Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Washington is seeking to build the Pakistani state and its economy as a way to wean the country from Islamic extremism.
Washington - In an admission that its dependence on the Pakistani military has yielded few results against the Taliban, the United States is now seeking to change its relationship with Pakistan […]

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Source: Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan has arrested nine men suspected in a string of deadly bombings last year which devastated the Danish Embassy, killed an army general and wounded several FBI personnel, police said Thursday.
Security forces detained the suspects in raids in the central city of Rawalpindi on Wednesday, police said in a […]

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Source: Washington Times
Missile strategy kills five terror suspects
U.S. missiles fired from drones killed at least five suspected al Qaeda fighters in Pakistan just east of the Afghan border Friday, signaling that one key element of the Bush administration’s war on terror remains unchanged.
agence france-presse/getty images Pakistani paramedics treat a victim of a missile attack in […]

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Source: Reuters
By Simon Cameron-Moore
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A former head of the Pakistani military’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency said Sunday the United States wants him on a U.N. list of people and organizations linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban.
Long retired, Lieutenant-General Hamid Gul told Reuters the U.S. moves against him began several weeks ago, pre-dating the […]

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Source: Wall Street Journal
As the election results were becoming clear, Pakistan’s Aaj TV news station summed up the cautious optimism with which the country greeted Obama’s victory, flashing the headline: “Obama wins, world awaits promised change.”
For many in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Obama’s promised change can’t come soon enough. Both countries are struggling to beat back […]

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Source: ABC

Suspected US spy drones fired missiles into an alleged militant compound in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, killing at least seven people, security officials said.
The air strike in South Waziristan, a known hub of Al Qaeda and Taliban activity, was the latest in a string of attacks on Pakistani soil that have […]

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Source: VOA
Pakistan’s parliament has called for an urgent review of the nation’s security strategy, with an emphasis on dialogue aimed at reducing violence.
In a rare joint session held behind closed doors, both houses of parliament late Wednesday passed a resolution calling for dialogue with all parties willing to abide by the rule of law. That […]

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Source: Daily Times
* Seeks regional conference on Afghanistan
* FM supports access for Pakistani goods
* Pakistan, Italy likely to sign MoU on security
ISLAMABAD: Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini urged the international community on Monday to fully support Pakistan as it was playing its due role in the war on terror.
Addressing a joint press conference at the […]

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Source: Reuters
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani judge has extended the detention of a young American man of Pakistani descent for two weeks after he was caught trying to enter a known al Qaeda and Taliban militant sanctuary on the Afghan border.
The man, identified by police as Judi Kenan, was arrested on October 13 while […]

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Source: AFP
Taliban rebels decapitated four pro-government tribal elders in a Pakistan border region where the army is fighting Al-Qaeda and extremist militants, officials said Saturday.
It was the second killing this week in Bajaur of tribal elders, who have established an armed force to support the government’s military campaign against Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in the […]

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Source: Hindustan Times

Pakistan has replaced the head of its shadowy Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the country’s premier military spy agency involved in combating Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, officials said Tuesday.
Lieutenant General Ahmed Shujaa Pasha has been appointed as director general of the ISI, a military statement said. He is currently director of military operations and […]

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Source: Daily Times
* Obama vows to attack Taliban and Al Qaeda if Pakistan is unwilling to do so
* McCain stresses working with Islamabad, says support from Pakistani people necessary, not prepared to cut off aid
By Khalid Hasan
NEW YORK: Barack Obama may have lost not only his first debate with Sen John McCain but also the […]

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Source: Daily Times
The generation entering professional life towards the mid and late 1990s was uni-focal on Islam and conversant only with Islamic discourse on politics, society and global affairs. They had a natural affinity with Islamic radical elements like the Taliban
The September 20 suicide attack in Islamabad was the deadliest so far by Islamic militants […]

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Source: Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday said the United States wanted to help Pakistan protect itself amid questions about U.S. military strikes aimed at al Qaeda and Taliban militants in its remote border region.
Bush sat down for his first face-to-face meeting with newly elected Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari […]

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Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan and Afghanistan are discussing a possible joint force to combat militants on both sides of their border near Pakistan’s tribal region, which has become a safe haven for al Qaeda and other groups, a senior Afghan official said on Monday.
Afghan Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak told reporters that such a […]

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War has come to Pakistan’s door step a long time ago. It is most unfortunate that even till yesterday, many of us denied this fact. Not any more. Not when War has pushed in to our house and is now in our living rooms, in our bedrooms, in our backyards, every where around us.
Pakistan is […]

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Source: AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The Pentagon on Monday denied that US-led coalition helicopters based in Afghanistan were fired on in Pakistan and forced to turn back.
The incident “did not happen” said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, adding that after studying the facts, a statement by a Pakistani security official “didn’t appear to be accurate.”
Earlier there were […]

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Source: Daily Times
American raids inside Pakistan will only play into the hands of Taliban and Al Qaeda sympathisers and place the Pakistan army in a nutcracker situation. This cannot be a winnable strategy in the war against terrorism?
Admiral Mike Mullen has made this frank evaluation after almost seven years of unending, no-holds-barred, brutal war in […]

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Source: International Herald Tribune
KABUL, Afghanistan: A boy whose Pakistani mother is on trial in the United States for allegedly assaulting U.S. personnel was handed to Pakistani officials on Monday, an Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
Ali Hassan has been in Afghan custody since July, when his mother, Aafia Siddiqui, was detained outside the governor’s house in […]

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Source: Herald Sun
PAKISTANI troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships killed at least 40 Islamic militants linked to al-Qaeda in a restive tribal area near the Afghan border, a security official said today.
Pakistani forces have for weeks been targeting rebel positions in Bajaur, in a major operation that has seen nearly 700 people killed, mostly […]

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Source: The Australian News
KEY corps commanders of Pakistan’s 600,000-strong army issued orders last night to retaliate against “invading” US forces that enter the country to attack militant targets.
The move has plunged relations between Islamabad and Washington into deep crisis over how to deal with al-Qa’ida and the Taliban
What amounts to a dramatic order to “kill […]

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Source: Reuters
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12 (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed on Friday in a U.S. drone missile attack in the northwestern Pakistani region of North Waziristan, a haven for al Qaeda and Taliban militants, a security official said.
“Yes, missiles have been fired. We have reports that more than 10 people were killed,” a […]

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Source: BBC News
At least 14 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a grenade attack on a mosque in northern Pakistan.
The mosque, in Dir district near the border with Afghanistan, was full of people offering special Ramadan prayers, officials said.
One official told reporters that the attackers threw grenades into the mosque before firing on […]

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Source: Daily Times
* Abu Haris among 26 people killed g Haqqani’s four guards, two wives also killed
* US targets Haqqani’s network in Afghanistan
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE/KABUL: Al Qaeda Pakistan chief Abu Haris was among 26 people killed in Monday’s missile strike by the United States in Miranshah, Geo News quoted sources close to Taliban commander Jalaluddin […]

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Source: Daily Times
* US president says every nation has an obligation to ensure its territory does not become haven for terror
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has the responsibility to battle terrorists and must ensure its Tribal Areas do not become sanctuaries for them, United States President George W Bush said on Tuesday.
“Defeating these terrorists and extremists is in […]

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