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NEWS ABOUT: US-Pakistan relations

US-Pakistan relations stories: 11 news summaries
OPINION

Fatima Bhutto: US Should Cut Pakistan Off

Don't give cash to corrupt government, says Zardari's niece

Apr 27, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is going to Washington next week to seek billions more to combat terrorism and keep the troubled nation afloat—and the Obama administration should swat away his outstretched hand, says Fatima Bhutto, estranged niece of Zardari's slain wife, Benazir Bhutto. "No amount of money,... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • Asif Ali Zardari • Fatima Bhutto • US-Pakistan relations • graft • Obama administration

ANALYSIS

 Pakistanis Fear 
 US May Be Out to 
 Carve Up Nation 

Many fear Yanks may be colluding with India

Nov 23, 08 7:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistanis are fearful that the US is part of an India-Afghanistan plot to carve up the nation, writes Jane Perlez in the New York Times. Those worries have been fueled by a theoretical map drawn by US neoconservatives featuring a shrunken Pakistan and larger neighbors. “One of the biggest... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • India • US military • allies • militant • border dispute • US-Pakistan relations

 Pakistan Warns 
 Petraeus on 
 Missile Attacks 

General told that US cross-border strikes are giving anti-American Islamists a boost

Nov 4, 08 6:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan has told the new chief of US Central Command that missile strikes inside its territory must stop, the Guardian reports. Gen. David Petraeus was warned that the strikes on suspected al-Qaeda militants in tribal areas across the Afghan border are fanning anti-American sentiment and creating a "credibility" ... More »

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Pakistan • David Petraeus • Asif Ali Zardari • tribal areas • al-Qaeda • US-Pakistan relations • missile strike

 Pakistani Troops Fire 
 on US Helicopters 

US forced back across border to Afghanistan

Sep 22, 08 3:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani troops fired on two US helicopters crossing the border apparently to attack militants last night and drove them back into Afghanistan, Reuters reports. The aircraft crossed the border in the restive North Waziristan tribal region, according to Pakistani sources. US officials refused to confirm the report. Pakistani officials have... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • US troops • Pakistan militants • US-Pakistan relations • Pakistan army

 US, Pakistan Hold
 Secret Security Meet

Army officials hash out border problems

Aug 28, 08 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of top US and Pakistani military officials, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and David Petraeus, met in secret aboard an aircraft carrier Tuesday to discuss the deteriorating situation along the Afghan border, the New York Times reports. The US has been frustrated lately by the... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • David Petraeus • US military • Adm. Mike Mullen • Ashfaq Kayani • tribal areas • US-Pakistan relations

ANALYSIS

Musharraf's Exit Leaves Alarming Power Vacuum

Washington frets as nuclear nation
steps into unknown

Aug 19, 08 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pervez Musharraf was once Washington's most important ally in the Muslim world, but the general-turned-civilian president of Pakistan had become an increasingly unreliable partner in the combat against Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents, writes the New York Times. Now that Musharraf has resigned, the US will have to work with Pakistan's... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • nuclear facilities • al-Qaeda • US-Pakistan relations • North West Frontier Province

US and Pakistan Let al-Qaeda Regroup

Infighting, Musharraf, Iraq led to failure of 'Operation Cannonball'

Jun 30, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly seven years after 9/11, America has not only failed to capture Osama bin Laden; it has also allowed al-Qaeda to rebuild itself in lawless northwest Pakistan, near the Afghan border. The New York Times conducted more than four dozen interviews to discover how rivalries among American agencies, trouble with... More »

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Afghanistan • Bush administration • CIA • Pakistan • September 11 • tribal areas • al-Qaeda • US-Pakistan relations • South Waziristan

Pakistan's New Leaders
Balk at Giving US Free Rein

Unilateral action against terror targets would be 'counter-productive'

May 9, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - If the US was hoping the new government would give it leeway to strike at al-Qaeda within Pakistan, those hopes were dashed today, as the ruling coalition said such attacks would be “counter-productive.” Pakistan had been a US ally in the war on terror under President Pervez Musharraf,... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Waziristan • Pakistan militants • Pakistan military • US-Pakistan relations

Pakistani Parties Spurn Musharraf, Forge Coalition

Leaders plan to reinstate judges deposed by president

Mar 9, 08 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani opposition parties formed a coalition today that snubbed President Pervez Musharraf. The alliance of ex-PM Nawaz Sharif and the late Benazir Bhutto's party will also reinstate the judges deposed by Musharraf last year. Having opposed Musharraf's reelection bid, the judges are also likely to challenge his presidency in court,... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Pashtun • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • US-Pakistan relations • Pakistan judges

Bush Push
for Musharraf Angers Pakistan

Media turns on US as Washington supports beleaguered president

Feb 29, 08 5:07 AM CST
(Newser) - His political future might be in doubt, but Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is still receiving forceful backing from the Bush administration after his party's drubbing in parliamentary elections—and it's angering Pakistanis, reports the New York Times. "I’ve never seen such an irrational, impractical move on the part... More »

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Bush administration • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • John Negroponte • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari • US-Pakistan relations • George W. Bush

Probe Looms for US Billions to Pakistan

LIttle accounting for use of mammoth payments

Feb 21, 08 6:12 AM CST
(Newser) - The electoral defeat of President Pervez Musharraf may prompt Congress to scrutinize the Coalition Support Funds—billions of dollars paid by the US to Pakistan to foot the bill for military action against al-Qaeda near the border with Afghanistan. US officials approve some $80 million a month despite only vague... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pentagon • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Condoleezza Rice • secretary of State • corruption • September 11 • Islamabad • Operation Enduring Freedom • US Embassy • Coalition Support Funds • Afghan border • tribal areas • al-Qaeda • Pakistan military • US-Pakistan relations

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