With each image of police dragging demonstrators into vans, and each announcement of protest rallies banned, more and more Pakistanis are seeing a replay of the political turmoil that led to the end of a military government last year. ...more

March 16, 2009

Suspected U.S. missiles slammed into a compound near the Afghan border Saturday, killing about 30 people, local officials said. Most of the dead were thought to be militants linked to the Taliban or al-Qaida. ...more

February 15, 2009

Two missile attacks launched from remotely piloted U.S. aircraft killed at least 15 people in western Pakistan on Friday. The strikes suggested that the strategy of using drones to kill militants inside Pakistan's own borders would continue under President Barack Obama. ...more

January 24, 2009

A suicide bomber attacked police in northwest Pakistan as they rushed to treat civilians wounded by an earlier explosion, killing seven people and injuring at least 25 others, a police official said. ...more

January 5, 2009

Pakistan told India on Saturday that it does not want war and is committed to fighting terrorism - a move apparently aimed at reducing tensions after Pakistan moved troops toward their shared border. ...more

December 28, 2008

Pakistan began moving thousands of troops from the Afghan border toward India, officials and witnesses said Friday, raising tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors and possibly undermining the U.S.-backed campaign against al-Qaida and the Taliban. ...more

December 27, 2008

In a methodical execution-style attack, gunmen with automatic weapons cornered and killed an American aid worker and his Pakistani driver Wednesday in the capital of Pakistan's volatile northwest region. ...more

November 13, 2008

Relief workers are still finding mountain villages destroyed in the earthquake in southwestern Pakistan that have yet to receive aid, the Red Cross said Saturday. ...more

November 2, 2008

Pakistan's government eased its rhetoric Saturday against unilateral U.S. attacks on militant havens near the Afghan border, saying it hopes quiet diplomacy will persuade Washington that the raids only inflame sentiment against leaders of both countries. ...more

September 14, 2008

Pakistan angrily condemned a raid on a village that killed at least 15 people Wednesday, claiming U.S.-led troops flew in from Afghanistan for the first known foreign ground assault against a suspected Taliban haven in this country's wild tribal belt. ...more

September 4, 2008