U.S. officials say Chinese engineers were likely given access to the wreckage of a stealth American helicopter that crashed during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The officials say Pakistan’s intelligence service allowed the engineers to photograph the helicopter, which contained special technology designed to allow the aircraft to elude radar. U.S. forces involved […]
U.S. Officials Say Pakistan Likely Granted China Access to Helicopter
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 11:45 pm (UTC-5)
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20 Pilgrims Die in Pakistan Bus Accident
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 6:00 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say at least 20 people were killed and 20 more injured Sunday when a passenger bus veered off the road and fell into a ravine in the country’s southwest. The officials said the bus was carrying pilgrims from the Shah Noorani shrine in Baluchistan province to Sindh province when the driver lost control […]
Bomb Blast Kills 12 in SW Pakistan
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani police said Sunday a bomb blast in a two-story hotel in the country’s restive southwest killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 20 others. Authorities said the explosion occurred in the town of Dera Allah Yar in Baluchistan province, located some 300 kilometers east of the provincial capital, Quetta. The authorities warned […]
Pakistan Search for Leads in Case of Kidnapped American
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani police continue to look for leads into the kidnapping of a U.S. citizen from his residence in the eastern city of Lahore. Development expert Warren Weinstein was snatched by gunmen early Saturday morning after they overpowered guards and broke into his house. No one has claimed responsibility for the abduction. Police have questioned the […]
Bomb Blast Kills 12 in Southwest Pakistan Hotel
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
(( new head, new info grafs 1-7) Police in southwestern Pakistan say a bomb has exploded in a two-story hotel killing at least 11 people, and injuring more than 20 others. Authorities say the explosion occurred in the town of Dera Allah Yar in Baluchistan province. The death toll could rise as several people are […]
Rocket Attack Kills 3 Soldiers in Pakistan
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 2:20 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwest Pakistan say suspected militants have launched a rocket attack on a paramilitary base, killing three soldiers and wounding at least 23 others. Authorities say the rockets hit a base in Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan’s restive tribal area, as Independence Day ceremonies got underway. Washington is pressing Islamabad to launch […]
American Development Worker Kidnapped in Pakistan
Posted August 13th, 2011 at 2:30 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani police say at least eight armed men kidnapped a U.S. citizen from his residence in the eastern city of Lahore early Saturday. The U.S. Embassy has identified the American as Warren Weinstein, a man in his 60s serving as the director in Pakistan of a U.S.-based development consulting company, J.E. Austin Associates. Police said […]
Pakistan Convicts 7 for Army HQ Siege
Posted August 13th, 2011 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
A Pakistani military court has convicted seven people of launching a siege on the army headquarters and sentenced the alleged ringleader to death. An official told reporters Saturday the man to be executed is a retired soldier known as Aqeel or Dr. Usman. Four others — a second retired soldier and three civilians — were […]
American Development Worker Kidnapped in Pakistan
Posted August 13th, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani police say at least eight armed men kidnapped a U.S. citizen from his residence in the eastern city of Lahore early Saturday. The U.S. Embassy has identified the American as Warren Weinstein, a man in his 60s serving as the director in Pakistan of a U.S.-based development consulting company, J.E. Austin Associates. Police said […]
US Citizen Kidnapped in Pakistan
Posted August 13th, 2011 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani police say at least eight armed men kidnapped a U.S. citizen from his residence in the eastern city of Lahore early Saturday. The U.S. Embassy has identified the American as Warren Weinstein, a man in his 60s serving as the director in Pakistan of a U.S.-based development consulting company, J.E. Austin Associates. Police said […]
