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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 ...
France trying to reconcile Afghan rivals
France is trying to ease tensions in Afghanistan by talking to conflicting parties and sees Pakistan as key to stabilizing the region, the country's ...
Afghanistan, Pakistan discuss attack on spy chief
Afghan officials say President Hamid Karzai will present evidence to Pakistan's leader this week about the attempted assassination of the Afghan spy ...
Pakistan president visits hospital treating Malala
Pakistan's president has visited a British hospital where a 15-year-old schoolgirl is being treated after being shot in the head by a Taliban gunman.
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 ...
Shot Pakistani girl responding well to treatment
A teenage Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls' education has responded well to treatment and impressed doctors with her ...
Pakistan blocks anti-US protest in tribal region
The Pakistani military blocked a convoy carrying thousands of Pakistanis and a small contingent of U.S. anti-war activists from entering a lawless ...
Latest protests against depictions of Muhammad
Here's a look at protests and events on Monday connected to an anti-Islam film produced in the United States and vulgar caricatures of the Prophet ...
Pakistan, India sign new visa agreement
Pakistan and India signed a new visa agreement Saturday that makes cross-border travel easier, the latest sign of thawing relations between two ...
Indian foreign minister visits Pakistan amid thaw
India's foreign minister landed in Pakistan for talks Friday, the latest sign of a thaw in relations between two countries that have fought three ...
Court extends detention in Pakistan blasphemy case
A Pakistani court Friday ordered a Christian girl accused of blasphemy to be held in prison for two more weeks as police finish their investigation ...
Notorious Pakistan A-bomb scientist tries politics
The man who made Pakistan into a nuclear power and later admitted to leaking atomic secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya is going into politics, ...
Pakistani court gives premier time to obey order
Pakistan's top court on Monday gave the country's prime minister three more weeks to decide whether to obey its order to reopen an old corruption case ...
Pakistan girl jailed, accused of blasphemy
A Christian girl was sent to a Pakistani prison after being accused by her furious Muslim neighbors of burning pages of the Islamic holy book, the ...
Pakistan court: PM must appear in corruption case
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the country's prime minister to appear before the panel to explain why he has not followed instructions ...
Pakistan invites Indian prime minister to visit
Pakistan's president has invited India's prime minister to visit, the latest sign of thawing relations between the historical arch enemies.
Pakistan refuses to reopen presidential graft case
Pakistan's government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it will not reopen an old corruption case against the president, defying a judicial ...
Militants take villagers hostage in Pakistan
Dozens of militants coming from Afghanistan took scores of villagers hostage in Pakistan's northwest on Thursday, sparking fighting with the army that ...
Gunmen attack Pakistani army camp, kill 8 people
Gunmen killed eight people in an attack Monday on a Pakistani army camp near a city where thousands of hardline Islamists stopped on their way to the ...
Pakistan: NATO supply deal looking more likely
U.S. and Pakistani officials expressed optimism Monday that Islamabad was close to reopening its Afghan border to NATO troop supplies after a 7-month ...
Pakistan denies commuting Indian death sentence
A Pakistani official has denied an earlier report that the president has ordered the release of an Indian prisoner on death row for more than 20 years ...
Pakistan gets new PM amid political turmoil
Pakistani lawmakers elected a ruling party loyalist with a checkered past as prime minister on Friday, restoring government to the country after days ...
New Pakistan PM candidate faces arrest warrant
A Pakistani judge issued an arrest warrant Thursday for the ruling party's candidate for prime minister over allegations he illegally imported drugs, ...