Topic: Pakistan
It's called operation Rah-i-Nijat -- which means " A good place to follow news of the Pakistani offensive in Waziristan is English-language daily Dawn: "The army on Saturday launched a three-pronged attack against Taliban stronghold in South Waziristan amid reports of roadside ...
US President Barack Obama signed a 7.5 billion dollar aid package for Pakistan into law Thursday, after Congress offered assurances the plan did not violate Pakistani sovereignty. Copyright 2009 AFP South Asian Edition
The author discusses U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's national security team selections of U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and how they had all once supported the Iraq war. The author considers the Iraq ...
Question: What strengths do you see in Obama's plan for Afghanistan?Rieff: I think that they're right to link the outcome in Pakistan with the outcome at Afghanistan. One thing they've done that I think is very positive is they've reopen contact with ...
The US Congress voted to triple aid to Pakistan in a five-year commitment aimed at bringing development to the frontline nation and reducing the allure of Islamic extremism.President Barack Obama has enthusiastically supported the 7.5-billion-dollar package, calling it a long-term investment to ...
The US Senate voted Thursday to triple non-military aid to Pakistan to roughly 1.5 billion dollars per year through 2014 in a bid to build trust and cooperation with a key ally against extremism.Senators unanimously approved the measure, which could go through ...
Nicholas Schmidle, who lives in Washington, D.C., spent nearly two years in Pakistan as a fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs, which funds overseas writing fellowships. An article Schmidle published earlier this year in the New York Times Magazine about ...
The article focuses on the impact of the death of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on the U.S. presidential campaign. U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama said that they join the mourning of her loss and stand her family in their quest ...
What strengths do you see in Obama's plan for Afghanistan?Rieff: I think that they're right to link the outcome in Pakistan with the outcome at Afghanistan. One thing they've done that I think is very positive is they've reopen contact with Nawaz ...
The White House Thursday named veteran Middle East envoy Dennis Ross to a key job overseeing policy in a vast region encompassing the Middle East, the Gulf, Afghanistan, Pakistan and South Asia.Ross's move from a low profile job in the State Department ...
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