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Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in an article in the Washington Post in March defined US objectives in Pakistan as "control of nuclear weapons, counter-terrorism cooperation and resistance to Islamic radicalism" and believes Pakistan could turn "into the wildcard of international...

So, why is Pakistan so important? Mitchell Shivers Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Asian & Pacific Security Affairs gave the following reasons in his testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on 25 June 2008: Firstly, Pakistan is the second most populous...

Pakistan Daily Monday, 17 November 2008 01:51 Bill Kristol, a Fox Television commentator and arch American neoconservative revealed recently what many had long suspected was US thinking about the current international situation. Kristol recounts that in a 90-minute, mostly...

India and Sri Lanka Big brother is watching you Oct 23rd 2008 | COLOMBO From The Economist print edition Renewed Indian interest in their country worries many Sri Lankans FROM shanty houses to parliament, Sri Lankans are transfixed by one topic: India’s impact on the government’s...

India’s north-east Bodo count Oct 9th 2008 | DELHI From The Economist print edition Assam’s largest tribe goes to war with its Muslims INDIA’S north-east is “an anthropologist’s delight and an administrator’s nightmare”, notes Sanjoy Hazarika, author of several books about the...

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US shifts focus to Pakistan threat By Kim Ghattas BBC News, Washington Increasingly worried about the threat from militant groups inside Pakistan, the US is trying to develop a comprehensive approach to tackling the security challenges this poses to Afghanistan, coalition forces there...

Nato attacks 'rebels in Pakistan' Nato-led forces in Afghanistan say they have fired into Pakistan after coming under attack from there by suspected militants. Troops used attack helicopters and artillery to fire from Paktika province after the militants fired rockets. Nato...

US troops abandon Afghan outpost Kunar has seen some of the fiercest fighting of the conflict US and Afghan troops have abandoned a remote village in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine US soldiers and wounded a dozen more on Sunday. A statement said the outpost had...

By Sandeep Sahu BBC News, Bhubaneswar Security forces in eastern India have recovered a police launch which sank following an attack last month by Maoist rebels. Nine bodies were found in the vessel after it was brought to the surface of a reservoir in eastern Orissa state...

Can Pakistani troops make Peshawar safe? By Abdul Hai Kakar BBC News, Peshawar The city of Peshawar in north-west Pakistan is gripped by fear, even though the government has launched a security operation to protect it against threats from Islamist militants. The reason is...

By Toby Harnden in Washington Last Updated: 9:20PM BST 30/06/2008 The White House has blocked a secret Pentagon plan to pursue Osama bin Laden in the tribal areas of Pakistan, it has been reported. Intelligence agencies have concluded that bin Laden has re-established a network of...

Indian impasse over nuclear deal http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44776000/jpg/_44776421_nukedealcpmprtestap226.jpg The Communists have opposed the deal India's governing coalition and its communist allies have failed to break the deadlock over a delayed civilian nuclear...

U.S. Funding to Pakistan Plagued With Problems, GAO Report Says By Robin Wright Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, June 25, 2008; Page A09 The Bush administration has paid Pakistan more than $2 billion without adequate proof that the Pakistani government used the funds for their...

Pipeline deal 'soon', says India The pipeline is crucial for India's energy supplies India will soon sign an agreement with Iran and Pakistan to construct a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline, its petroleum minister has said. Murli Deora said some "minor problems" over the...

US attack raises fresh questions in Pakistan M Ilyas Khan in Karachi examines the fallout from Tuesday's deadly air attack by the US on Pakistani territory. Footage released by the Pentagon allegedly shows air strikes taking place There are two possible explanations for the US-led...

By Haroon Rashid BBC Urdu service, Islamabad BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Pakistan reveals defence spending The military has kept a lid for years on how it spends its money Pakistan's newly-elected civilian government has decided to make the country's defence budget public for...

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