| Quetta, Pakistan –. Members of the Pakistani Shiite Hazara community on Sunday threatened to hold widespread protests if the government did not arrest within 48 hours the people responsible for a massive bombing that killed 81 people. Saturday’s blast … See all stories on this topic » |
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a police officer protecting polio workers during a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, the police said. The attack took place as dozens of polio …
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president praised Pakistan on Tuesday for releasing a group of Taliban prisoners, a move he hopes will kick start peace talks with the militant group, the president's office said. The praise came in a m…
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — As he knelt in prayer to mark one of Islam's holiest days, Ali Raza Qurban saw a childhood friend and dozens of others die in a suicide attack on their Shiite mosque. Sunni militants were again targeting minority ethnic Ha…
Pakistan blocks anti-US protest in tribal region. ISHTIAQ MAHSUD, Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.See all stories on this topic »San Franc…
A wounded Pakistani protester is helped by others during clashes with riot police that erupted as protestors tried to approach the U.S. embassy, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Pakistani police opened fire on rioters who were torching a…
The calls come from Sunni militants notorious for violence against minority Shiites or members of secessionist groups that routinely blow up police stations and attack government facilities in the southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan.See all …
The coalition also denied as "incorrect" Pakistani claims that its military had informed NATO 52 times in recent months that insurgents were crossing from Pakistan into Afghanistan. "Whenever the Pakistani military has requested assistan…
Pakistan's police commandos stand outside a house attacked by gunmen in Lahore, Pakistan on Thursday, July 12, 2012. At least half a dozen Taliban gunmen opened fire on a compound housing policemen in eastern Pakistan on Thursday, killing several o…
The people killed in the restaurant attack in the remote town of Turbat in Baluchistan province were Pakistanis traveling with smugglers to Europe through neighboring Iran, said Abdul Razzaq, a government official in the area. Earlier, U.S. drones …S…