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- Suspected U.S. airstrike kills six people in Pakistan
Kabul, Nov.20 : At least six insurgent fighters have been killed and several others wounded following a suspected U.S. airstrike deep inside Pakistani territory on Wednesday, the Washington Post quoted a Pakistani security official as saying. An unmanned
- Taleban threatens revenge
MIRANSHAH (Pakistan) - A PAKISTANI Taleban commander warned on Thursday there would be reprisals by militants across the country if the US carried out further drone attacks in the tribal territory. Hafiz Gul Bahadur announced the decision at a Taleban
- Judge probes US kidnap, torture claims
NEW YORK: The 'dark side' of US counter-terrorism has taken centre stage in the case of a mentally ill Pakistani woman accused of attacking US officers in Afghanistan. A New York federal judge referred to allegations that the accused, Aafia Siddiqui, was
- Pakistan protests US drone attacks, Taliban warns of reprisals
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - A militant Taliban group warned Thursday of reprisals in Pakistan if there was another US drone attack, as the government condemned the latest missile strike in its territory. Top Pakistani Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur warned he
- Pakistan Summons US Envoy to Protest Missile Strikes
Local residents sit over the rubble of a house hit by suspected U.S. missiles strike in Indi Khel village near Bannu, Pakistan, 19 Nov 2008Pakistani officials say Islamabad has summoned the U.S. ambassador to lodge a protest about U.S. missile strikes by
- Pakistani PM Condemns US Missile Strikes
Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday condemned U.S. missile attacks conducted on the Pakistani soil by unmanned drones as 'intolerable '. A U.S. drone fired missiles on a house in the Bannu district in Pakistan's northwest Wednesday,
- Major al-Qaeda operative killed in US drone strike
A MAJOR Arab al-Qaeda operative was among six fighters killed overnight in a suspected US missile strike in northwest Pakistan, a senior security official said yesterday. Security sources identified the fighter as Abdullah Azam al-Saudi, a senior member
- Suicide bomber attacks Pakistani mosque
A suicide bomber detonated explosives in a mosque in northwest Pakistan during evening prayers Thursday, killing seven people and wounding six others, authorities said.
    
- Pakistan summons US envoy to protest missiles
Islamabad (ANTARA News/Reuters) - Pakistan summoned U.S. ambassador Anne Patterson on Thursday to receive a formal protest over missile strikes launched by pilotless drone aircraft against militant targets on Pakistani soil, a Pakistani foreign ministry
- Taliban Threatens Revenge Attacks Over US Drone Raids
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP)--A Pakistani Taliban commander warned on Thursday there would be reprisals by militants across the country if the U.S. carried out further drone attacks in the tribal territory. Hafiz Gul Bahadur announced the decision at a
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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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