Topic: Asia

Pakistan battle kills '1 soldier, 25 insurgents'

Dozens of militants ambushed Pakistani troops on Friday, killing a soldier and sparking clashes that left up to 25 insurgents dead in the Taliban-infested tribal badlands, officials said.Members of the Frontier Corps paramilitary were attacked while driving through the Mamuzai area of ...
The US House of Representatives passed legislation to freeze some Pakistan aid, slap harsh new sanctions on Iran, and endorse indefinite imprisonment of suspected terrorists.Acting shortly after the White House dropped a threat to veto the bill, the Republican-led chamber voted 283-136 ...

U.S. move to hold aid strains ties with Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Lawmakers are ready to freeze up to $700 million in aid to Pakistan until Congress gets assurances that Islamabad is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator called unwise and likely ...

U.S. lawmakers freeze $700 million to Pakistan, ties strained

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S. Congressional panel has frozen $700 million in aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator called unwise and likely to strain ...

Lawmakers freeze $700 million to Pakistan, ties strained

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Congressional panel has frozen $700 million in aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator called unwise and likely to strain ties ...

US lawmakers freeze $700 million to Pakistan, ties strained

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S. Congressional panel has frozen $700 million in aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator called unwise and likely to strain ...

U.S. lawmakers freeze $700 million to Pakistan as distrust grows

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A crisis in relations looked set to deepen after a House-Senate negotiating panel agreed to freeze $700 million in aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of improvised explosive devices in the region.Pakistan ...

Lawmakers freeze $700 million to Pakistan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of a U.S. House-Senate negotiating panel have agreed to freeze $700 million in U.S. aid to Pakistan until it offers to help in the fight against improvised explosive devices in the region, exerting more pressure on a ...

Lawmakers freeze $700 million to Pakistan over IEDS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of a U.S. House-Senate negotiating panel said on Monday they had agreed to freeze $700 million in U.S. aid to Pakistan until it provides some assurances of assistance in the fight against improvised explosive devices in the ...

How a massacre killed an Afghan family's hope

Tarana dressed up for the holiday in a specially tailored bright green robe, a 12-year-old Afghan girl excited to set off with her family for a religious festival that a decade of war had so far spared.After a suicide bomber ripped apart ...
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