Richard C. Holbrooke: Pakistan Aid Inadequate
Richard C. Holbrooke Interview

Deadly floods in Pakistan have killed more than 1,600 people and affected nearly fourteen million. The UN launched a fresh appeal for $459 million, and international relief agencies warn many more people are at risk without additional aid. The international response to Pakistan's latest crisis has been inadequate so far, says Richard C. Holbrooke

Pakistan's Gambit in Afghanistan
Daniel Markey

The recent replacement of General Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, has led to increased criticism of the war in Afghanistan and concerns about whether the White House is looking for an exit strategy. There's also a sense that Afghans are losing confidence in the allied operations, and Pakistan is looking to exploit that advantage

Shared Goals for Pakistan's Militants
General David H. Petraeus

There is clearly a symbiotic relationship between all of these different organizations; al-Qaeda, the Pakistani Taliban, the Afghan Taliban, TNSM (Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi) states General Petraeus. Petraeus added that it's not surprising that militants would look to wage attacks on American soil

Securing Afghanistan - Pakistan Connection
Mortimer B. Zuckerman

History has been unkind to great powers seeking to subdue Afghanistan. All have failed. The vanquished include the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great, who invaded in the 6th century B.C., Alexander the Great, who rolled in 300 years later, the British in the 19th century, and the Soviets from 1979-89. Now it's our turn, and the situation is more complex than ever.

Pakistan's Shrewd Shift in Dialogue
Daniel Markey

Pakistan's delegation, led by army chief General Pervez Ashfaq Kayani, cleverly changed the subject. He came armed with a fifty-six page book on ways the United States should do more to help Pakistan. Kayani also left his chief spymaster at home, practically eliminating potential for in-depth counterterrorism debates.

U.S. Contemplates More of the Scarcely Believable in Afghanistan & Pakistan
William Pfaff

The idea is for the United States to bomb Quetta, one of Pakistan's principal cities, capital of its largest province, Balochistan, which already experiences separatist forces. Quetta is a major Pakistan military base, home of the century-old Command and Staff College inherited from the British army

Coming up Short on Pakistan
Jayshree Bajoria

President Barack Obama's strategy approving a U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan called success there 'inextricably linked to our partnership with Pakistan.' But the U.S.-Pakistan relationship is riddled with problems. Five independent Pakistani experts assess Obama's strategy, explore the largely negative response in Pakistan, and discuss the military and political pitfalls of the plan.

Arrogant U.S. Misses the Message From Pakistan's People
William Pfaff

There has always been in American foreign policy circles a virus called arrogance, caused by the hereditary assumption that Americans know better than others. Surprisingly, this does not always prove the case, but the condition seems highly resistant to treatment, even by experience. There seems a high probability that the disease has struck Obama administration policy circles dealing with Pakistan

From Iraq to Afghanistan, U.S. Foreign Wars Not Going According to Plan
by William Pfaff

In Iraq, tension was reported to be increasing between the Americans and the Iraqi military and security forces, who were supposed to take over the Americans' responsibilities. Move to another front: Pakistan-Afghanistan. Here there was also supposed to be a straightforward job to do: drive the Taliban out of Afghanistan, into the Tribal Areas of the Pakistan border. There, the Pakistan army, with American urging and help, would defeat and disarm them.

Events in Middle East & Central Asia Challenge U.S's Conventional Assumptions
William Pfaff

Three recent developments in the Muslim Middle East and Central Asia challenge Washington's conventional assumptions about Pakistan, the Taliban, Lebanon and Iran.

Obama's Moment in South Asia
International Current Events, News & World Affairs

Afghanistan and Pakistan are at the very top of President Obama's list of foreign and security priorities. The U.S. military has embraced this new emphasis, as indicated by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen's recent statement that the war in Afghanistan is now more important than the struggle in Iraq.

The increased emphasis on Afghanistan and Pakistan is laudable, because what happens in these two countries is critical in determining the future of extremism and terror -- a defining security challenge of our time.

