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    Oct 11, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Afghanistan, Pakistan and the U.S.: Repairing relations

    After a year of calamitous turns in the relationship between Washington and Islamabad, many Americans are wondering how this troubled alliance can possibly be repaired. Even more may be wondering whether we can simply extricate ourselves from it, finding other partners and other strategic options in South Asia. Alas, Pakistanis have had similar doubts about America even longer, which goes far toward explaining their hedging behavior; many in the nation's military and intelligence services tolerate or even support the militant Haqqani network and localTaliban (Quetta Shura) in ways that destabilize Afghanistan and lead to the deaths of Afghans and NATO troops. Certainly, it seems safe to conclude that Pakistan is our most complex ally since Stalin's Soviet Union, a poster child for what a foreign "frenemy" looks like for the United States.
    After a year of calamitous turns in the relationship between Washington and Islamabad, many Americans are wondering how this troubled alliance can possibly be repaired. Even more may be wondering whether we can simply extricate ourselves from it,...

    Tags: Civil Unrest, India, Haqqani Network, Pakistan, Kabul (Afghanistan)

    2. May 31, 2012 |Story| Reuters

  2. FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Pakistan

    Reuters
    By Rebecca Conway ISLAMABAD, June 1 (Reuters) - Relations between the United States and its ally Pakistan have been stuck at their lowest in years after a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last November. The incident...

    Tags: Punishment, Golf, Espionage and Intelligence, Pakistan, Taliban

    3. May 28, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. 10 reasons why Pakistan should apologize to U.S.

    Pakistan'sobsession with extracting an apology from the U.S. for airstrikes that accidentally killed 24 Pakistani troops last year seems dubious considering its own questionable commitment in the fight against terrorism.
    Pakistan'sobsession with extracting an apology from the U.S. for airstrikes that accidentally killed 24 Pakistani troops last year seems dubious considering its own questionable commitment in the fight against terrorism. Instead of jeopardizing U.S....

    Tags: Jihad, The Wall Street Journal, Punishment, Espionage and Intelligence, Washington, DC

    4. May 23, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  4. Pakistan convicts doctor who helped U.S. find bin Laden of treason-like charge; 38 years in prison

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden was convicted Wednesday of conspiring against the state and sentenced to 33 years in prison, adding new strains to an already deeply troubled relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan.
    PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden was convicted Wednesday of conspiring against the state and sentenced to 33 years in prison, adding new strains to an already deeply troubled relationship between the U....

    Tags: Punishment, Espionage and Intelligence, Pakistan, Central Intelligence Agency, International Organizations

    5. May 11, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. U.S. lawmakers want Pakistan network to be dubbed terrorists

    World Now
    Democratic and Republican leaders of the congressional oversight committees are urging the Obama administration to formally designate Pakistan’s Haqqani Network a terrorist organization....
    6. Mar 22, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Email suggests Pakistan doesn't want Taliban rule in Afghanistan

    World Now
    REPORTING FROM ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- Experts have long theorized that Pakistan’s preferred scenario for a postwar Afghanistan includes the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul. A security think tank’s 2011 email, recently reported by...
    7. Mar 8, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  7. News briefs from around the world

    <span style=&quot;font-size: medium;"><strong>Romney says he's on track to get a nominating majority before convention; rivals undeterred.</strong></span>
    Romney says he's on track to get a nominating majority before convention; rivals undeterred. WASHINGTON (AP)— His delegate lead growing, Mitt Romney gently nudged his Republican opponents toward the sidelines on Wednesday and said he was on track...

    Tags: Syria, Punishment, Defense Equipment, Social Media, Defense

    8. Mar 8, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. International Women's Day: What's happening around the world

    World Now
    women, human rights, International Women's day, equality: It's International Women's Day. The event, born of the socialist movement in the United States the early 1900s, has spread across the world in the century since. But the day looks very different...
    9. Mar 9, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Pakistan prime minister names new spy agency chief

    World Now
    Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gilani on Friday named a successor to Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha as the head of Pakistan’s powerful spy agency, ending speculation that Pasha’s term would be extended for the third year in a row....
    10. Apr 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. U.S. offers $10-million bounty for Pakistani militant chief

    World Now
    The U.S. government has set a $10-million bounty on Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the founder of a Pakistani militant group with suspected links to Al Qaeda and the alleged mastermind behind the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people....
    11. Mar 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. How will it end in Afghanistan?

    This has been one of the worst fortnights in the increasingly unhappy 10 1/2-year Afghan war for NATO and, above all, the United States and its ally, Britain. First there was the burning of the Korans at Bagram air base, which unleashed a wave of...

    Tags: Bombings, Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Pakistan, Kabul (Afghanistan)

    12. Feb 17, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Pakistan rips 'preposterous' ideas about its role in Afghan talks

    World Now
    Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said any expectations Pakistan could deliver the Taliban leader to the negotiating table for Afghan peace talks were “preposterous.”...
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