — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:20:00 CST

Pakistan officials were unaware they had forces in the area and gave the OK for US airstrikes last week that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, according to the American account of the worst friendly fire killing in the 10-year Afghanistan war, reports the Wall Street Journal . US forces in Afghanistan were...

US Defers $800M in Military Aid to Pakistan

Mark Russell — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 05:40:36 CDT

The United States is yanking about $800 million of its annual $2 billion in military aid to Pakistan, in an effort to force Pakistan to step up its anti-terrorism fight as relations between the two nations continue to deteriorate, reports the New York Times . Programs affected include $300 million to...

US: Pakistan Tipped Off Militants Again

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:44:18 CDT

One begins to wonder if Pakistan isn't deliberately thumbing its nose at the United States: In its latest diplomatic blunder, sources tell the AP that it again tipped off—whether intentionally or accidentally—militants at two bomb-making factories, giving them time to flee with their weapons before an army raid....

Pakistan Cops to ‘Shortcomings’ in bin Laden Hunt

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 05 May 2011 11:04:58 CDT

Pakistan's army today admitted to "shortcomings in developing intelligence on the presence" of Osama bin Laden, then promptly ordered a reduction in US military in the country to "minimum essential" levels. The reduction is apparently meant to protest the independent US raid on bin Laden's compound, which has been criticized...

NATO Supply Trucks Torched in Pakistan

Kevin Spak — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:30:00 CDT

Gunmen set fire to more than two dozen NATO supply trucks this morning in southern Pakistan, just a day after Pakistani authorities blocked the main supply route into Afghanistan. Attacks on supply trucks are fairly common, but the blockade made the trucks especially easy targets this time. “Around 20 attackers...

Times Square Bomb Suspect Is Pakistan Army Major

Kevin Spak — Fri, 21 May 2010 13:55:00 CDT

Pakistani authorities have arrested an army major they believe knew about the Times Square bombing attempt but didn't tell anyone. Some suspect the man actually aided the plotters as well. “We don't know yet how much of a role he had, if any,” says a US anti-terror official. “He did...

Pakistani Taliban Leader Reported Dead

M. Morris — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:02:04 CST

The Pakistani army is investigating reports that the leader of the Taliban in the country has died after being injured in an American military drone strike. Hakimullah Mehsud, 28, had been at the helm of the Pakistani Taliban for 5 months, having taken over after the death—also in a...

Pakistan Drives Taliban From S. Waziristan

John Johnson — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:09:11 CST

Good news from Pakistan's prime minister in the fight against the Taliban—the army has driven the militants from South Waziristan after a 3-month campaign. The bad news: The Taliban appear to have regrouped a little further north in a district called Orakza, reports BBC . "The operation in South Waziristan...

Dozens Dead in Pakistan Blast

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:42:00 CST

A pair of suicide bomb blasts rocked Pakistan today, killing at least 26 people. Two bombers on motorcycles blew themselves up near a queue outside a Rawalpindi bank close to army headquarters, injuring 60, many of them women and children. "There were many people lying on the ground with bleeding...