Suicide bomber kills 35 near Pakistan's capital
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - A suicide bomb killed 35 people near Pakistan's military headquarters Monday while a second blast wounded several police, continuing a wave of terrorism that prompted the United Nations to suspend long-term development work near the Afghan border.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2009-11-02
Abdullah plans runoff boycott to delay Afghan vote
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai's challenger plans to call for a boycott of next weekend's runoff election in an attempt to force the vote's postponement until spring, his campaign manager said - a move that would dim U.S. hopes for a stable Afghan government for months.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan Saudi Arabia People:Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Activities:2009 Afghan Election Source:(AP)
2009-10-31
Pakistanis confront Clinton over drone attacks
ISLAMABAD - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faced sharp rebukes from Pakistani audiences Friday, including one woman who accused the U.S. of conducting "executions without trial" in aerial drone strikes. Slapping back, Clinton questioned Pakistan's commitment to fighting terrorists.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan United Arab Emirates People:Hillary Clinton Activities:Pakistan-U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-30
Passports linked to 9/11 found along Afghan border
SHERWANGAI, Pakistan - Pakistani soldiers battling their way into a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border have seized passports that may be linked to 9/11 suspects, as they confront an enemy skilled in operating in a mountainous terrain with endless ways to wage a guerrilla war.
Nations:Pakistan India Spain People:Hillary Clinton Activities:Sept 11 Terror Attack 2004 Madrid Bombing Source:(AP)
2009-10-29
Car bomb in crowded Pakistan market kills 100
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Suspected militants exploded a car bomb in a market crowded with women and children Wednesday, killing 100 people and turning shops selling wedding dresses, toys and jewelry into a mass of burning debris and bodies.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Benazir Bhutto Hillary Clinton Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2009-10-28
Taliban kills UN staff in bloody countdown to Afghan polls
KABUL (AFP) - Taliban gunmen stormed a UN guesthouse in Kabul Wednesday, killing at least eight people in a suicide attack as the Islamist militia signalled a bloody countdown to new Afghan elections next week.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Ban Ki-moon Hillary Clinton Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AFP)
2009-10-28
October deadliest month for US in Afghan war
KABUL - Roadside bombs - the biggest killer of U.S. soldiers - claimed eight more American lives Tuesday, driving the U.S. death toll to a record level for the third time in four months as President Barack Obama nears a decision on a new strategy for the troubled war.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan U.S. People:Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-10-27
Obama vows not to rush Afghan troop decision
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AFP) - US President Barack Obama vowed Monday after his latest Afghan war council that he would not rush a decision on whether to send tens of thousands more troops into the eight-year conflict.
Nations:Afghanistan U.S. Pakistan People:John Kerry Dick Cheney Hillary Clinton Robert Gates Joseph Biden Barack Obama Activities:Obama Admin. Afghan Terror War Source:(AFP)
2009-10-26
Pakistan army claims more advances in offensive
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani army claimed advances in its eight-day old offensive in a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border Sunday, while the militants' chief warned of more terrorist attacks around the country unless the military halted the assault.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2009-10-25
White House rejects Cheney's Afghanistan criticism
WASHINGTON - The White House on Thursday forcefully rejected criticism from former Vice President Dick Cheney and other Republicans that President Barack Obama's Afghanistan decision is taking too long.
Nations:Slovakia Pakistan Afghanistan People:John Kerry Dick Cheney Robert Gates Hamid Karzai Newt Gingrich Barack Obama Activities:Obama Admin. Afghan Terror War
2009-10-22
Taliban dig in as Pakistani army slowly advances
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Residents fleeing a 6-day-old Pakistani army offensive in a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border reported Thursday that the insurgents are digging in for a fight and travel the roads freely.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2009-10-22
Mass. man accused of plot to kill US politicians
BOSTON - A Massachusetts man and two friends tried and failed to get into terrorist training camps and then plotted to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and randomly shoot people at American shopping malls, authorities said Wednesday.
Nations:U.S. Pakistan Activities:U.S. War on Terror Source:(AP)
2009-10-21
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