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- Pakistan, Sudan to enhance cooperation
EAST REGION NEWS KHARTOUM, May 14 -- Pakistan and Sudan on Tuesday agreed to increase cooperation in divergent fields, particularly in the area of defense, official Associated Press of Pakistan reported. At a meeting held here between Federal Minister
- Suspected U.S. missile kills 7 in Pakistan: Taliban
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - At least one missile suspected to have been fired by a U.S. drone hit a house in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border on Wednesday, a Pakistani security official said. The missile, which hit a house near the village of Damadola
- NATO missile attack kills 15 in Pakistan's tribal region
Islamabad - At least 15 people were killed on Wednesday when two missiles allegedly fired by NATO forces in Afghanistan targeted a suspected militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal region, officials said. 'The guided missiles hit the house of a local
- Suspected US missile kills 7 in Pakistan: Taliban
At least one missile suspected to have been fired by a US drone hit a house in north-west Pakistan near the Afghan border overnight, a Pakistani security official said. The missile, which hit a house near the village of Damadola in the Bajaur tribal
- NATO urges Pakistan to combat cross-border Afghan attacks
0 'The number of attacks is up significantly from the same period last year,' the alliance's chief spokesman James Appathurai said. 'There is not enough effectiveness in border control on Pakistan's side.' 'The concerns have been communicated to
- Pakistan, Sudan agree to enh-ance bilateral Cooperation
Pakistan, Sudan agree to enhance bilateral Cooperation 'Pakistan Times' Diplomatic Correspondent ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Sudan on Tuesday agreed to increase cooperation in the divergent fields particularly in the area of defence. At a meeting held here
- At least 14 killed in missile attack on Taliban in Pakistan+
ISLAMABAD, May 15-(Kyodo), At least 14 people were killed in a missile attack in a village in the Bajaur tribal area in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday night, a local Taliban official said. Maulvi Mohammad Umar, a spokesman for Pakistani Taliban, said
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The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved. A third war between these countries in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan seceding and becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. A dispute over the state of Kashmir is ongoing. In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998.
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