Fighting Extremism with Democracy in Pakistan
International Current Events, News & World Affairs

Pakistan opposition leader Nawaz Sharif is seen by many -- including, reportedly, officials in the Obama administration -- as the man who can possibly help unite Pakistanis against the scourge of Talebanization threatening the South Asian nuclear-armed nation.

In this interview Sharif says that national consensus on strengthening the rule of law, must be part of a multi-pronged strategy to address the root causes of Taliban extremism.

Cambodia Deja Vu: The Invasion of Pakistan
International Current Events, News & World Affairs

39 years! And here we are again. The United States, despite its plan to deploy nearly 70,000 troops this year in Afghanistan, finds itself and its NATO allies in danger of defeat by the Taliban guerillas. U.S. bombing, with remote-controlled "drones," of the Pakistani Tribal Territories has killed many people but has had no decisive effect on the fighting in Afghanistan.

U.S. launches job program as giving slows for Pakistan flood relief
The United States is launching a new program to provide jobs for thousands of people in flood-ravaged Pakistan, it said Wednesday.

Death toll from air strikes in Pakistan rises
The death toll from air strikes in Pakistan on Tuesday has climbed to 60, two military officials said.

Pakistani airstrikes said to have killed civilians
Pakistani military officials and a local political official gave conflicting accounts Tuesday of attacks by Pakistani jet fighters targeting suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal region, with a politician saying that at least some of the dead were civilians.

U.S. wins by helping Pakistan stabilize
It was Pakistan's birthday on August 14, and no one celebrated.

U.S. to double helicopters for Pakistan
The United States is planning to double the number of U.S. helicopters helping rescue and relief operations in Pakistan.

Pakistan not aware of threats to foreign aid workers, official says
Pakistan's government is not aware of any threat against international aid workers helping with flood relief efforts in the country, despite concerns from U.S. officials and others.

U.S. aid official calls threats to flood workers 'deeply saddening'
USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah has addressed reports of threats to international aid workers helping with flood relief efforts in Pakistan, calling it "deeply saddening that others would choose to use these environments to propagate themselves or to threaten international aid workers."

More deaths feared in Pakistan as flood waters recede
The death toll from Pakistan's massive flooding has climbed to 1,639, but the number could rise substantially as flood waters recede and more bodies surface, government officials say.

Confrontation near U.S. Consulate in Pakistan over
A confrontation between gunmen and security forces near the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, ended Saturday after the militants surrendered, a Pakistan military spokesman said.

Sources: U.S. drone strikes kill 3 militants in Pakistan
Three suspected militants were killed when a suspected U.S. drone fired four missiles on two vehicles in Pakistan's tribal region, Pakistan intelligence officials told CNN Friday.

U.S. concerned about threats against foreign aid workers in Pakistan
The U.S. government has obtained information about threats against foreign aid workers who are assisting in flood relief efforts in Pakistan, the State Department said Thursday.

Officials in flood-ravaged Pakistan urge 500,000 new evacuations
Pakistan's government has warned about 500,000 people in the country's southeastern Sindh province they should evacuate immediately because of possible flooding, government officials said Thursday.

U.S. disputes claim that controversial group is running aid camp
An official with Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, a group with alleged links to a banned Pakistani terrorist organization, says the U.S. Agency for International Development's administrator visited a camp the group is running and praised the work being done there.

Why the world must help Pakistan
From the sky, the massive inland sea of water stretches beyond the horizon -- flashbacks from a different disaster with a puzzlingly different response to the same desperation.

Pakistan hospital cut off by floods struggles to help survivors
The baby's heartbeat was failing, the mother needed medicine, and the doctors wanted clean instruments. But three weeks into Pakistan's flooding crisis, staff in one maternity ward in northern Pakistan had nothing but candles and light from a cell phone on hand to perform a high-risk emergency delivery.

Family treks home to heartbreak
Traffic packs the road leading to Karampur, Pakistan. Never mind that the road remains closed to cars.

Pakistan's flood victims give USAID chief an earful
The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development traveled Wednesday to relief camps in Pakistan's southern Sindh province to get a personal look at what is being done for the flood victims and what they still need.

