President George W. Bush said on Saturday he was troubled by a U.S. intelligence report that al Qaeda has become entrenched in a safe haven in Pakistan's tribal region near Afghanistan.
Landslides brought on by heavy rain killed more than 80 people on Saturday in northwestern Pakistan. Dozens of people are still missing.
US President George W. Bush on Saturday linked the US global campaign against Al-Qaeda to Pakistan's efforts to quell Islamist violence, including the storming of a pro-Taliban mosque last week.
Pakistan's chief justice resumed his official duties Saturday, a day after this Islamic nation's powerful military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf lost a bid to fire him, the biggest setback to the general's eight-year rule.
A flash flood that tore through a remote mountain village in northwest Pakistan has killed at least 56 people and left dozens missing feared dead, a local official said Saturday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush said Saturday that the United States must continue fighting in Iraq and support Pakistan's battle against al Qaeda and other extremists entrenched along its rugged frontier.
Jubilant crowds Saturday celebrated the reinstatement of Pakistan's top judge after a court overturned his suspension by under-fire President Pervez Musharraf, a verdict also hailed by Washington.
President Bush said Saturday that the United States must continue fighting in Iraq and support Pakistan's battle against al-Qaida and other extremists entrenched along its rugged frontier.
Rescuers searched for survivors Saturday after rain-triggered landslides and lightning killed more than 80 people and destroyed houses in three remote villages in northwestern Pakistan, officials said.
Hailing the Supreme Court's reinstatement of Pakistan's chief justice, newspapers warned democratic forces on Saturday that destabilizing President Pervez Musharraf further could play into militant and extremist hands.