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- Taleban claim downing Pakistan Army chopper
PESHAWAR: The Taleban claimed responsibility Saturday for a Pakistani helicopter crash that killed 26 security personnel, as helicopter gunships pounded suspected militant hideouts in the northwest. 'We shot down the helicopter,' a spokesman for Taleban
- Send observers to Afghanistan: Bishop (AAP)
5:51 pm Two US soldiers killed in Afghanistan fighting July 4, 2009, 6:05 pm Seven police killed in Afghan blast July 4, 2009, 8:40 pm Pakistani forces attack militants near crash site July 4, 2009, 10:05 pm Two U.S. soldiers killed in complex Afghan
- US-led NATO should ?do more?
During the last few years, US-led NATO has continuously been stressing upon Pakistan to â??do moreâ?? against the militancy in the tribal regions and Malakand Division. Even, they had opposed the peace deals signed by Pakistan with the
- Details emerge on woman accused of al-Qaida ties
A U.S.-trained scientist accused of being an al-Qaida operative was living freely in Pakistan and Afghanistan for portions of the five years before her arrest last year, a psychologist says, disputing claims that the scientist had spent those years in
- Afghan-Pakistani Hostility Impedes U.S. Troops
ON THE AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN BORDER -- Lt. Gabe Lamois's mission sounded simple: Hike down the hill to the Pakistani Frontier Corps' border post, inform the commander there that U.S. and Afghan troops were going to be moving through the area at 3 a.m.,
- Taliban claims to down Pakistani helicopter
hrs PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The Taliban claimed responsibility on Saturday for a Pakistani helicopter crash that killed 26 security personnel, as helicopter gunships pounded suspected militant hideouts in the northwest. The Pakistani military dismissed the
- Pak calls for fencing Afghan border
ISLAMABAD: on Friday has again called for fencing its border with Afghanistan to effectively stop illegal crossings especially of militants to its territory. The government of Afghanistan has consistently opposed the erection a fence on the border
- Two US soldiers, seven Afghan police die (AAP)
6:05 pm Pakistani forces attack militants near crash site July 4, 2009, 10:05 pm Two U.S. soldiers killed in complex Afghan attack July 4, 2009, 11:50 pm Two US soldiers and seven Afghan policemen have been killed in separate explosions, highlighting
- Kargil and Clinton
Ten years ago, the fierce skirmish over Kargil, the strategically important piece of territory disputed between India and Pakistan came to an end. The war, which started as the Pakistan Army came close to cutting off key routes in Kashmir, quickly turned
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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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