NATO continues to supply occupation forces in Afghanistan through Pakistani airspace, despite Islamabad’s closure of supply routes, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter said on Thursday. In November, U.S. airstrikes destroyed a Pakistani outpost killing 24 Pakistani soldiers. Following that, the government in Islamabad closed NATO’s ground supply routes in southeastern Pakistan in a punitive move [...]
A U.S. drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region on Thursday, killing three people and wounding three others, according to Pakistani intelligence officials. The attack was the second strike in two days, with another on Wednesday that killed 8 people. The back-to-back strikes could signal a complete end to the [...]
Four Killed as Another US Drone Strike Hits Pakistan | Second North Waziristan strike in 24 hours
House Hearings on Balochistan: Pakistan’s Kosovo? | US mulls Balkanization of Pakistan
A U.S. drone attack fired missiles at a house in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region near the Afghan border Wednesday, killing eight people, according to Pakistani intelligence officials. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, barred from speaking about foreign bombs killing people on their soil because the CIA’s drone war in Pakistan is technically classified. [...]
Pakistan’s Supreme Court Moves Forward With PM’s Contempt Case | Gilani agrees to appear on February 13
Pakistan dismissed renewed accusations that elements of the Pakistani government are aiding the insurgency in Afghanistan, claims made in a leaked “highly classified” U.S. military report on the war. “It seems to be a report that is detached from reality,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Basit. “Pakistan’s commitment to end the insurgency along the Pak-Afghan [...]
Islamabad issued another condemnation on Monday of Washington’s drone war in northwest Pakistan, branding it “unlawful, counterproductive and unacceptable,” after President Obama for the first time publicly acknowledged the classified program. Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said: “Our position on drone strikes is clear and based on principle. We cannot condone the violation of our [...]
President Barack Obama readily confirmed the drone war in northwest Pakistan in an interview Monday, breaking with the protocol which normally demands U.S. officials not speak publicly about the classified program. “I want to make sure people understand actually drones have not caused a huge number of civilian casualties,” President Obama said in an hour [...]
Karzai’s Taliban Talks Mean Courting Pakistan | Afghan govt. hoping Pakistan can introduce them to some Taliban
