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Asia Pacific|Taliban Chief Targeted by Drone Strike in Pakistan, Signaling a US Shift - New York Times Mon, 23 May 2016 01:08:29 GMT

New York Times
Asia Pacific|Taliban Chief Targeted by Drone Strike in Pakistan, Signaling a US Shift
New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — After months of failed Pakistani efforts to broker peace talks with the Taliban, an American drone strike against the leader of the Afghan militants signaled a major break with precedent as the United States circumvented Pakistan ...
Another US-led assassination on its soil angers PakistanCBS News
Pakistan says US drone strike violated its sovereigntyAljazeera.com
Afghan Taliban meets on succession after US drones target leaderReuters
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PM Modi in Iran: Trade, transit links on table, but Pakistan will be back of mind for both India, Iran - The Indian Express Sun, 22 May 2016 22:48:16 GMT

The Indian Express
PM Modi in Iran: Trade, transit links on table, but Pakistan will be back of mind for both India, Iran
The Indian Express
This will be especially pertinent as Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani will join Modi and Rouhani, in the signing of the trilateral agreement on Chabahar. The development of Chabahar is seen as a competitor to the China-backed Gwadar port in Pakistan.

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Fishermen in troubled waters - The Hindu Sun, 22 May 2016 21:03:32 GMT

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Fishermen in troubled waters
The Hindu
But imagine how much more agonising it must be to languish in another country's prison, often endlessly, and for no fault or for minor transgressions, especially if the two countries in question happen to be India and Pakistan? Every time relations ...

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Pakistan, India and nukes - Daily Times Sun, 22 May 2016 23:47:52 GMT

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Pakistan, India and nukes
Daily Times
New Delhi's obsession with expanding its nuclear arsenal does not seem to abate. The recent missile tests it carried out near the Bay of Bengal are alarming in the sense that there is a strong threat of the Indian Ocean becoming a nuclearised region.

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Pakistan National Arrested From Indo-Pak Border In Punjab - NDTV Sun, 22 May 2016 20:31:35 GMT

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Pakistan National Arrested From Indo-Pak Border In Punjab
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Gurdaspur: Border Security Force personnel on Sunday arrested a Pakistan national while he was allegedly trying to cross over to the Indian side along Indo-Pak International Border near Kanshi Barwan Border Outpost (BOP) of Bamial Sector in Pathankot ...

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Pakistan sends 30-bed field hospital to Sri Lanka, 17 doctors coming - The Hindu Sun, 22 May 2016 14:16:26 GMT

Pakistan sends 30-bed field hospital to Sri Lanka, 17 doctors coming
The Hindu
A release of the Pakistan High Commission here stated that the field hospital had operation theaters and x-ray laboratories. Two special cargo aircraft, carrying relief items, were also expected to reach Colombo shortly. Besides, 17 Pakistani doctors ...

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Humanitarian Summit – lessons for Pakistan - The Express Tribune Sun, 22 May 2016 17:18:00 GMT

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Humanitarian Summit – lessons for Pakistan
The Express Tribune
In the last 20 years, natural disasters affected 218 million people at an economic cost of more than $300 billion each year. Pakistan is prone to all kinds of disasters, including terrorism, which has alone caused the displacement of millions of people ...

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Pakistan has a lot to offer to Central Asian states, says report - Daily Times Mon, 23 May 2016 00:35:41 GMT

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Pakistan has a lot to offer to Central Asian states, says report
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, a country with around 18 per cent of Internet penetration and its geographical location, has a lot to offer to landlocked Central Asian states with crucial bandwidth access, which can turn Pakistan into regional connectivity hub ...

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Pakistan confirms US drone strike - The Statesman Mon, 23 May 2016 02:20:51 GMT

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Pakistan confirms US drone strike
The Statesman
"Late Saturday May 21, 2016, the US shared information that a drone strike was carried out in Pakistan near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area, in which reportedly the Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor was targeted," said the statement.
Pakistan: US drone strike violated our sovereigntyEJ Insight

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Why Israel should be concerned over Pakistan nukes - Jerusalem Post Israel News (blog) Sun, 22 May 2016 09:19:56 GMT

Jerusalem Post Israel News (blog)
Why Israel should be concerned over Pakistan nukes
Jerusalem Post Israel News (blog)
My memories of that day are still fresh as if a wound that time may never heal. It was 18 years ago that day May 28, 1998 when Pakistan generals did a terrible thing in France-sized southwestern Balochistan. Amid deafening slogans of Allahu Akbar-- the ...