Officials in northwest Pakistan say a bomb blast has killed at least six people and wounded 15 in the tribal region along the Afghan border. Authorities say the bomb exploded Saturday near a bus stand at a bazaar in Landi Kotal in the Khyber tribal district. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but […]
Pakistan FM Denies ‘Price Gouging’ on Higher NATO Tariffs
Posted June 13th, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say Islamabad’s demand for higher tariffs on NATO supplies are not blocking talks on reopening NATO supply routes to Afghanistan. Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar told reporters Wednesday that suggestions Pakistan is involved in what she called a “price-gouging debate right now” are “wrong and must be dispersed [dispelled] as soon as […]
NATO Chief Hopes Pakistan Supply Route Will Reopen Soon
Posted June 13th, 2012 at 4:45 am (UTC-5)
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says he hopes supply routes through Pakistan into neighboring Afghanistan will be reopened soon. Rasmussen spoke Wednesday during a visit to Australia, days after a team of U.S. negotiators left Pakistan without a new transit deal. Pakistan closed the NATO supply lines in November after U.S. airstrikes mistakenly killed 24 […]
Pakistan, India’s Stand-Off Continues on Glacier Dispute
Posted June 12th, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan and India’s latest talks about whether to end decades of a military stand-off on the Siachen glacier ended with both sides failing to reach an agreement. The two-day meeting ended Tuesday in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi with nothing more than a joint commitment to “serious, sustained and result-oriented efforts” for an amicable settlement […]
Pakistani Court: Former Ambassador Authored Controversial Memo
Posted June 12th, 2012 at 8:25 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court says the country’s former ambassador to the United States unquestionably authored a memo last year seeking U.S. help in reining in the military. The court ruled Tuesday that Husain Haqqani wanted to make himself “indispensable to the Americans” and committed acts of disloyalty to Pakistan. It directed Haqqani to appear before the […]
Pakistani Court: Former Ambassador Authored Controversial Memo
Posted June 12th, 2012 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court says the country’s former ambassador to the United States unquestionably authored a memo last year seeking U.S. help in reining in the military. In its ruling Tuesday, the court said Husain Haqqani wanted to make himself “indispensable to the Americans” and committed acts of disloyalty to Pakistan. It said that in the […]
US Pulls NATO Supply Routes Negotiators Out of Pakistan
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. military is pulling negotiators out of Pakistan after they failed to reach an agreement with Pakistani officials on reopening NATO supply lines into Afghanistan. Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters Monday that the negotiating team had been in Pakistan for about six weeks. He said that in the absence of a deal to […]
US Pulls Negotiators from Pakistan on Supply Routes
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
The United States is pulling its negotiators from Pakistan, after talks with Pakistani officials on the reopening of NATO supply lines into Afghanistan stalled. Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters Monday that some members of the negotiating team left Pakistan in recent days and that others will follow shortly. He said “we will continue to […]
Pakistan, India Hold Talks on “World’s Highest Battlefield”
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan and India are holding talks on whether to demilitarize the Siachen glacier, known as the world’s highest battlefield. The two-day meeting that began Monday in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi is the 13th round of talks and the first time both sides have met on the issue since April, when an avalanche buried 140 […]
3 Killed in Pakistan Blast
Posted June 11th, 2012 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a bomb blast struck a bus Monday in restive Baluchistan province, killing at least three passengers and injuring 30. Local media report the bomb was affixed to a motor bike and detonated by remote control. Oil-and-gas-rich Baluchistan has been in the grip of a regional insurgency for years as separatist militants fight […]
