Topic: Pakistan
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich cemented his place as the main rival to Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination with a solid debate performance on foreign policy.Buoyed by opinion polls that gave him a four percent lead over the former Massachusetts ...
The Obama administration is considering placing the Haqqani network on its list of terror groups after blaming the militants for deadly attacks in Afghanistan, a US official said Monday.Seven leaders of the Haqqani network, which operates from safe havens in Pakistan and ...
Influential US Senator John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, the embassy in Kabul said, ahead of a visit to neighbouring Pakistan following the death of Osama bin Laden.The White House said it was endorsing the trip by Kerry to Pakistan to ...
Diplomacy: Pakistani terrorists have launched a series of attacks on NATO tankers in a classic targeting of supply lines. In 2004, President Bush gave Pakistan the globally coveted designation of "major non-NATO ally. " Pakistan didn't have to do much to get ...
US lawmakers easily approved urgent funding for President Barack Obama's escalation in Afghanistan, despite a huge leak of secret military files that stoked anger at the unpopular war.The 308-114 vote in the House of Representatives set the stage for Obama to sign ...
In this article the author discusses the interaction between celebrity culture and the Internet, a development she states began in the late 1990s. 22 | NEW STATESMAN | 7 JANUARY 2008 America Bush administration had decided Pakistan should be ruled jointly, with ...
From gala receptions to long walks in the park, the Barack Obama administration is embracing a brand of personality politics with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan that it once scorned.Taking office, Obama made the fight against extremism in Pakistan and Afghanistan ...
The United States condemned Monday an attack on its consulate in Peshawar and expressed "great concern" after Islamist militants targeted the building in Pakistan's main northwestern city."We strongly condemn the violence," said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.Islamist militants armed with guns, grenades ...
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered a hand to the United States to help build an " open and inclusive" Asia as President Barack Obama prepared to toast him Tuesday with his first state dinner.Singh said the world's two largest democracies had ...
US envoy Richard Holbrooke said Friday he expected fewer problems with the November 7 presidential run-off election in Afghanistan than with the fraud-tainted first round in August.Holbrooke, special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan for President Barack Obama's administration, also said he is ...
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Inside Story - Is Pakistan backing the ...
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India-Pakistan rivalry's new battleground
The historic rivalry between India and Pakistan has often been ...2012-01-28
