"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.

Pakistan on Monday regained control of a naval base in the country's biggest city, 17 hours after heavily armed Taliban gunmen attacked, destroying two US-made surveillance planes and killing 10 personnel.

It was the worst assault on a military base since the army headquarters was besieged in October 2009, piling further embarrassment on the armed forces three weeks after

Pakistan seeks India's help for Mumbai attacks trial

2010-09-04T07:20:20Z

Islamabad on Saturday urged India to help find a way to progress the trial in Pakistan of seven suspects linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which has strained ties between the nuclear-armed rivals.

The suspects include the alleged mastermind of the attack on India's financial capital,

India wants more Pakistanis tried for Mumbai raid

2010-06-26T05:30:09Z

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - India urged Pakistan on Saturday to put more people on trial for the 2008 Mumbai attacks which killed 166 people in India's financial capital.

"We think that more people were behind the 26/11 attack and more people...

Pakistan's Facebook ban drives minister to Twitter

2010-05-26T01:15:12Z

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - After Pakistan banned Facebook in a bid to stop it hosting "blasphemous" pictures of Prophet Mohammad, the country's interior minister found a new way to get his online fix. He jumped ...

At least 30 dead in Pakistan mosque attack: minister

2010-04-16T08:40:52Z

At least 30 people were killed on Friday when gunmen stormed a mosque in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi, detonating bombs and shooting at worshippers, the interior minister said.

"There were two suicide bombers and the roof of the mosque collapsed," Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the private ARY television channel.<...

Up to seven killed in twin Islamabad blasts: official

2010-04-16T09:44:58Z

A double suicide bombing at a university campus in Pakistan's capital on Tuesday killed up to seven people, including the two bombers, an administration official said.

"Seven people, including two suicide bombers are dead, and 29 injured in the two attacks. Among the dead is one female," a senior administration official, Rana Akbar Hayat told AFP at the scene of the attac...

Pak twin suicide attack kills up to 7: official

2010-04-16T09:44:58Z

A double suicide bombing at a university campus in Pakistan's capital on Tuesday killed up to seven people, including the two bombers, an administration official said.

Pakistan bombs Taliban hideouts after week of carnage

2010-06-12T06:42:49Z

Pakistan fighter jets pounded Taliban sanctuaries Tuesday, as a minister defended intelligence agencies after a bloody week which saw 125 people killed in a wave of militant strikes.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik once again vowed to wipe out the Islamist extremist threat in Pakistan, with a fierce military operation into the ...

Pakistan defends spy agencies after week of carnage

2010-06-12T06:42:52Z

Pakistan defended its intelligence agencies Tuesday after a bloody week which saw 125 people killed in a wave of attacks blamed on emboldened Taliban militants holed up in the northwest tribal belt.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik once again vowed to wipe out the Islamist extremist threat to Pakistan, with a fierce military ope...

Four dead as suicide blast hits UN Islamabad office

2010-04-16T09:59:03Z

A suicide bomber dressed in military uniform struck inside a heavily fortified UN office in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Monday, killing three Pakistanis and an Iraqi working for the food agency.

Police said they were investigating how the bomber managed to breach strict security measures and walk into the offices of the

Four dead as bomber strikes UN Islamabad office

2010-04-16T09:59:06Z

Police said they were investigating how the bomber managed to breach strict security measures and walk into the offices of the

Pakistan: Mumbai attacks trial to start next week

2010-04-16T11:23:52Z

Pakistan says trial of 5 men accused in Mumbai attacks likely to start next week

The trial of five men accused in the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people is likely to start next week, Pakistan's interior minister says, calling it proof of Islamabad's commitment to punishing those responsible for the assault.

Pakistan confirms new arrest over Mumbai attacks

2010-04-16T15:37:06Z

Pakistan confirmed Monday the arrest of another alleged plotter of the Mumbai attacks and sought further details from India to prosecute those involved in the carnage.

India blamed banned Pakistan-based Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) for the November 26-29 siege that killed 165 p...

