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Pakistan Mourns Bhutto on Anniversary of Slaying

Government calls for UN to probe former PM's assasssination

(Newser) - Tens of thousands of Pakistanis have traveled to Benazir Bhutto's hometowm to mark the first anniversary of her assassination, Reuters reports. The former prime minister was killed in a gun and bomb attack at an election rally a year ago today. Many questions still surround the killing and the country's...

Pakistan Moves Troops Toward Indian Border

Shift comes amid tensions after Mumbai crisis

(Newser) - Pakistan began moving thousands of troops away from the Afghan border toward India today amid tensions following the Mumbai attacks, intelligence officials said. The move represents a sharp escalation in the standoff between the nuclear-armed neighbors and will hurt Pakistan's US-backed campaign against al-Qaeda and the Taliban taking place near...

Pakistani Taliban Vow to Blow Up Girls' Schools

Extremists also ban polio vaccines; order women to cover up

(Newser) - Taliban militants in Pakistan's Swat region have threatened to blow up schools and kill schoolgirls if female education isn't halted by next month, reports the Times of London. The extremists have already destroyed 125 schools for girls in the region this year. Women have been warned not to set foot...

The World's Worst Humanitarian Crises
The World's Worst Humanitarian Crises
OPINION
Dec 23, 2008 4:42 PM CST

The World's Worst Humanitarian Crises

Civil war and displacement fuel tragedies across the globe: aid group

(Newser) - Aid organization Doctors Without Borders has released its annual list of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Here's a sample:
  • Somalia: Increased friction between insurgents and the government unleashed some of the worst violence in a decade. One in five children there dies before turning 5.
  • Congo: Hundreds of thousands have
...

US Drone Strike Kills 7 in Pakistan
US Drone Strike Kills
7 in Pakistan
Dec 22, 2008 6:48 AM CST

US Drone Strike Kills 7 in Pakistan

Attack mounts pressure for government to act

(Newser) - An unmanned US drone is suspected of firing two missiles in Pakistan that killed seven people, the BBC reports. Taliban were seen pulling bodies from a fort-like house afterward as tribesmen fired at the aircraft. Since August, American-operated drones have launched more than 20 missiles in the tribal areas near...

Mumbai's Posh Hotels Prepare to Reopen

(Newser) - Three weeks after militants went on a murderous rampage in Mumbai, two of the city's high-profile targets are ready to welcome guests again. Both of Mumbai's five-star hotels—the sleek, sea-front Oberoi and the majestic 105-year-old Taj Mahal—will reopen at least some of their sections tomorrow. The main areas,...

US May Double Forces in Afghanistan to 60K

(Newser) - The US could double the number of its troops in Afghanistan to about 60,000 by next summer, the highest such estimate to date, Reuters reports. American troops currently number 31,000, but joint chiefs chairman Mike Mullen said today that an additional 20,000 to 30,000 will be...

India Cans Pakistan Cricket Trip

Tensions still high in wake of Mumbai violence

(Newser) - Government officials have canceled the Indian cricket team’s tour of Pakistan, the Times of India reports, terming the trip unsafe and inappropriate in the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attacks for which it holds a Pakistan-based group responsible. “The government has declined permission to go ahead with the...

West Should Buy Out Pakistan's Nukes
 West Should Buy Out 
 Pakistan's Nukes 
OPINION
Dec 16, 2008 4:05 PM CST

West Should Buy Out Pakistan's Nukes

Trading needed aid dollars for elimination of WMDs would be cheap compared to bailout

(Newser) - Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal has done nothing to steady its economy or deter terrorism, Bret Stephens notes in the Wall Street Journal—so why not sell it to the West? Pakistan has already lobbied for economic aid; for eliminating “its entire nuclear stockpile and the industrial base that sustains...

Afghan Unrest Idles Pakistani Truckers Supplying NATO

Attacks on Khyber Pass route have drivers demanding a pay increase

(Newser) - Last week’s attacks on American supply lines have Pakistani truck drivers refusing to drive into Afghanistan to resupply NATO troops, the Times of London reports. The route through the Khyber Pass was scheduled to reopen today, but the truckers union is holding out for a significant bump in pay....

