Reuters UK | Will Pakistan finally tackle the Taliban? CNN (blog) Editor's note: Daniel Markey is a senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of No Exit from Pakistan: America's Tortured Relationship with Islamabad. The views expressed are the writer's own. US Drone Hits Pakistan for 2nd Time in 12 Hours US drone strike kills 10 in Pakistan, Islamabad intelligence officials say US Resumes Drone Attacks In Pakistan |
Airstrikes in NW Pakistan Kill About 100 Militants ABC News Pakistani military jets pounded militant hideouts in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan early Sunday morning, officials said, killing as many as 100 militants in the second strike on the region since a deadly attack on the Karachi ... |
BBC News | Pakistan air raids in North Waziristan 'kill militants' BBC News Pakistani fighter jets have carried out air strikes against militant hideouts, killing dozens of fighters, officials in the north-west of the country say. The strikes were in the mountainous Dehgan area in the North Waziristan tribal district, a ... Pakistan jets bomb militants Dozens killed as Pakistan jets bomb militant hideouts: officials Airstrikes kill up to 100 militants in northwest Pakistan – officials |
The News International | Moderate 6.0 earthquake rocks Pakistan Fox News A moderate earthquake struck northwest Pakistan on Saturday, causing panic in towns and cities, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, an official said. Mohammad Riaz, a senior scientist at the Pakistan Meteorological Department, ... Quake In Afghan Mountains Causes Scare In Pakistan An earthquake of 6.6- magnitude rocks northwest Pakistan |
The Economist | The prime minister's hopes of confining his generals to barracks take a knock The Economist WHEN he romped to victory in Pakistan's general election last summer, Nawaz Sharif looked to be the man who might finally bring to heel the over-mighty army that, 14 years earlier, had deposed him during his second stint as prime minister and sent him ... Three Concerns About Pakistan's Strange and Bloody Spring Indian PM calls for confrontation-free ties with Pakistan Modi Should Go to Pakistan Soon |
Kansas City Star | Fighting The Talibanization Of Pakistan Daily Beast The Pakistani Taliban struck again this time with a deadly attack at the Karachi airport last Sunday. An hours-long battle with security forces left more than 28 people dead. This is just the latest and by far one of the most high profile attacks by ... Pakistan has to go after TTP, all guns blazing Pakistan must defeat the Taliban PAKISTAN'S DOMESTIC JIHAD |
Globalnews.ca | Airstrikes in Pakistan's northwest kill as many as 100 militants Globalnews.ca Pakistani men mourn over the lifeless body, bottom right, of a provincial lawmaker Handery Masieh at a local hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, Saturday, June 14, 2014. A guard for a provincial Christian lawmaker shot and killed the legislator during a ... |
New York Times | Drone strike in Pakistan days after airport attack, sources say CNN Karachi, Pakistan (CNN) -- A U.S. drone Wednesday fired on an area in northwestern Pakistan, according to two Pakistani intelligence sources and a witness. Details about what the drone hit and whether there were any casualties weren't immediately ... The Invasion of Pakistan Pakistan airport attacks: Cathay Pacific cancels Karachi flights After Lull, US Drone Strikes Kill 13 in Pakistan |
Wall Street Journal | Pakistan Seeks to Stop Musharraf From Leaving Wall Street Journal ISLAMABAD—The government of Pakistan appealed a court ruling that would allow former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to leave the country, a move likely to further fuel tensions between civilian authorities and the powerful army. The fate of Mr ... Pakistani government appeals against lifting of travel ban on Pervez Musharraf Pakistan to appeal Musharraf ruling Pakistan to appeal ruling... |
US Drone Strike in Pakistan Killed Senior Afghan Militant, Others Wall Street Journal The first U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan in almost six months targeted militants from Afghanistan's Haqqani network, killing one of the insurgent group's senior commanders, Pakistani intelligence officials said on Thursday. Drones struck two locations ... |