Pakistan seeks details on British terror plot suspects: minister

2010-06-12T13:07:08Z

Pakistan has asked Britain to provide complete details of Pakistani nationals arrested there over an alleged terror plot, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said Saturday.

British police on Wednesday arrested 12 men, most of whom are said to be Pakistani nationals in Britain on student visas, on suspicion of involvemen...

Pakistan police school siege kills eight

2010-04-16T15:54:06Z

Pakistan security forces Monday overpowered gunmen who stormed a police academy in a spectacular commando-style raid in which eight police recruits and four attackers died.

Hundreds of policemen fanned out across the rooftop of the main building and around the camp near the eastern city of Lahore, cheering and firing into the air in joy after the nearly eight-hour siege, in which dozens were...

Pakistani forces overpower police school attackers

2010-04-16T15:54:06Z

Pakistan security forces on Monday overpowered gunmen who stormed a police academy in a spectacular commando-style raid in which eight police recruits and four attackers died.

Pakistan claims victory in police academy shootout

2010-04-16T15:54:16Z

Pakistan security forces claimed victory Monday over militant gunmen who stormed a police academy and unleashed a fierce firefight that left an estimated 20 people dead.

Television footage showed troops on a rooftop of the main building at the camp near the eastern city of Lahore cheering and firing into the air in joy after a gun battle that lasted half a day.

At least three bearded m...

Indian press euphoric as Pakistan "blinks"

2010-04-16T14:30:27Z

Indian newspapers revelled Friday in what they saw as an unprecedented U-turn after Islamabad admitted that last year's Mumbai attacks were partly planned on Pakistani soil.

"Pak blinks, finally" ran the front page banner headline in the Times of India, which confessed to being surprised by the admission and the announceme...

Mumbai plot partially planned in Pakistan: Islamabad

2010-04-16T17:12:17Z

Islamabad on Thursday admitted for the first time that the Mumbai attacks, which killed 165 people, were planned partly in Pakistan and filed a case against eight suspects, six of them in custody.

New Delhi has blamed the bloody 60-hour siege on the banned Pakistan-based militant group

Part of Mumbai plot hatched in Pakistan: Islamabad

2010-04-16T14:33:34Z

Islamabad on Thursday admitted for the first time that the Mumbai attacks, which killed 165 people, were planned partly in Pakistan and filed a case against eight suspects, six of them in custody.

New Delhi, which blamed the 60-hour siege on the Pakistan-based militant group Mumbai attacks that killed 165 people last November were partly planned in Pakistan, a top-level Islamabad official admitted on Thursday for the first time.

New Delhi has blamed the bloody 60-hour siege on the banned Pakistan-based militant group Pakistan on Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to root out extremists on its soil, saying it had so far arrested 124 people in a crackdown on banned groups in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.

Interior ministry chief Rehman Malik, the country's point man on counterterrorism, said those arrested were members of an Islamic charity linked to...

Pakistan Court

2010-03-29T01:55:31Z

In this photo taken on Oct. 6, 2009 Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik addresses a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. An anti-corruption court in the southern city of Karachi has issued a summons to 52 suspects, including Malik and presidential secretary Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik gestures during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Malik said the Taliban carried out the attack to avenge the Aug. 5 slaying of their leader, Baitullah Mehsu...

PAKISTAN-INDIA ATAQUES

2010-04-01T03:58:46Z

El ministro paquistaní del Interior, Rehman Malik, habla durante una conferencia de prensa en Islamabad el sábado, 19 de septiembre del 2009. Malik dijo que un tribunal paquistaní va a instruir de cargos la semana próxima a siete sospechosos de los ataques terroristas en Mumbai. (AP foto)

Pakistan India

2010-04-06T04:27:42Z

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik speaks during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, July 11, 2009. Malik said the trial of five men accused in the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people is likely to start next week. (AP Photo)

Pakistan Britain

2010-04-15T14:18:39Z

Pakistan's Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik speaks during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, April 11, 2009. Malik said Britain so far had not shared any information with...

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