The latest in Islamabad

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

2011-12-13T16:30:29Z

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 to strain ties further.

Pakistan...

Clinton says U.S. officials have met with Haqqanis

2011-10-21T08:00:23Z

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that the United States had held a preliminary meeting with representatives of the Haqqani network, a group of militants Washingto...

Islamabad blast injures Pakistan airline passengers: police

2011-09-29T16:31:51Z

A gas cylinder exploded on the top floor of a Pakistani hotel in Islamabad late Thursday, injuring three women and a child in a city always on guard against feared terror attacks, police said.

The blast struck the Citi Hotel in the Blue Area, the Pakistani capital's ordinarily bustling district of shops and restaurants around 11 pm (1800 GMT) at a time when people still linger over dinner in the cool breeze of evening.<...

Blast at hotel in Islamabad wounds six

2011-09-29T11:30:24Z

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A blast at a hotel in a commercial area of the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Thursday wounded six people, rescue officials said.

Police at the scene said the cause of the explosion on the fifth floor of the Citi Hotel was not clear.

Pakistan's Talib...

"No boots on our ground": Pakistan warns U.S.

2011-09-22T06:30:10Z

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan would not tolerate any incursion on its territory by U.S. forces targeting militant groups, the country's interior minister said on Thursday, calling for Washington to provide the intelligence Islamabad needs to take them out itself.

Pakistani military leaders met in Spain to discuss ways to shore up strained ties after a US raid that killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, according to a Pentagon spokesman.

Reuters) - While the ruins of New York's World Trade Center were still smouldering in late September 2001, President George W. Bush put nations around the globe on notice: "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."

It was an ultimatum th...

Female suicide bomber hits Pakistan

2011-08-11T08:30:30Z

A female suicide attacker and a handcart bomb targeted Pakistani police on Thursday, killing seven people in the first deadly attacks to hit the northwest during Ramadan, officials said.

The city of Peshawar, where the bombs struck, is on the frontline of a Taliban insurgency and borders Taliban and Al-Qaeda hotspot of Waziristan on the Afghan border, officials said.

The device was detonated by remote control as a military vehicle passed through the Sararogha village area in the mountains of South Waziristan region, local official Saifur Rehman told AFP.

"The bomber came on foot bu...

Accidental blast kills one at Pakistan arms depot

2011-07-11T05:30:26Z

An explosion ripped through a Pakistani arms depot just outside the capital Islamabad on Monday, killing a soldier and bringing down the roof of a barracks, officials said.

"This was an accidental blast in a unit store of the Pakistan Army. One soldier has been killed and three are injured," a security official told AFP on condition of anonymity...

Blast at Islamabad arms depot, 5 killed in suicide

2011-07-11T02:30:10Z

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An explosion at a Pakistani army weapons depot on Monday was an accident likely caused by faulty electrical wiring and not a militant attack, a military official said.

The weapons depot at Sihala, on the outskirts of Islamabad, is near a police academy which had been attacked by militants in the past. Monday's blast injured three peo...

'Irresponsible' US remarks to affect war on terror: Pakistan

2011-07-08T12:30:25Z

Pakistan on Friday warned its cooperation in the US-led war on Al-Qaeda was at risk after heavily criticising the top US military officer for suggesting it could have approved a journalist's murder.

The row threatened to further strain relations already damaged by a covert US raid that killed US military's top officer said Thursday Pakistan's government may have sanctioned the killing of a Pakistani journalist, voicing grave concern over the attack.

Asked about media reports that Islamabad sanctioned or approved the killing of the reporter, Islamabad bank on Monday, killing a security guard and wounding four other people in the first suicide attack in the Pakistani capital for nearly two years.

The attack comes with Pakistan on edge weeks after US Navy SEALs found and killed Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar late Saturday.

The attack, one of the deadliest since US Navy SEALs killed Osama bin L...

Pakistan, US discuss future intelligence sharing

2011-06-11T04:30:15Z

CIA chief Leon Panetta held talks with top Pakistani military and intelligence officials and discussed ways to strengthen future intelligence sharing, the Pakistani military said.

The talks were held Friday amid a crisis in relations after the unilateral US raid that killed Osama bin Laden...

Pakistan orders probe into bin Laden fiasco

2011-05-31T17:30:50Z

Pakistan on Tuesday ordered an investigation to discover "the full facts" of how Osama bin Laden lived undetected, likely for years, on its soil until being killed in a US commando raid on May 2.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced that an independent commission would probe the circumst...

