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'Regret' vs. 'Apology': Difference Is Big to Pakistan

John Johnson — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:58:05 CDT

The Wall Street Journal offers a peek into the world of diplo-speak and semantics today. Its story examines how US officials have struggled for six months with a vexing question—whether to formally apologize to Islamabad for a November attack that killed 24 Pakistani troops at the Afghan border. The...

127 Feared Dead After Pakistani Jet Crashes

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:03:59 CDT

A Pakistani passenger jet with 127 people on board crashed today as it was landing in bad weather at an airport near the capital, Islamabad, officials say. A government minister expressed little hope of finding survivors. The Bhoja Air Boeing 737-200 went down in farmland just a few miles away...

Pakistan Sentences, Jails Osama bin Laden's Widows

Matt Cantor — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:47:00 CDT

The three widows and two eldest daughters of Osama bin Laden have been sentenced to 45 days' imprisonment for illegally living in Pakistan, their lawyer says. They have also been fined 10,000 rupees each—approximately $114, the BBC reports. With a month of detention already behind them, the family...

Bin Laden Fathered 4 Kids While on the Run: Wife

Matt Cantor — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:47:44 CDT

During the nine years Osama bin Laden spent in hiding in Pakistan after 9/11, he made his way between five different homes in the country and fathered four children, according to his youngest wife. As recounted by a Pakistani police report, Amal Ahmed Abdulfattah revealed that two of the children...

US, Afghanistan, Taliban: Secret Talks Under Way

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:16:43 CST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in Pakistan today, one day after telling the Wall Street Journal that his country has entered into three-way peace talks with the Taliban and the US. Karzai is in Pakistan to discuss the negotiations and request that country's help; Islamabad's cooperation is necessary, since Taliban...

Boars on Rampage in Islamabad

Matt Cantor — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:45:06 CST

Just another winter in Islamabad: Wild boars with healthy appetites are wreaking havoc in the city, streaming in to munch on the Pakistani capital's garbage. Visiting some of the city's ritziest locations—including the president's home and classy hotels—they have reportedly caused car accidents, injuries, and some deaths, the...

Obama: bin Laden Is Dead, 'Justice Has Been Served'

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 01 May 2011 22:52:25 CDT

President Obama tonight confirmed that Osama bin Laden is dead and gave new details about how that came to be: The president tasked Leon Panetta with capturing or killing bin Laden shortly after taking office, and "last August, after years of painstaking work, I was briefed on a possible lead....

152 Die as Plane Crashes in Pakistan

Rob Quinn — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:25:00 CDT

There were no survivors among the 152 passengers and crew on board an Airblue plane that crashed into hills near the Pakistani capital this morning. The Airbus 321, flying from Karachi to Islamabad, lost contact with the control tower as it was about to land, a local official told AP...

Taliban Torch 50 Trucks in NATO Supply Convoy

Jane Yager — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:20:29 CDT

In a bold attack on the allied military supply chain in Afghanistan, Taliban gunmen last night torched a convoy of 50 NATO supply trucks in Pakistan, killing at least seven people. The gunmen ambushed the convoy on the outskirts of Islamabad, killed drivers and security guards, then set the vehicles...