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Topic: Pakistan

May 25, 2013
1:19 am

Afghan women training in special forces to fight the Taliban. (Screenshot)

Women on Afghan frontlines to fight Taliban

From the web Female special forces, though few, are training to battle extremists responsible for the oppression of women, reports India’s NDTV

May 24, 2013
4:42 pm

IAEA headquarters in Vienna. (photo credit: Sarajevo-x/Wikimedia Commons)

UN nuke agency’s Iran probe dependent on ‘suspicious’ US intel

American involvement in investigation complicates efforts to produce findings that can be accepted by international community

By George Jahn

May 24, 2013
1:30 pm

Illustrative photo of an American MQ9 Predator drone in Afghanistan (photo credit: CC BY AN HONORABLE GERMAN, Flickr)

Pakistan, Yemen welcome Obama’s drones speech

Islamabad maintains that strikes violate its sovereignty, demands that program terminates completely

May 17, 2013
9:28 am

Illustrative photo of an American MQ9 Predator drone in Afghanistan (photo credit: CC BY AN HONORABLE GERMAN, Flickr)

Drone strikes lead Congress to rethink post-9/11 law

Between 2,424 and 3,967 people are believed to have been killed by US drones, the majority in Pakistan

May 12, 2013
3:00 am

Former prime minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party Nawaz Sharif, center, addresses his supporters as his brother Shahbaz Sharif, right, and daughter Maryam Nawaz, second from left, listen at a party office in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013 (photo credit: AP/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan’s Sharif declares election victory

Winner calls on other parties to enter coalition talks, work together to rid nation of ‘power cuts, inflation and unemployment’

By Rebecca Santana and SEBASTIAN ABBOT

May 11, 2013
4:49 pm

$Supporters of Pakistan's cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan pray for their leader's health in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. One of Pakistan’s most prominent politicians, Khan fell from a stage at a political rally Tuesday in Lahore, leaving him with two hairline skull fractures and uncertainty hanging over his ability to campaign ahead of Saturday’s general election. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)$

Who are the major players in Pakistan’s May 11 vote?

Opposition party head considered front runner, while cricket legend-turned-politician could have a significant impact on vote

May 11, 2013
1:17 pm

Pakistani women line up to enter a polling station and cast their ballots on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Pakistanis go to polls as 29 killed in attacks

Despite violence, many see historic vote as a key step to solidify civilian rule; two-time PM Nawaz Sharif said to be in lead

By Rebecca Santana and SEBASTIAN ABBOT

May 10, 2013
5:28 am

Illustrative photo of an American MQ9 Predator drone in Afghanistan (photo credit: CC BY AN HONORABLE GERMAN, Flickr)

Pakistani court declares US drone strikes in the country’s tribal belt illegal

From the web The Independent: Tribunal calls on Islamabad to petition the United Nations over ‘war crimes’ committed by American military

April 19, 2013
10:09 pm

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a ceremony at the nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz. (photo credit: AP/Hasan Sarbakhshian/File)

UN Security Council: North Korea, Iran ‘serious’ nuke threats

Joint statement by council’s five permanent members calls for making the Middle East a zone free of nuclear weapons

April 19, 2013
8:23 am

Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf arrives under tight security to address supporters at his house on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan (photo credit: AP/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan police arrest former leader Musharraf

Judge orders two-day detention followed by hearing in anti-terrorism court; officials declare Musharraf’s home a jail

April 17, 2013
8:45 pm

In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, addresses a group of Iranian military commanders in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 17, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Office of the Supreme Leader)

Iran condemns killing of innocents in Boston

But Islamic Republic’s leader says US employs double standards, kills innocents with drones

April 17, 2013
8:30 pm

Murdered journalist Daniel Pearl. (Photo credit: the Daniel Pearl Foundation)

Herzliya college opens Daniel Pearl journalism center

IDC program dedicated to balanced coverage named after WSJ reporter, killed by terrorists in Pakistan, whose last words were ‘I am Jewish’

By AP and Times of Israel staff

April 16, 2013
6:39 pm

People evacuate buildings and gather on road after a tremor of an earthquake was felt in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday (Photo credit: Shakil Adil/AP)

Earthquake kills dozens in Iran, Pakistan

Red Crescent calls second quake in two weeks ‘complicated emergency situation’; 7.8 magnitude tremor reaches from Gulf to India

By Times of Israel staff

April 16, 2013
2:31 pm

At least 40 dead in massive Iran earthquake

Red Crescent calls second quake in two weeks ‘complicated emergency situation’; 7.8 magnitude tremor reaches the Gulf, India, and Pakistan

By Times of Israel staff

April 4, 2013
10:24 am

The domes of the Coptic Saint Mark's Church in Cairo, Egypt (photo credit: CC BY Bakar_88, Flickr)

Washington focuses on plight of Mideast’s minorities

House and Senate bills, coupled with Obama’s Bethlehem visit, may signal a keen interest in the tribulations of non-Muslim groups

By Haviv Rettig Gur

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