August 26, 2008;
By HELENE COOPER and MARK MAZZETTI ;
nytimes.com;
WASHINGTON — Zalmay Khalilzad , the American ambassador to the United Nations , is facing angry questions from other senior Bush administration officials over what they describe as unauthorized contacts with Asif Ali Zardari , a contender to succeed Pervez Musharraf as president of Pakistan .
Mr. Khalilzad had spoken by telephone with Mr. Zardari, the leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party, several times a week for the past month until he was confronted about the unauthorized contacts, a senior United States official said. Other officials said Mr. Khalilzad had planned to meet with Mr. Zardari privately next Tuesday while on vacation in Dubai, in a session that was canceled only after Richard A. Boucher, the assistant secretary of state for South Asia, learned from Mr. Zardari himself that the ambassador was providing “advice and help.”
“Can I ask what sort of ‘adv...
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ISLAMABAD : President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday strongly condemned the bomb blast in Dera Ismail Khan that took many lives.
In his message, President Zardari deplored the tragic act and said the perpetrators of such heinous crime would not be spared.
PM Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in a separate message condemned the bomb blast in strongest terms.
He directed the authorities to investigate into the matter and asked the provincial government to provide necessary facilities to the in... more
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has asked Sindh Government to develop Neem forests in and around Sindh Secretariat and Pakistan Secretariat to improve the environment.
According to official sources here Friday, he instructed the Sindh Chief Minister to arrange for preparation of feasibility in this regard and submit it for approval.
The sources said the federal government would provide funds in this regard. Sindh Chief Secretary has been tasked to prepare the feasibility.
Under... more
Islamabad, Nov 16 (ANI): The main Opposition party in Pakistan, the PML-N has said that the PPP-led federal governments approach to the IMF to borrow money was a proof of the failure of the economic plans of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
In a statement issued here on Saturday, PML-Ns Information Secretary and MNA Ahsan [...]... more
THE Pakistan Cricket Board sacked national coach Geoff Lawson, just 15 months after the former Australia paceman took up the position, the board’s spokesman said.2 Vote(s)... more
International Herald Tribune
October 24, 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Two tribal elders lay stretched out in an orthopedic ward here last week, their plastered limbs and winces of pain grim evidence of the slaughter they survived when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the midst of their tribal gathering.
These wounded men, and many others in the hospital, were supposed to be the backbone of a Pakistani government effort to take on the Taliban, and its backers, Al Qaeda, with armies of tr... more
Suspected US missiles struck a Taliban-linked school in north-western Pakistan killing nine people, intelligence officials said, in an apparent bloody sign of American frustration with the country’s anti-terror efforts.
The strike came hours after Parliament warned against any incursions on Pakistani soil in a resolution, that also condemned the wave of violence tearing at the country, while stressing the need for dialogue. According to four intelligence officials, the suspected US miss... more
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KHAR, The News: The authorities and tribal elders on Monday signed the latest in a series of peace deals with pro-Taliban militants in Bajaur tribal agency, officials and witnesses said. The tribesmen and militants agreed not to give foreign militants safe haven in the area or allow “subversive” activities, while the authorities pledged not to make arrests without consulting the elders, they said.... more
Man linked to killing of Canadian envoy Glyn Berry out of custody Monday, March 26, 2007 CBC News The Afghan police investigator who made the only arrest in connection with the killing last year of Canadian diplomat Glyn Berry in Afghanistan now fears retribution for his police work and is appealing to Canadian authorities for protection. Capt. Sher Ali Farhad has fled with his family from Kandahar and has sought safe haven in Kabul after receiving death threats and learning on Saturd... more
March 26, 2007;
WANA, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistani Taliban militants clashed with police at a high school after trying to recruit students to fight in Afghanistan, leaving one policeman and one rebel dead, officials said.
Shortly after the gunbattle in the northwestern town of Tank, which adjoins the lawless South Waziristan tribal region, an extremist hurled a grenade at a police vehicle in the area, wounding nine people, they said.
The violence erupted when police s... more
By Damien McElroy in Ghowrak, Kandahar;
The Telegraph (UK) / March 26, 2007;
Troops fighting in Afghanistan are meeting resistance not only from the Taliban, but from the people they are there to support.
In the dustbowl settlement of Ghowrak in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, a senior Allied delegation, lead by a British colonel, flies in on a hearts-and-minds mission to halt the leaching of support for the Allied mission.
"I’d say that was an ... more
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