Blast in northwest Pakistan kills five people: police

2011-05-26T07:00:09Z

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber killed five people Thursday in an attack outside a police station in the northwestern Pakistan town of Hangu, police said.

"Apparently it was a suicide attack," Mohammad Ehsan, a police officer, told Reuters by telephone....

U.S. must keep strategic ties with Pakistan: Clinton

2011-05-26T05:00:10Z

PARIS (Reuters) - Working with Pakistan is a strategic necessity for the United States, even as Washington presses Islamabad to act more decisively on counter-terrorism,

China's Hu salutes Pakistan PM as 'old friend'

2011-05-20T09:30:34Z

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday saluted Pakistan's prime minister as an "old friend" of Beijing, extending more warm words to Islamabad as it faces US pressure after Osama bin ...

Pakistan PM sees China's Hu to end visit

2011-05-20T02:30:50Z

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday was to meet China's president at the end of a visit full of praise for ties with Beijing, amid a crisis with the US over Osama bin Laden's killing.

The visi...

Is it worth it? Pakistan, U.S. weigh aid calculus

2011-05-18T22:30:05Z

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Muhammad Farooq waits by his truck outside the Pakistani border town of Chaman, the main crossing into southern Afghanistan. He has driven several hundred kilometers from the port city of K...

US regional envoy Grossman arrives in Pakistan

2011-05-18T18:30:49Z

US regional envoy Marc Grossman arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday as part of efforts to calm angry tensions between the two countries over the US operation that killed Osama bin Laden.

"Yes, he (Marc Grossman) has arrived for talks with senior Pakistani leadership," US embassy spokesman Alberto Rodriguez

'Somebody' knew of bin Laden hideout: Gates

2011-05-18T18:30:48Z

"Somebody" knew about Osama bin Laden's Pakistani hideout but there is no proof that Pakistan's political and military leaders were aware of it, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.

Gates and the US military's top officer,

Pakistan PM hails 'all-weather' friend China

2011-05-18T03:30:16Z

Visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday hailed his country's "all-weather friendship" with China, as he faced renewed US pressure following the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Gilani's four-day visit to China follows the May 2 killing of the

Yemeni caught in Pakistan mid-level al Qaeda operative:officials

2011-05-18T03:00:07Z

KARACHI (Reuters) - The Yemeni al Qaeda militant Pakistan arrested in the city of Karachi was a "mid-level" operative and explosives expert involved in plotting attacks in Pakistan and Afgh...

Pakistan, US try to smooth bin Laden row

2011-05-16T13:30:37Z

Pakistan and the United States sought Monday to smooth a damaging row caused by Osama bin Laden's killing, calling for closer cooperation with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poised to visit.

Pakistan's civilian and military leaders were left angry ...

Taliban bin Laden revenge bombing kills 80 in Pakistan

2011-05-13T03:00:15Z

CHARSADDA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 80 people at a paramilitary force academy in the northwest Friday, and vowed further bloodshed in retaliation for the death of

Pakistani lawmakers offer prayers for bin Laden

2011-05-11T03:30:07Z

Three Pakistani lawmakers offered prayers for Osama bin Laden in parliament a week after US commandos killed the Al-Qaeda leader in a covert raid near the capital, a lawmaker said Wednesday.

The Saudi-born terror mastermind was killed by Navy SEALs

Pakistan should heed US concerns: key senator

2011-05-10T18:30:35Z

Pakistan must heed US "concerns" about its efforts to combat extremists, a senior US senator said Tuesday, warning he wanted to maintain good ties with Islamabad "but not at any price."

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin became the second senior US lawmaker in two days to express deep misgivings about rel...

US not sorry for bin Laden raid, despite Pakistan anger

2011-05-09T17:31:19Z

The United States refused to say sorry Monday for taking out Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, after its estranged anti-terror ally warned it would retaliate against any future strikes.

Amid a deepening crisis between the two uneasy partners, Washington pressed for access to three of the dead President Barack Obama has pressed Pakistan to probe how Osama bin Laden managed to live for years under the noses of its military, saying he must have had some kind of support network.

Under mounting pressure from both Washington and his own people, ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in

China urges world to back Pakistan in terror fight

2011-05-05T08:30:41Z

China reaffirmed its support on Thursday for efforts by its ally Pakistan to combat terrorism after the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by US forces, and urged the world to help Islamabad.

