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Pakistan, India seek to ease tension over Kashmir
Despite the worst bout of violence in years along the disputed Kashmir border, Pakistani and Indian officials have kept tension from spiraling out of ...
Pakistani soldier killed by Indian gunfire
Indian troops fired across the disputed Kashmir border and killed a Pakistani soldier Thursday, Pakistan's military said, the third deadly incident ...
India says Pakistani soldiers kill 2 Indians
Pakistani soldiers crossed the cease-fire line in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Tuesday and attacked an army patrol, killing two Indian ...
Pakistan protests Indian attack on army post
The Pakistani Foreign Office said Monday it has protested formally to India for an attack on its army post. A statement issued by the office said the ...
Pakistan says 1 dead in border clash with India
Pakistan and India traded accusations Sunday of violating the cease-fire in the disputed northern region of Kashmir, with Islamabad accusing Indian ...
Pakistani officials say US drones kill 9 militants
Suspected American drones fired several missiles into three militant hideouts near the Afghan border on Sunday, killing nine Pakistani Taliban ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gunbattle follows airport attack in Pakistan
Pakistani security forces cornered the last members of a group of Taliban militants who staged a deadly raid on an airport in the country's troubled ...
Pakistan extends refugee status for Afghans
Pakistan has extended refugee status for over a million Afghans in the country by an additional six months, the government announced — a move likely ...
Afghanistan, Pakistan pursue peace despite attack
The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan are determined to press ahead with peace efforts after a meeting in Turkey, the country's president said ...
Crashes raise concern about Pakistani air force
Over a dozen Pakistani air force planes have crashed in roughly the past 18 months, raising concerns about the health of an aging fleet that officials ...
Karzai: Afghan spy chief bomber came from Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that the recent assassination attempt on the country's intelligence chief was planned in Pakistan, but ...
Pakistan plans to hold national elections in May
Pakistan plans to hold landmark national elections in May, the country's information minister said Tuesday. The vote would mark the first time a ...
Pakistani TV anchor survives attempted bombing
Police on Monday found and defused a bomb planted under the car of a prominent Pakistani TV anchor threatened by the Taliban for his coverage of a ...
Bomb at Pakistan Shiite procession kills 7
A roadside bomb killed at least seven people, including three children, and wounded 30 others at a Shiite Muslim procession in northwestern Pakistan ...
Taliban suicide bomber kills 23 in Pakistan
A Taliban suicide bomber struck a Shiite Muslim procession near Pakistan's capital, killing 23 people in the latest of a series of bombings targeting ...
Suicide bomber kills 23 people in Pakistan
A state rescue official says a suicide bomber has attacked a Shiite Muslim procession near Pakistan's capital, killing 23 people. Deeba Shahnaz says ...
India secretly hangs lone surviving Mumbai gunman
India secretly executed the lone surviving gunmen from the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, four years after Pakistani gunmen blazed through India's ...
Pakistan court acquits Christian girl of blasphemy
A Pakistani court on Tuesday acquitted a Christian girl accused of blasphemy over the burning of the Muslim holy book, her lawyer said. The ruling was ...