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Why has U.S. allowed Taliban 'free rein' in Pakistan?
WASHINGTON -- For seven years, the Bush administration has pursued al Qaida but done almost nothing to hunt down the Afghan Taliban leadership in its sanctuaries in Pakistan , and that's left Mullah Mohammad Omar and his deputies free to direct an escalating war against the U.S.-backed Afghan government.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan People:Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(McClatchy)
2008-11-16
Police: Japanese man wounded in northwest Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Japanese journalist was shot Friday in the frontier city of Peshawar -- the third attack on a foreigner there in three days, and missiles apparently fired by U.S. unmanned aircraft near the Afghan border killed at least 12 people, including several foreign militants, Pakistani officials said.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2008-11-14
Pakistan supply line attacks show US vulnerability
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The Humvee sped along the dry riverbed, kicking up clouds of dust. But al-Qaida-linked militants -- not American soldiers -- were behind the wheel.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan Russia People:Benazir Bhutto Activities:Afghan Terror War Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2008-11-13
Police: Gunmen kidnap Iranian diplomat in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Gunmen kidnapped an Iranian diplomat after killing his guard Thursday in Peshawar, authorities said, a day after an American aid worker was shot dead in the city in Pakistan's volatile northwest.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Iran Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2008-11-13
US aid worker shot dead near Pakistan tribal areas
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Gunmen shot and killed an American as he was traveling to work for a U.S.-funded aid program aimed at chipping away support for al-Qaida and Taliban militants in Pakistan's lawless tribal regions.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan U.S. Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2008-11-12
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