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Afghan President Hamid Karzai Agrees to a Second Round of Elections
Election authorities have said that Afghan President Hamid Karzai gave in to international pressure on Tuesday and agreed to take part in a second round of elections on November 7. In agreeing to the November run-off against former Foreign Minister Abdullah...
Mapping Taliban Fighters’ Advance in Pakistan
While the Pakistani military claims to be killing scores of Taliban fighters in its fresh offensive in the western Swat Valley and in the surrounding Malakand region, according to a BBC Urdu Service study only 38% of western Pakistan’s Pashtun border...
Taliban Imposing ‘Parallel’ Government in Pakistan Border Region
In Pakistan’s Afghan border regions, the month of January began with the imposition of harsh new directives. As of January 2, women in the region were prohibited from holding compulsory identification cards bearing their photographs. Widows were...
CCTV Footage Released Showing Bombing of Marriott Hotel in Pakistan
CCTV footage has been released showing a truck bomb exploding outside the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan. The footage from a camera, which was manually controlled to focus specifically on the developments as they happened. How People Arrived Here:...
Massive Explosion At a Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan Kills At Least 40 People
The Marriot Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan has been bombed. At least 40 people are dead and twenty-five injured. The explosion, believed to be a car or truck bomb, occurred at 8 p.m. (10 a.m. ET), just hours after newly elected President Asif Ali Zardari...
Pakistani And Afghan Leaders Seek New Start To Target Enduring Threat
When Pakistan’s new president, Asif Ali Zardari, was inaugurated this week, Afghan President Hamid Karzai was the only foreign head of state in attendance. His presence was generally regarded as an opportunity to move toward a rapprochement between...
Tribal Areas in Pakistan Pose Crucial First Challenge For Zardari
A crucial test for Pakistan’s president-elect, Asif Ali Zardari, will be addressing the complex problems in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), the vast stretch of territory on Pakistan’s western border with Afghanistan,...
Bhutto’s Widower Asif Zardari Wins Pakistan Presidency
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, has won a sweeping victory in Pakistan’s presidential election. The election was called after Pervez Musharraf resigned rather than risk being impeached, BBC reports.
