Yesterday, Admiral Mullen announce his new "comprehensive strategy" for the war in Afghanistan, the centerpiece of which is ratcheting up attacks in neighboring Pakistan. The American intelligence community has warned the administration against such attacks, saying...
With drone attacks already up over threefold from 2007 the US desire to ramp up attacks inside Pakistan even further has run into another wall today as Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Parvez Kayani announced that foreign forces would no longer be allowed to...
Last Updated 9/8 3:05 PM EST This morning two US Predator Drones attacked a small village two miles north of Miramshah in Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency, killing at least 23 and wounding 20 others. Ten of those killed were said by officials to be militants,...
The Pakistani military has been engaged in a major offensive in the tiny Bajaur Agency since early August. On August 24, at the behest of Bajauri tribal elders, the Tehreek-e Taliban announced a unilateral ceasefire. At the time, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman...
Updated 9/7 9:35 AM EST With newly elected President Asif Ali Zardari's victory barely in the books, a surge of violence across Pakistan's North West Frontier Province emerged as the first pressing task for him to attempt to tackle. A massive suicide bombing and...
In an election that provided few surprises, legislators elected Pakistani Peoples Party candidate Asif Ali Zardari to be the new President of Pakistan. The unofficial count went much as expected, with Zardari capturing 479 out of 702 votes. Besides winning the federal...
Updated 9/6/08 at 9:00 PM EST In a move seen by some as the latest fallout from Wednesday morning's US attack on South Waziristan, the Pakistani government has ordered that supply lines to NATO troops in Afghanistan be immediately severed for an indefinite period of...
Just hours remain before Pakistan's legislature decides on a new President, and while it is virtually a foregone conclusion that the winner will be the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Asif Ali Zardari, the already serious concerns about his ability to maintain...
Last night we reported a story, also run in Pakistan's media, which cited an air-strike by a US drone which killed at least six people. The strike reportedly occurred on the outskirts of Miramshah, a small town in North Waziristan just a few miles from the Afghanistan...
As anger continues to mount in Pakistan over yesterday's attack by US ground troops in South Waziristan, which reportedly killed 20 civilians, unnamed US officials have suggested that the raid was only the beginning of an increase in NATO operations in Pakistan's...
