Pakistan and the United States have signed an agreement outlining the movement of NATO supply convoys through Pakistan and into Afghanistan through the end of 2015. The deal signed Tuesday formalizes an arrangement that has allowed the U.S. to supply its troops that have been fighting in the Afghan war for over a decade. It […]
Pakistan, US Sign NATO Supply Deal
Posted July 31st, 2012 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan and the United States have signed an agreement outlining the movement of NATO supply convoys through Pakistan and into Afghanistan. The deal signed Tuesday formalizes an arrangement that has allowed the U.S. to supply its troops fighting in the Afghan war for over a decade. Earlier this month, Pakistan re-opened its two border crossings […]
Pakistan Temporarily Shuts NATO Supply Route
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials have temporarily shut the country’s northwestern border into Afghanistan due to security concerns, following a deadly attack on a NATO truck earlier this week. A local official in the town of Jamrud, Bakhtiar Khan, told VOA Thursday that the movement of NATO supply vehicles into Afghanistan from the Khyber tribal agency has been […]
Deadly Blast Hits Busy Market in Pakistan
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwestern Pakistan say a bomb has exploded in a busy market, killing at least eight people. The blast happened Thursday in Salarzai, an area of the Bajaur tribal district near the Afghan border. Authorities say two children were among those killed and at least 20 people were wounded in the attack. The bomb […]
Blast Kills 7 in NW Pakistan
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 5:20 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwestern Pakistan say a bomb has exploded in a busy market, killing at least seven people. The blast happened Thursday in Salarzai, an area of the Bajur tribal district near the Afghan border. No group claimed immediate responsibility for the attack, which also wounded at least 11 people. The Pakistani Taliban has a […]
Blast Kills 5 in NW Pakistan
Posted July 26th, 2012 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwestern Pakistan say a bomb has exploded in a busy market, killing at least five people. The blast happened Thursday in Salarzai, an area of the Bajur tribal district near the Afghan border. No group claimed immediate responsibility for the attack, which also wounded at least 11 people. The Pakistani Taliban has a […]
Pakistani High Court Delays Deadline in Graft Case
Posted July 25th, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan’s highest court has given the government two more weeks to comply with an order to pursue corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. Judge Asif Saeed Khosa had ordered Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to submit a report on his findings by Wednesday, but adjourned the hearing until August 8. Pakistan’s attorney general had […]
Gunmen Attack NATO Convoy in NW Pakistan
Posted July 24th, 2012 at 5:25 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say gunmen have attacked a convoy carrying supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan, killing a driver and wounding at least one other person. The officials say the attack happened Tuesday in Jamrud, the main town in Pakistan’s Khyber tribal region. It was the first attack on a NATO convoy since Pakistan reopened the […]
Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 9 in Pakistan
Posted July 23rd, 2012 at 2:30 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani security officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed at least nine suspected militants in the country’s northwest. The missiles hit a compound Monday in the Shawal area of the North Waziristan tribal agency near the Afghan border — a known hub for al-Qaida and Taliban-linked militants. Officials say the compound is linked to […]
Study: Pakistan Must Reform Police
Posted July 22nd, 2012 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
A new study says Pakistan needs to overhaul its police force to make it more effective in the fight against growing violence. The report, to be issued Monday by the U.S.-based Asia Society, urges Pakistan to step up police training and invest in better equipment. It also calls for reforms to reduce corruption within the […]
