Today's presidential election has been decided, and Democratic Senator Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America. And though President-elect Obama is unlikely to make any wholesale changes to America's foreign policy when he takes office...
A spokesman from the Pakistani embassy denied tonight a report that his government has a "secret understanding" with the United States on the contentious issue of unilateral US air strikes launched into Pakistani territory. The report stems from comments in an article...
US General David Petraeus met with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and other top officials today in what was described by the general as a "very frank and very forthright" conversation, during which the Pakistani officials asked if the United States would be so...
Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Maulvi Omar denied today that his organization has any ties with al-Qaeda, and reiterated his call for peace talks, saying the TTP was sincere about peace with the government, and any attempt to resolve the issues by force...
Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Parvez Kayani is being rushed to Turkey this evening for a meeting with Turkish government officials hot on the heels of Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani's talks with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. The meeting appears to be the...
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani once again warned NATO that the unilateral air strikes into Pakistani territory were "counter-productive" today as the United States launched two drone strikes, in North and South Waziristan Agency, respectively, killing a...
Updated 10/31 7:40 PM EST US drones launched two separate attacks in the North and South Waziristan Agencies of Pakistan today, killing 32 people. The primary target in North Waziristan appears to be a "mid level al-Qaeda leader" known as Abu Akash al-Iraqi. One...
As promised earlier this week by Pakistani Senate leader Raza Rabbani, the Pakistani government has summoned US Ambassador Anne Patterson today to lodge a "strong protest" against the continued US drone strikes inside Pakistani territory. The government statement...
The reports of the Afghan government seeking some kind of rapprochement with the Taliban seem stronger than ever, and in a move which General David Petraeus said he supports earlier this month the United States may be considering not just backing the talks but being...
For the second time in the past few days, the Pakistani Senate has strongly condemned the recent US drone strikes in North and South Waziristan. The resolution labeled the strikes "unfortunate" and a gross violation of Pakistani sovereignty. Senate leader Raza Rabbani...
