Pakistan
Continuing US air strikes in Pakistan’s tribal agencies
By James Cogan, October 9, 2008
US aircraft are attacking alleged militant targets inside Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Agencies (FATA) at a growing rate.
US-Pakistani skirmish points to threat of wider war
By Keith Jones, September 30, 2008
Washington and Islamabad are seeking to downplay the significance of last Thursday’s military clash between US and Pakistani armed forces on the Afghan-Pakistani border.
Marriott Hotel bombing: another sign of Pakistan’s deepening crisis
By Peter Symonds, September 22, 2008
The massive bomb blast that devastated the luxury Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday evening is one more sign of the deepening political crisis in Pakistan produced by the Bush administration&rsq...
US-Pakistani relations remain on the boil
A new understanding?
By Keith Jones, September 20, 2008
Only hours after giving military assurances that US forces would respect Pakistan’s sovereignty, the US staged another predator-drone attack inside Pakistan, killing at least six people in a Sou...
President Bush authorises US ground operations inside Pakistan
Pakistani anger
By Peter Symonds, September 12, 2008
In a reckless and criminal attempt to suppress the growing insurgency in Afghanistan, President Bush has secretly authorised the use of US Special Forces against targets inside the border areas of Pak...
Another criminal US missile strike inside Pakistan
By Peter Symonds, September 10, 2008
A third US missile strike in less than a week inside Pakistan again underscores the danger that the escalating war in Afghanistan will spread into its neighbour. At least 20 people died on Monday when...
PPP leader to be sworn in as new Pakistani president
Growing anger
By K. Ratnayake, September 9, 2008
Asif Al Zardari, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman and widower of former PPP leader Benazir Bhutto, will be sworn in today as Pakistani president after being elected to the post on Saturday.
Pakistan’s parliament says future US raids should be repelled “with full force”
Today’s presidential election
By Keith Jones, September 6, 2008
Both houses of Pakistan’s parliament voted unanimously Thursday in favor of a motion calling on the government to take military action to thwart armed incursions into Pakistan like Wednesday&rsq...
US attack inside Pakistan threatens dangerous new war
An expanded war
By Peter Symonds, September 5, 2008
A ground assault by US Special Forces troops on a Pakistani village on Wednesday threatens to expand the escalating Afghanistan war into its neighbour.
Pakistan’s ruling coalition splits amid continuing political uncertainty
By K. Ratnayake, August 27, 2008
Pakistan’s governing coalition split on Monday when its second largest partner, the Pakistan Muslim League-Narwas (PML-N), withdrew its support, citing the failure of the leading party, the Paki...
Pakistan’s ruling coalition on brink of collapse
By Vilani Peiris, August 25, 2008
Just one week after the resignation of military strongman Pervez Musharraf as president, Pakistan’s ruling coalition is on the point of breaking down. The Pakistan Muslim League-Narwas (PML-N) o...
Military offensive displaces 300,000 in north-west Pakistan
By James Cogan, August 23, 2008
A major offensive by the Pakistani military against Islamist militants in the country’s Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) and North West Frontier Province (NWFP) has effectively become...
