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Kerry says hopes Pakistan drone strikes to end soon

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ISLAMABAD - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Pakistanis on Thursday that Washington planned to end drone strikes in their country soon - a message aimed at removing a major source of anti-American resentment in the strategically important country.

Babies given away live on air in Pakistani talk show

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani television is screening what many call its most controversial content yet in a ruthless quest for ratings: a talk-show host who gives away babies live on air.

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U.S., Pakistan agree to start new chapter in long-strained relations

ISLAMABAD - The United States and Pakistan agreed on Thursday to re-establish a "full partnership", hoping to end years of acrimony over U.S. drone strikes on Pakistani soil, the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and other grievances. | Video

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Al Qaeda militants killed in drone strike in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - A drone strike in Pakistan this week killed three al Qaeda operatives who ran a training camp in neighboring Afghanistan to prepare militants for attacks including this week's jail break in Pakistan, a Taliban commander said on Wednesday.

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Secretary of State Kerry in Pakistan on unannounced visit

ISLAMABAD - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Pakistan late on Wednesday for a day of talks aimed at easing tensions over U.S. drone strikes while putting pressure on the nuclear armed nation to do more to eliminate militant havens on its territory.

31 Jul 2013

Taliban jailbreak prompts fears of more attacks on Pakistan prisons

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani authorities moved some of their most notorious militant inmates after an intelligence warning of an imminent jailbreak but a Taliban raid this week has raised fears about the security of all Pakistani prisons.

31 Jul 2013

Veteran Pakistani politician elected president

ISLAMABAD - Mamnoon Hussain, a veteran Pakistani politician and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's trusted ally, was elected president on Tuesday in a vote by legislators for the largely ceremonial post of head of state. | Video

30 Jul 2013

Mass jail break in Pakistan as Taliban gunmen storm prison

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - In an operation carried out with military-like precision, Taliban fighters disguised as police and armed with bombs broke 250 prisoners out of a Pakistan jail on Tuesday with the help of what appeared to be insider informants. | Video

30 Jul 2013

Gunmen launch major attack on Pakistani prison holding militants

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Grenade-wielding Taliban fighters battled Pakistani security forces during a sophisticated midnight attack on a major prison holding hundreds of Taliban and other militants, police said on Monday.

29 Jul 2013

Vimpelcom sells Africa assets, eyes Pakistan telco Warid: sources

DUBAI - Telecoms group Vimpelcom has agreed to sell two of its sub-Saharan assets for about $100 million and is bidding for Pakistan's mobile operator Warid Telecom, two banking sources familiar with the matter said.

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Paramilitary forces investigate at the site of a suicide bomb blast in Charsadda, northwest Pakistan May 13, 2011. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
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Pakistan's Taliban: who are they?

Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsibility for a double bomb attack on a paramilitary force academy in the town of Charsadda that killed 80 people, saying it was their first revenge strike for the killing of Osama bin Laden on May 2.  Video | Full Article