Foreign ministry spokeswoman <...

US closes two consulates in Pakistan

2011-05-03T04:31:16Z

The United States closed two of its consulates in Pakistan to the public on Tuesday until further notice, a day after Osama bin Laden was killed near the capital Islamabad.

The US embassy in Islamabad and a third consulate in Pakistan braced Tuesday for a backlash over the killing of Osama bin Laden by American commandos, fearful of a wave of revenge attacks and the potential political fallout for a teetering government.

The night-time helicopter raid by dozens of US special forces -- who were operating independently on Pakistani soil -- ended a decade-long manhunt for the mastermind of the 9/11...

Pakistan under fire on bin Laden, but Obama mum

2011-05-02T17:30:26Z

Pakistan faced intense scrutiny in Washington Monday after US forces killed Osama bin Laden near Islamabad, but President Barack Obama stopped short of public criticism that could further escalate tensions.

U...

India says Pakistan shown as terror 'sanctuary'

2011-05-02T11:30:36Z

India on Monday used the death of Osama bin Laden to denounce rival Pakistan as a terrorist "sanctuary," as it renewed calls for Islamabad to arrest suspects behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Home Minister P. Chidambaram said India noted with...

Bin Laden killed in dramatic night-time raid near Islamabad

2011-05-01T23:00:09Z

ABBOTABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was hiding out in a mansion near a Pakistani military training ...

Instant View: Osama bin Laden killed in Pakistan

2011-05-01T22:00:40Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed on Sunday in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan, ending a years-long hunt for the mastermind behind the 2001 attacks on New York an...

Twin suicide attacks kill 41 at Pakistan shrine: police

2011-04-03T19:30:27Z

A double suicide bomb attack outside a shrine in the central Pakistani province of Punjab on Sunday killed 41 people, a police officer told AFP from the scene of the blasts.

The bombers struck outside the shrine of the 13th century Sufi saint Ahmed Sultan, popularly known as Sakhi Sarwar, in Dera Ghazi Khan district.

Hundreds of worshippe...

Bomb kills 37 at Pakistan funeral

2011-03-09T10:30:27Z

A suicide bomber targeting members of an anti-Taliban militia at a funeral in northwestern Pakistan killed 37 people and wounded at least 45 others on Wednesday, police said.

Police and witnesses said the bomber had slipped into the congregation of more than 200 people attending funeral prayers for the wife of a known anti-Taliban militiaman in Adezai village, near Pakistan's Punjab province Tuesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 154 others, officials said.

Many of those hurt were trapped for hours by debris and shrapnel after the blast reduced the station building to rubble, with rescue workers heaving stones and metal away to rescue survivors.

"A total ...

Eleven dead in Pakistan mosque blast

2011-03-04T12:30:41Z

A bomb attack on a packed mosque in militant-infested northwest Pakistan killed at least 11 people and wounded over 20 others after it ripped through Friday prayers, police and medics said.

Hundreds of people were coming out of the mosque or waiting for a charity meal when the blast hit, police said, adding that the bomb had been planted inside the building near the town of Nowshera

Pakistani troops capture would-be suicide bomber, handlers

2011-02-12T11:30:11Z

Pakistani security forces on Saturday captured a would-be suicide bomber and five handlers while another blew himself up in a restive northwestern town, the military said.

"One suicide bomber blew himself up when encircled by security forces while another was arrested before he could detonate his explosives during a search operation in Batkhela town," the military said in a statement.

"One soldier got injured during the exchange of fire with militants," it said, adding that t...

Blast at Pakistan army recruitment centre kills 10

2011-02-09T20:30:09Z

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suicide bombing at an army recruitment center in northwest Pakistan on Thursday killed at least 10 people, said a police official.

Residents said the bomber struck while recruits were conducting morning training in the town of Mardan.

(Reporting by

Minibus bomb kills 18 in NW Pakistan: police

2011-01-17T08:30:11Z

A timed bomb blast in a minibus that killed 18 people in Pakistan's northwest on Monday targeted a Shiite Muslim leader accused of sectarian killings in the area, police told AFP.

The deadly blast in Jawarza, near the restive town of Hangu, killed 16 passengers travelling in the explosives-laden minibus and two people in a pick-up truck nearby.

Another eight people were hospitalised with injuries, four of them in cr...

