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Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves UK hospital
Three months after she was shot in the head for daring to say girls should be able to get an education, a 15-year-old Pakistani hugged her nurses and ...
US drones kill senior Taliban figure in Pakistan
An American drone strike in Pakistan has killed a top Taliban commander who sent money and fighters to battle the U.S. in Afghanistan but had a truce ...
British government extradites al-Qaida suspect
Police in Britain have extradited a terror suspect to the United States to face charges that he took part in an alleged al-Qaida plot to detonate ...
Malala's father given diplomatic role in UK
The father of a teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by Taliban for advocating girls' education has been given a diplomatic post in the U.K.
Jury selection begins in Fla. terror finance case
Jury selection began Wednesday for the trial of an elderly Muslim cleric and his son on charges they funneled tens of thousands of dollars to the ...
Pakistanis bury slain teachers, aid workers
Hundreds of villagers in northwest Pakistan turned out Wednesday to bury five female teachers and two health workers who were gunned down a day ...
Pakistan child measles deaths surge in 2012
Measles cases surged in Pakistan in 2012, and hundreds of children died from the disease, an international health body said Tuesday. In recent days ...
Afghan negotiator welcomes prisoner release
A top Afghan negotiator said Tuesday he hopes eight Taliban members freed by Pakistan will serve as peace mediators, describing Islamabad's move as ...
Pakistan releases 8 Afghan Taliban prisoners
Pakistan released eight members of the Afghan Taliban from prison on Monday, including the former justice minister under the Taliban, in a bid to ...
Car bombing targeting Shiites in Pakistan kills 19
A car bomb targeting a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims killed 19 people in southwest Pakistan, officials and eyewitnesses said. Earlier Sunday, ...
21 missing Pakistani policemen found shot dead
Twenty-one tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region early ...
Whale of a tale: Pakistani fishmonger now pop star
Muhammad Shahid Nazir is a testament to the age-old adage that if you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day, but if you teach a man to sing about ...
Paintings outrage Islamic hard-liners in Pakistan
Pakistan's leading arts college has pushed boundaries before in this conservative nation. But when a series of paintings depicting Muslim clerics in ...
Pakistan seeks help to rescue 23 missing police
Pakistani officials pressured tribal elders Friday to help rescue 23 policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban during attacks on their ...
Pakistan: Bhutto's son launches political career
The 24-year-old son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto launched his political career Thursday with a fiery speech before thousands of ...
Attack on Sunni cleric in south Pakistan kills 4
Police say gunmen have wounded a prominent Sunni cleric and killed his three guards and his driver in an apparently sectarian attack in southern ...
Bombing at political rally kills 9 in Pakistan
A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed nine people including a provincial government official at a political rally held Saturday by a party that has ...
Abducted German aid worker seen alive in video
A German aid worker abducted in Pakistan 11 months ago was seen alive in a video broadcast Saturday urging authorities to fully meet his captors' ...
Pakistan says 29 nationals beaten by Afghans
Afghan officials say they are investigating allegations by neighboring Pakistan that Afghan forces severely beat Pakistani nationals. The Saturday ...
Kerry a familiar face on the world stage
Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's pick for secretary of state, is a familiar face to the world leaders vital to American interests. The son ...