Pakistani fighter planes and helicopter gunships attacked multiple locations suspected of being militant hideouts in Mohmand Agency today, with military officials saying "25 to 30 militants were killed and many wounded" in the attacks. Other sources however said that...
Pakistan Sees Internal Rapprochement as India Tensions Linger
Both India and Pakistan seem to be making some effort to curb what in the first days after last week's Mumbai attacks seemed a growing risk of war. Both sides have continued to assert that their nations' respective militaries are prepared to defend themselves, but...
Kashmir Finds Itself at Center of Indo-Pakistani Row
Though hardly an unfamiliar role for them, Muslim residents of the Indian portion of the disputed Kashmir region find themselves once again at the center of worsening relations between the neighboring nuclear powers. This time, the tension is coming as the Indian...
India Demands ‘Action’ From Pakistan After Mumbai Attacks
India summoned Pakistan's High Commissioner today to demand "strong action" against the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the militant group presently being blamed for last week's Mumbai attacks. Among other things, they demanded the Pakistani government extradite LeT founder...
30 Killed, 200 Wounded as Karachi Riots Continue
Violence in Pakistan's economic hub of Karachi continued for the second straight day, with 21 more killed, bringing the two day total to at least 30 killed and around 200 wounded in the city-wide violence. Shops closed and police declared emergencies in the local...
Mumbai Attack Imperils US Role in Indo-Pakistani Relations
India continues to reel from last week's Mumbai attacks, and with the finger of blame pointed squarely at Pakistan tensions between the two nations are at their worst level since 2002. As the two nations rally support and prepare to position growing amounts of their...
Pakistan Poised to Pull Troops From Afghan Border as India Relations Sour
In comments today Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani has said Western allies have been informed the nation will commit the approximately 100,000 troops deployed in the border region near Afghanistan to the Indian border. As tension rise the Prime Minister...
Sources: Much of India’s Afghan Aid Funneled to Anti-Pakistan Activities
Lest we think that all the allegations flying across the India-Pakistan border in the past few days are headed in one direction, Pakistan's Daily Times is reporting tonight on evidence which according to unnamed sources was gathered by Pakistani intelligence agencies,...
Pakistani Spy Agency’s Political Wing Disbanded
In a sign that the days of military interference in political affairs may indeed be over, Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) has had its domestic political wing disbanded. The enormously independent ISI has been accused of using the wing to...
NATO Distances Itself From US Drone Strikes
During a visit to NATO headquarters, Pakistani Senate Defense Committee Chairman Nisar Memon brought up the issue of the US unilateral drone strikes into Pakistan, warning that they are damaging the reputation of not just the US, but its allies in the Afghan war as...