'Bomb kills policeman, wounds five in NW Pakistan'

2011-01-13T03:30:25Z

A roadside bomb targeting police in northwest Pakistan killed one officer and wounded five others Thursday, close to the scene of a deadly suicide attack on security forces a day earlier.

The officers were hit in their car while on patrol in the garrison town of Bannu, southwest of Peshawar city in the country's troubled northwest, where a Pakistan killed one officer and wounded five others Thursday, close to the scene of a deadly suicide attack on security forces a day earlier.

The officers were hit in their car while on patrol in the garrison town of Bannu, southwest of Peshawar city in the country's troubled northwest, where a Al-Qaeda is trying to "bring down" nuclear-armed Pakistan, US Vice President Joe Biden warned Sunday, days after a war review tip-toed around Islamabad's role in fighting extremists.

"Our overarching goal and our rationale for being there is to dismantle, ultimately defeat Al-Qaeda... to m...

US on track in 'difficult' Afghan war: Obama

2010-12-17T08:30:38Z

President Barack Obama says that the US war plan in Afghanistan is "on track," but warned that gains won by his surge strategy at a heavy human cost were fragile and reversible.

Unveiling a long-awaited policy assessment on Thursday, Obama said progress was sufficient to permit a "responsible reduction" of US forces ...

Obama says US on track in 'difficult' Afghan war

2010-12-17T07:30:25Z

President Barack Obama says that the US war plan in Afghanistan is "on track," but has warned that gains won by his surge strategy at a heavy human cost are fragile and reversible.

Unveiling a long-awaited policy assessment, Obama said progress was sufficient to permit a "responsible reduction" of US forces to begin ...

Death toll in Pakistan suicide attack climbs to 43

2010-12-07T02:30:36Z

The death toll from twin suicide bombings in Pakistan's tribal district bordering Afghanistan has risen to 43, an official said Tuesday.

"Three more people died in Peshawar hospital. The death toll has now reached 43," Miraj Khan, a senior administrative official in the town of Ghalanai, told AFP.

Two suicide bomber...

Twin suicide attack kills 40 in Pakistan

2010-12-06T14:30:34Z

Twin suicide bombers in police uniform killed 40 people in Pakistan's tribal district on Monday, attacking an anti-Taliban militia and pro-government elders near the Afghan border.

The bombers badly damaged an administration compound in Ghalanai, the main town in the district of Mohmand, about 175 kilometres (110 miles) northwest of ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan on Saturday offered a reward for information about Taliban militants involved in planning or carrying out attacks, and promised to resettle informers in Pakistan or abroad.

Authorities said on Friday they had th...

Pakistan foils suicide attack on Islamabad

2010-11-26T12:30:47Z

Pakistan said security forces arrested two would-be suicide bombers in the capital Islamabad on Friday, adding that the thwarted attacks targeted parliament and a mosque in an upmarket neighbourhood.

Security forces launched a manhunt for others who may have been involved in the alleged plot, which officials said could have caused chaos in the heavily guarded capital where bombings hav...

Bomb kills 18 in attack on Pakistan police

2010-11-12T13:02:31Z

Pakistan's Taliban swiftly claimed responsibility for what was a rare attack on government security forces in Karachi, a politically-tense city of 16 million in the south, far removed from militant strongholds in the northwest.

Karachi is Pakistan's economic capital, home to its stock exchange and the

Bomb hits police in Pakistani city of Karachi, kills 18

2010-11-12T11:00:52Z

Karachi is Pakistan's economic capital, home to its stock exchange and the

Pakistan appeals over Danish embassy bombing suspects

2010-10-27T04:31:25Z

The appeal was filed in a high court in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, which runs into Islamabad, senior prosecutor Mohammad Tayyab told AFP.

A trial court in Rawalpindi last month acquitted the trio, ruling that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges against them.

Six people were killed, including a Dane, when a car bomb exploded outside ...

Kashmiri separatists rally in Pakistan against Indian rule

2010-09-29T10:17:29Z

Thousands of people rallied in Pakistani Kashmir and Islamabad on Wednesday at the behest of a new movement campaigning for independence for the mountain region and condemning Indian "brutalities".

It was the first rally organised by Tehreek-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir (TAK), which means movement for independence of Kashmir, and was attended by activis...

