The political turmoil in Pakistan is threatening to undermine a new long-term counterinsurgency plan by the U.S. military aimed at strengthening Pakistani forces fighting Islamic extremists in the country's tribal areas, according to senior military officials. ...more

November 9, 2007

Why is Pakistan important to the United States? Osama bin Laden may be hiding there. Intelligence experts say a resurgent al-Qaida and Taliban run training camps in tribal territories along the Afghan border. Their strategists operate openly in Pakistani cities. Also, the country possesses what the West most fears terrorists might obtain: nuclear weapons. ...more

November 4, 2007

Islamic militants reportedly captured and beheaded three militiamen and a police officer Friday while government troops and helicopter gunships attacked the nearby stronghold of a radical cleric in northwestern Pakistan. ...more

October 27, 2007