One day after a reported five minute exchange of fire between Pakistani and US troops along the Afghan border, Pakistani government spokesman Akram Shaheedi warned the US-led coalition forces "not to violate territorial sovereignty of Pakistan as it is...
As Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin makes her way around the television interview circuit, it allows us to learn more and more about her foreign policy positions. In her RNC address, she declared victory in Iraq within sight and cautioned against a...
This morning NATO issued a statement saying that Pakistani forces opened fire on two US helicopters near the border between Afghanistan's Khost Province and Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency. A US military spokesman confirmed the incident, and insisted that they did...
Updated 9/25 3:55 PM EST NATO has issued a statement today saying that Pakistan troops opened fire on two helicopters near the Afghan border. This is the third such incident reported in the past two weeks, with the other two reports involving US helicopters in South...
Following up on yesterday's myriad of reports regarding what did or didn't happen to a US Predator Drone near the South Waziristan border, Pakistan's military has officially admitted to recovering the wreckage of a downed US drone near the border which suffered a...
When Secretary of Defense Robert Gates spoke to the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday, he claimed that "it is essential for Pakistan to be a willing partner in any strategy" in the troubled border region. However when asked about the prospects for Pakistan...
Several reports have emerged today that an unmanned US spy drone was downed in Pakistan's South Waziristan Agency. A remarkably diverse set of explanations for the event have emerged, leaving what if anything really happened clouded in mystery. One report has Pashtun...
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is expected to pressure President Bush to halt its recent policy of escalating attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas during their upcoming meeting in New York. The recently elected President Zardari is under increasing pressure to...
A group calling itself Fedayeen Islam has claimed credit for Saturday's attack on the Islamabad Marriott Hotel. Though the authenticity of the claim could not be verified, Al-Arabiya television reported a correspondent received a text message containing a phone...
The rescue effort continues after yesterday's deadly suicide bombing on Islamabad's Marriott Hotel, and with the full toll of the blast still not known a nation which has become increasingly accustomed to terrorist attacks is now reflecting on the consequences of what...