Pakistani court acquits Danish embassy bombing suspects

2010-09-25T06:15:24Z

A Pakistani court on Saturday acquitted three men charged over a deadly suicide car bomb attack near the Danish embassy in Islamabad in 2008, but prosecutors said they would appeal the verdict.

"The court observed that the prosecution failed to prove the charges and acquitted the three accused men," senior prosecutor Mohammad Tayyab told AFP.

"We will file an appeal in the High Court within the 30 day...

Pakistan Danish embassy bombing suspects acquitted

2010-09-25T03:45:07Z

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court acquitted Saturday three men accused of involvement in a 2008 suicide car-bomb attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad, a public prosecutor said.

The court acquitted the trio on the basis of "insufficient" evidence against them, the prosecutor, Mohammad Tayyab, told Reuters.

"We pro...

Pakistan to charge 3 over failed Times Square bomb

2010-09-08T09:31:03Z

Pakistan police to charge 3 men for assisting in failed Times Square bombing

Pakistan will soon bring terrorism charges against three men alleged to have helped the failed Times Square bomber meet up with militant leaders close to the Afghan border and sent him money to carry out the attack, a senior police officer said Wednesday.

The three have been held ...

Death toll in Pakistan bomb blast rises to 16

2010-09-07T09:10:09Z

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - At least 16 people were killed in a car bomb attack at a residential complex for police officers in the northwestern Pakistani town of Kohat Tuesday, police said.

"Right now the death toll is 16. It includes four women and six children," Kohat police spokesman ...

Suicide blasts in Lahore kill 18, injure 143

2010-09-01T10:31:40Z

Three suicide bombers struck in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore Wednesday, killing 18 people and wounding 143 during a Shiite mourning procession, police and rescue officials said.

Pakistan has been hit by a wave of Islamist militant attacks over the past three years, which many attribute to Islamabad's alliance wi...

UK, Pakistan pledge unity in 'anti-terror' fight

2010-08-06T06:16:00Z

The leaders of Britain and Pakistan moved Friday to shelve a row over a British attack on Islamabad's security record, pledging to step up their cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

President Asif Ali Zardari had vowed to confront

Britain, Pakistan pledge unity against terrorism

2010-08-06T06:15:29Z

The leaders of Britain and Pakistan moved Friday to shelve a row over Britain's attack on Islamabad's security record, pledging to step up their cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

President Asif Ali Zardari had vowed to confront

Bomb blast near Pakistan provincial minister kills 7

2010-07-26T02:45:09Z

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least seven people and wounded several others after detonating a blast near the house of a provincial minister, police and witnesses said.

The explosion happened two days after suspected militants shot dead the son of the minister, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday called for "additional steps" from Pakistan against terrorism, ahead of talks aimed at bolstering ties and securing firmer support for the Afghan war.

The US top diplomat made the comments after flying into Islamabad where she held evening talks with

India, Pakistan to hold more talks to improve ties

2010-07-17T09:16:11Z

Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan said on Saturday they will press ahead with a dialogue to build ties shattered by the Mumbai carnage after talks in Islamabad ended in an acrimonious stalemate.

The statements came after a visit by Indian Foreign Mini...

Suicide attack kills five in Pakistan's Swat valley

2010-07-15T06:15:44Z

A suicide attack targeted a Pakistani military convoy on Thursday, killing five people in the northwestern Swat valley where the army put down a Taliban uprising last year.

It was the deadliest attack in the district since February and underscored lingering insecurity in a region that until a major mi...

Suicide attack kills 5 in Pakistan's Swat valley

2010-07-15T04:16:28Z

A suicide attack targeted a Pakistani military convoy on Thursday, killing five people in the northwestern Swat valley where the army put down a Taliban uprising last year.

It was the deadliest attack in the district since February and underscored lingering insecurity in a region that until a major mi...

Bomb attack kills four in Pakistan's Swat valley

2010-07-15T03:15:44Z

A bomb attack killed four people and wounded dozens more Thursday in the main town of Pakistan's Swat valley, where the military put down a Taliban uprising last year, officials said.

It was the first such attack in the northwestern district since May and underscored prevailing insecurity in a region that was until last year ha...

Bomb attack kills 2 in Pakistan's Swat valley: police

2010-07-15T01:16:32Z

A bomb attack killed two people and wounded at least 15 others Thursday in the main town of Pakistan's Swat valley, where the military put down a Taliban uprising last year, police said.

