The Pakistani government said Saturday it had placed the armed forces on alert amid an escalating power struggle with former allies, and vowed anew to prevent a massive opposition rally in the capital Monday. ...more

March 15, 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

As evidence mounts that last week's attacks in Mumbai may have originated on Pakistani soil, U.S. officials' aggressive campaign to strike at militants in Pakistan may complicate their efforts to prevent an Indian military response, which could lead to all-out war between the nuclear-armed enemies. ...more

November 30, 2008

Suicide attacks have killed nearly 1,200 people in Pakistan since July 2007, most of them civilians, according to military statistics Monday that underscored the ferocity of the threat facing the U.S. ally in the war on extremist groups. ...more

September 30, 2008

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan sought to reassure Washington on Friday that it remained an ally in fighting terrorism, but it also warned the U.S. to stay out of Pakistani territory while hunting down militants along the volatile border with Afghanistan. ...more

September 26, 2008

Word is spreading that Pakistan is preparing to stop helping the United States in its war on terror. That's because U.S. troops have attacked targets in the country's remote, lawless regions in an attempt to take out Taliban leaders and Al Qaeda who continue to attack into Afghanistan. Suffice it to say that it is troublesome when an ally threatens to quit being a friend, but it must not stop America from attacking our enemies wherever we find them, and where there is no meaningful support to stop the bad guys by foreign governments who are supposed to be helping us. ...more

September 14, 2008

President Bush secretly approved orders in July that for the first time allow American Special Operations forces to carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without prior approval of the Pakistani government, according to senior American officials. ...more

September 11, 2008

The election of the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to the presidency marked an emotional moment Saturday for the slain leader's supporters. But many Pakistanis wondered whether Asif Ali Zardari could successfully tackle the country's problems. ...more

September 7, 2008

Stung by U.S. allegations that elements in its premier spy agency colluded with Islamic militants in the July bombing of the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistan on Friday conceded that there were "probably" Taliban sympathizers within the ranks of its powerful intelligence establishment. ...more

August 2, 2008