Pakistan
Pakistan: Terrorist attack targets international cricket match
By Keith Jones, March 4, 2009
Eight people were killed and more than a dozen injured when unidentified terrorists mounted a commando-style raid Tuesday morning on a convoy of vehicles carrying players and umpires to a Pakistani-Sr...
Pakistan rocked by protests after opposition leaders stripped of political rights
By Keith Jones, February 28, 2009
There have been demonstrations in cities across Pakistan for the past three days protesting against a Supreme Court ruling that the two principal leaders of the country’s main opposition party are i...
Obama expands US military intervention in Pakistan
By Barry Grey, February 23, 2009
The Obama administration is significantly expanding the US military role in Pakistan beyond that pursued by the Bush administration, according to a front-page article published February 21 by the New ...
Two US missile strikes in Pakistan in three days kill more than 60
By Barry Grey, February 17, 2009
The two missile strikes, bringing the number since Obama took office to four, were a clear signal that the new administration intends to escalate the US military intervention in Pakistan.
India ratchets up tensions with Pakistan over Mumbai attack
By Peter Symonds, January 9, 2009
The Indian government launched a diplomatic offensive against Pakistan this week, with a dossier linking the Pakistan-based Islamist organisation Lashkar-i-Taiba (LeT) to the Mumbai terrorist attacks....
Amid rising tensions, Pakistan moves troops to Indian border
By K. Ratnayake, December 29, 2008
Tensions between India and Pakistan intensified last Friday after the Pakistani military began shifting troops from its western border with Afghanistan to bolster positions along the border with India...
US looks for other Afghan supply routes
By James Cogan, December 24, 2008
US supplies into Afghanistan are under threat due to the expansion of the Taliban insurgency and the growth of Islamist activity inside Pakistan.
Pakistan: Conditions attached to IMF “bailout” will exacerbate slump and poverty
By Vilani Peiris, December 16, 2008
A representative of the Royal Bank of Scotland has said that the “stabilization” program the IMF has imposed on Pakistan will result in up to three million job cuts and a further 5.6 million to 7....
Pakistan rounds up suspects in Mumbai attacks
By K. Ratnayake, December 11, 2008
Under intense pressure from the US and India, the Pakistani government has initiated a crackdown on Islamist groups allegedly involved in the terrorist attacks on Mumbai.
The US, Pakistan and the “terrorist” Hamid Gul
December 10, 2008
Washington’s targetting of Gul raises an inconvenient fact: that the nexus between the Pakistani military establishment and Islamist militias has its roots in the CIA-backed jihad in the 1980s again...
Insurgent attacks on NATO trucks highlight US military crisis in Afghanistan
By Barry Grey, December 9, 2008
A series of attacks on US and NATO military equipment depots in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar have underscored the increasingly dire security situation facing American and allied forces ...
Tense India-Pakistan standoff continues
By Peter Symonds, December 8, 2008
The Bush administration is exerting intense pressure on Pakistan to take action against Islamist groups allegedly responsible for last month’s terrorist attacks on Mumbai. Rather than easing tension...