"At least two people were killed and 15 wounded," said Qazi Jamil, police chief for the northwestern

Indian FM arrives in Pakistan for key talks

2010-07-14T07:15:59Z

India's Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday for talks on how to resume a peace process between the bitter nuclear rivals, an official said.

Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi are scheduled to meet on Thursday in th...

India and Pakistan in first substantive talks since Mumbai

2010-07-09T04:45:15Z

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and Pakistan next week take the first step in trying to revive a peace process broken off after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, but no one is realistically expecting dramatic progress.

The meeting comes at a time wh...

Five Americans appeal terrorism convictions in Pakistan

2010-06-30T15:16:09Z

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Five American men sentenced last week to serve 10 years in a Pakistani prison on terrorism charges appealed against their conviction Monday, their defense lawyer said. The five Americans, all students in their 20s, were sentenced Thursday for contacting militants online and plotting attacks by a court in Paki...

Indian, Pakistani diplomats hold Islamabad talks

2010-06-24T07:16:12Z

Indian and Pakistani diplomats pledged Thursday to strive for sustained dialogue to get their fragile relations back on track and deny militants space to derail reconciliation efforts.

India's top foreign ministry civil servant, Nirupama Rao, and her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir met to craft the agenda for a meeting of th...

Indian, Pakistani diplomats break the ice

2010-06-24T05:16:14Z

Top Indian and Pakistani diplomats pledged Thursday to strive for sustained dialogue to get the nations' fragile relations back on track and deny militants space to derail the reconciliation process.

India's top foreign ministry civil servant, Nirupama Rao, and her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir held one-on-one talks and me...

Indian, Pakistani diplomats in key Islamabad talks

2010-06-23T23:15:46Z

Indian and Pakistani diplomats are to hold key talks Thursday, meeting in Islamabad for the first time in more than two years to build on a recent thaw that could get peace talks back on track.

India's top civil servant at the foreign ministry, Nirupama Rao, flew into Islamabad late Wednesday to meet her Pakistani counterpart India on Friday handed over to Pakistan a new dossier of evidence related to the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, ahead of talks next week between top foreign ministry officials.

India's foreign ministry separately announced a meeting next Thursday between Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and her Pak...

Pakistani caterer may have met failed NYC bomber

2010-06-12T19:29:37Z

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani who was detained in connection with the failed bombing in New York's Times Square had no ties with the main suspect but may have met him, the arrested man's father said on Saturday.

The failed Times Square bombing on May 1 has reviv...

US in 'terror' warning over Pakistan caterers

2010-06-12T19:29:35Z

The US embassy in Pakistan issued a threat notice to its citizens on Friday, warning that "terrorist groups" may have established links to a well-known catering company in the capital Islamabad.

"The US embassy is aware of threat information suggesting that terrorist groups may have established links to the Hanif Rajput Catering...

Pakistan court acquits four over Marriott attack: lawyer

2010-06-12T07:23:21Z

A Pakistani anti-terror court on Wednesday acquitted four men put on trial over the 2008 bombing of the five-star Marriott hotel in Islamabad that killed at least 60 people, their lawyer told AFP.

The September 20, 2008 attack saw 600 kilograms (1,300 pounds) of explosives bring down part of the luxury hotel, in one of the most high profile attacks...

APTOPIX Pakistan Daily Life

2010-12-30T06:31:36Z

Afghan Othoman Khan, 75, looks back as he holds an umbrella to avoid the rain while riding his donkey cart along a muddy road on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Pakistan Daily Life

2010-12-28T13:02:27Z

Two Afghan refugee sisters, right, and a Pakistani girl attend in a daily class to learn how to read verses of the Quran, at a mosque in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Global Christmas

2010-12-24T15:01:16Z

In this Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010 picture, a girl wearing a Santa Claus mask walks through a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Pakistan Drone Victims

2010-12-23T05:01:07Z

In this picture taken on Dec. 10, 2010, Pakistani tribal youth Sadaullah Wazir sits during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan. Wazir says he was relaxing in his front yard when the missile struck, hurling him against the wall and mangling his legs so badly that they had to be amputated. Three of his relatives died. Now the 17-year-old and his family want justice from U.S. drone attacks on Pakistani tribal areas in Islamabad, Pakistan. Three American missile attacks killed 54 alleged militants Friday Dec. 17, 2010 close to the Afghan border, an unusually high number of victims that included commanders of a