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Pakistan, Iran launch controversial gas pipeline project
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Work formally began Monday on a controversial pipeline that would feed energy-starved Pakistan natural gas from Iran, a project that has drawn stern warnings from the U.S. of possible sanctions against Islamabad if the South Asian...
Tags: Politics, Environmental Issues, Tehran (Iran), U.S. Department of State, Nuclear Policy
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Attack on Pakistani Shiites kills at least 30
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when either one or two bombs exploded in a Shiite-majority neighborhood of Karachi, local officials said. Initial reports said that two blasts had detonated near a...Tags: Politics, Television Networks, Injuries and Wounds, Explosions, Government
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Police officer latest victim of anti-vaccination violence in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Gunmen shot and killed a police officer assigned to safeguard a polio vaccination team in the northwest city of Mardan on Tuesday, the latest in a pattern of attacks that have jeopardized efforts to rein in the disease in the...
Tags: Polio, Disease Prevention, Viral Diseases and Infections, Vaccines, Shootings
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Pakistan militants kill 5 in attack on tribal official's compound
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Militants disguised as policemen stormed the compound of a top tribal region official in the northwest city of Peshawar on Monday and killed five police officers, the latest outbreak of violence to rattle the country as its civilian...
Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Taliban, Explosions, Human Rights Watch
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Militants attack Pakistani army camp, kill 23
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades, automatic rifles and suicide explosive vests launched a predawn raid on a Pakistani army camp in the country’s volatile northwest Saturday, killing 23 people and injuring at...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Firearms, Al-Qaeda, Suicide, Military Equipment
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Land mine blast kills 2 polio workers in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A land mine blast killed two polio vaccination workers in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, the latest in a recent wave of violence involving healthcare teams trying to eradicate the disease in the South Asian nation. The blast...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Vaccines, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations, Islam
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Pakistan government calls demands by protesters 'not possible'
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s embattled civilian leadership declared Wednesday it would not succumb to large anti-government protests, calling the demands made by demonstrators unrealistic because they require changes to the country’s...
Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Politics, Political Dissent, Political Corruption, Parliament
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Pakistan says soldier killed by Indian troops in cross-border raid
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani army accused Indian troops of launching a cross-border raid early Sunday in the disputed Kashmir region that killed a Pakistani soldier, while India countered that it retaliated with small arms fire only after...
Tags: Politics, Heads of State, Asif Ali Zardari, Unrest, Conflicts and War, India
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Gunmen kill 5 anti-polio workers in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Five female anti-polio workers in Pakistan were slain Tuesday by gunmen on motorcycles, police said, on the second day of a three-day national immunization campaign. Four of the women were killed in Karachi, the nation's largest...
Tags: Health Organizations, Disease Prevention, Vaccines, Asif Ali Zardari, Jacob Zuma
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Pakistan extends refugee status for Afghans by six months
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan has decided against evicting Afghan refugees for at least six more months, avoiding a potential exodus into Afghanistan that could have destabilized Islamabad's war-torn neighbor at a time when Kabul is bracing for the...Tags: Politics, Kabul (Afghanistan), Refugee, United Nations, Taliban
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U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan kills top Taliban commander
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan killed a top Taliban commander responsible for engineering attacks on U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Pakistani military and intelligence sources said Thursday. The death of Pakistani...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Vaccines, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Al-Qaeda, Taliban
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Pakistanis release 8 Afghan Taliban prisoners
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan has released another batch of Afghan Taliban prisoners, the Foreign Ministry announced Monday, a further sign of the Pakistani government's willingness to facilitate efforts by Washington and Kabul to negotiate a peace...Tags: Politics, Central African Republic, Kabul (Afghanistan), Taliban, Government
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