Pakistan

Pakistan

• 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 ... 

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  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 ... 

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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 ... 

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  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 ... 

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  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. 

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  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 ... 

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  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 ... 

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  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 ... 

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  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 ... 

• 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 ... 

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  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 ... 

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  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 ... 

• Gunmen kill 11 Pakistanis, Afghans in SW Pakistan

  An official says gunmen have killed eleven Pakistanis and Afghans in a border town of southwestern Pakistan as they were trying to cross to Iran to ... 

• UK High Court blocks drone intelligence challenge

  Britain's High Court on Friday blocked a legal bid for an inquiry into the possible role of the country's spy agencies in aiding covert CIA drone ...