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...
A truck containing a metric ton of explosives slammed into the front gate of the five star Marriott Hotel in Islamabad today, in an incident some officials are already calling "Pakistan's 9/11". The attack has killed at least 60 people and injured 257 more, though it...
A truck filled with some 1,000 kilograms of explosives rammed into the front gate of the five star Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan today, killing at least 60 people and injuring some 200 others. The 290 room hotel is a popular location for foreign envoys and the...
Updating a previous story, it has now been three weeks since Pakistan's government declared its Ramadan ceasefire. With the Muslim holy month more than half way over the ceasefire still hasn't materialized, and though Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the...