India Fighter Jets Buzz Pakistan
India Fighter Jets
Buzz Pakistan
Dec 14, 2008 8:20 AM CST

India Fighter Jets Buzz Pakistan

Pakistan downplays 'accident,' while Brown reads riot act to Zardari

(Newser) - India fighter jets crossed into Pakistan territory yesterday before being intercepted by Pakistani aircraft who harried them back to their own nation, according to officials in Islamabad. The jets buzzed two regions where Indian officials charge that terrorists are being trained, reports the New York Times. Pakistan downplayed the "...

Terror Outcry May Nix Pakistani Cricket Tour

(Newser) - Reacting to the Mumbai terror attacks, India’s sports minister said today that he opposes upcoming cricket matches between India and Pakistan, the Washington Post reports. MS Gill said India's team should not take a 5-week Pakistani tour as planned while "people from their soil were indulging in mass...

Founder of Mumbai Terror Group Under House Arrest

Pakistan also freezes organization's assets

(Newser) - Bowing to global pressure to curb terrorist activities inside its borders, Pakistan today placed the founder of the group thought to be responsible for the Mumbai attacks under house arrest, Reuters reports. Pakistani police encircled the house of Hafiz Saeed, founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba group and head of its charity...

India: 20 Recruited With Mumbai Gunmen at Large

Police release names, planning details

(Newser) - Indian police say the 10 Mumbai attackers were among 30 recruits selected for suicide missions—and they don’t know the whereabouts of the rest. There was no indication that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militants were in India, but the police commissioner says news that others were willing to die—provided by...

Minister: Pakistan 'Ready for War'

If India pushes, Pakistan vows to retaliate

(Newser) - Pakistan’s foreign minister escalated the rhetoric against India yesterday, saying the country is “ready for war” if pushed to it over the Mumbai attacks, the Telegraph reports. “We do not want to impose war, but we are fully prepared,” Shah Mehmood Qureshi said. “We are...

Zardari: Mumbai Attack Targeted Pakistan, Too
Zardari: Mumbai Attack Targeted Pakistan, Too
OPINION
Dec 9, 2008 11:10 AM CST

Zardari: Mumbai Attack Targeted Pakistan, Too

Terrorists sought to impede country's peace process with India

(Newser) - Pakistan played no part in the Mumbai attacks, President Asif Ali Zardari writes in today’s New York Times, except perhaps as a co-victim. The attacks “were directed not only at India,” he writes, “but at Pakistan’s new democratic government and the peace process with India...

US Needs Wake-Up Call on Pakistan
 US Needs 
 Wake-Up Call 
 on Pakistan 
opinion
Dec 8, 2008 1:28 PM CST

US Needs Wake-Up Call on Pakistan

Patchwork approach has failed—time for a more holistic view

(Newser) - Pacifying Pakistan could prove more difficult than democratizing Iraq, a hard reality that may be eased somewhat by a US special envoy, George Packer writes in the New Yorker. Packer, who backs the appointment of Richard Holbrooke, cautions that anything other than a holistic approach could spell trouble. “Years...

Pakistan Busts 'Mastermind' of Mumbai Attacks

Security forces raid Lashkar-e-Taiba training camp

(Newser) - Pakistani security forces raided a suspected terrorist training camp last night and arrested several members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed for the Mumbai attacks. One of the men arrested was Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi—the militant that India has accused of masterminding the attacks, reports the Times of London. Local residents...

Afghan Supply Trucks Torched in Pakistan

Attack raises concerns about supply pipeline

(Newser) - Militants torched more than 160 trucks in two Pakistani terminals supplying US-led troops in Afghanistan, AP reports. A security guard was killed in the assault at one of the terminals. While some witnesses reported hundreds of gunmen, a US official called the attack “militarily insignificant,” saying it would...

India Piles More Mumbai Accusations on Pakistan

Official: Pakistani military, spy elements trained attackers

(Newser) - Indian authorities have now accused four leaders of the Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba of involvement with the Mumbai attacks, the Wall Street Journal reports. A lead investigator has also issued the most pointed accusation yet that members of Pakistan’s military and spy agency helped train the attackers. The charges...

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