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- 17 killed in US drone attack
U.S. missiles struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant hide-out Friday, killing at least 17 people and wounding 27 others, intelligence officials said. The two attacks by drone aircraft took place in
- US soldier release being negotiated
Appearing from Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Muzaffarabad & Quetta Akhtar Jamal Islamabad-An American soldier missing in Afghanistan since June 30 is under the custody of Jallaluddin Haqqani's faction of 'Mujahideen' and safe. According to a
- US troops establish positions in Helmand
Appearing from Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Muzaffarabad & Quetta Camp Dwyer-US Marines established bridgeheads in Taliban strongholds Friday after suffering the first fatality of their massive offensive against Afghanistan's hardline militia.
- Cotton production expected to increase in US, India, Pakistan, decline in China
: Cotton production is expected to increase in three largest producing countries, after China, that is, India, United States and Pakistan. However, significant production declines are expected in Turkey, Brazil and the CFA zone, says an International
- Mehsud buying kids to make suicide bombers
Islamabad, July 03: Turning suicide bombing into a 'production output' Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud is spending up to Rs One million to buy children who could be made suicide bombers, US media on Friday quoted Pakistani and American
- PM seeks US help to fence Pak-Afghan border
By Sajjad Malik ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said the Pak-Afghan border should be barricaded to block illegal crossings in the same way a wall separates Mexico from the United States. 'A similar pattern of fencing could be
- Missile assault kills 17, wounds 27 in Pakistan
US missiles struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant hide-out yesterday, killing 17 people and wounding 27, intelligence officials said. The two attacks by drone aircraft took place in South
- US drone aircraft kills 10 in Pakistan
A US drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan's South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the area. The United States, facing a growing Afghan insurgency, began
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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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