Indian Army Chief: War With Pakistan Still an Option

Tensions between India and Pakistan continue to worsen nearly two months after the Mumbai attacks. Today, Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor commented on the increase in the number of Pakistani troops along the powder-keg border between the two. Gen. Kapoor said...

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India Threatens to Sever Ties With Pakistan

In an interview today, Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram accused Pakistan of "doing nothing" to assist India since November's Mumbai attacks and said if this doesn't change his government plans to sever all business, transport and tourist links with...

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Afghan Militants Launch Bold Attack Into Pakistan

Over 600 militants from both the local area and Afghanistan launched a frontal assault on three checkpoints in Pakistan's border Mohmand Agency, sparking a several hour gunfight which led to the deaths of at least 40 of the attackers and six Pakistani soldiers. At...

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US Drone Strikes Kill Five in South Waziristan

It was far from a happy New Year for the resident of South Waziristan's Karikot region, after US drones fired three missiles, killing five people and sewing panic in the streets. All five killed were in a vehicle struck by one of the missiles, and another inside the...

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Pakistan Closes Khyber Pass

In addition to announcing a massive military offensive in the Khyber Agency, the Pakistani government today proclaimed the Khyber Pass, the source of nearly three quarters of the supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan, closed until further notice. The military imposed...

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