U.S. sending more helicopters to help in Pakistan flood crisis
The United States is sending four more helicopters and an amphibious ready group to Pakistan to increase the U.S. response to Pakistan's flood crisis, a U.S. military official said Wednesday.

Survivors of Pakistan floods face growing health problems
For almost a million Pakistanis, the misery of epic flooding covering one-fifth of the country has now taken the form of communicable illnesses.

Economic outlook dire for Pakistan flood victims
After weeks of massive flooding that killed at least 1,539 people, water is finally receding in parts of the country. But for the millions of survivors, another nightmare looms.

Children suffer in flooded Pakistan
The elderly women pushed their way through the crowd of refugees to the blond woman walking through the camp in Sukkur, Pakistan. They surrounded the foreigner, aid worker Claire Sanford. One of the women clasped her hands together and began to beg.

Bombs, suspected drone attack kill more than 40 in Pakistan
At least 43 people -- including a former federal lawmaker and 11 suspected militants -- died in four attacks in northwest Pakistan, government and intelligence officials said Monday.

Strike kills 11 suspected militants, Pakistani officials say
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN)-- A strike thought to be launched from a U.S. drone killed 11 suspected militants and injured several in Pakistan's tribal region on Monday, intelligence officials told CNN.

Pakistan bomb kills peace committee members, child
Two members of a local peace committee and a child were killed by a bomb planted in northwest Pakistan on Monday, police told CNN. Four other people were injured, they said.

Blast at meeting kills 3 in northwest Pakistan
At least three people were killed and seven others were injured in an explosion Monday morning in Pakistan's tribal region, officials told CNN.

Death toll from Pakistan flooding tops 1,500 as risk of diseases rises
The massive flooding that has covered about one-fifth of Pakistan has claimed the lives of more than 1,500 people, authorities said Saturday.

Babies suffer in Pakistan flood disaster camps
They are so small that at first you may miss them. Their newborn cries are impossibly soft, asking for their mother's nourishment.

Pakistan crisis a 'slow-motion tsunami,' UN chief says
The death toll from massive floods in Pakistan rose to 1,497 on Friday as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said the crisis is a "slow-motion tsunami" that is expected to grow.

Rescuing Pakistan's flood survivors
Recovery efforts are underway in Pakistan where monsoon rains and severe flooding washed away tens of thousands of homes and killed as many as 1,500 people.

Forget politics, Pakistan is drowning
It seems almost certain that the devastating floods that have ravaged Pakistan since late July are going to have a severe and long-lasting impact on Pakistan's already fragile and mismanaged economy.

Aid only trickles to Pakistan's monsoon disaster
Pakistan is reeling from a natural disaster affecting 20 million people but relief groups say donors have been painfully slow in helping.

U.S. says Pakistan needs more international help
State Department officials are acknowledging that the world economic situation has had an impact on the ability of many governments to help flood-ravaged Pakistan cope with that country's worst disaster in 80 years.

In Pakistan floods, U.S. must step into breach
The U.S. response to the increasing natural disaster in Pakistan is, like so much else when it comes to American relations with that country, too little and too tentative.

Reports of looting, violence surface in flood-ravaged Pakistan
Desperation erupted into violence Tuesday in flood-ravaged Pakistan, as survivors who have yet to receive aid scrambled to put food in their empty bellies.

Health fears rife in flood camps
Little Sabia Mirani's body resembles a skeleton compared to other children her age. The tiny one-year-old is perched on her father's knee fishing out the last few bits of puffed rice in a small plastic bowl.

More U.S. aid arrives in flood-ravaged Pakistan
Four additional U.S. Marine Corps CH-46 helicopters arrived Monday in Pakistan, bringing to 11 the total number of U.S. helicopters there to help with flood-relief efforts, the Pentagon announced.

Ban visits Pakistan amid cholera concerns
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Sunday with Pakistan's president, and both men urged the international community to step up efforts to help the millions affected by flooding in Pakistan.

Ban: Never seen anything like Pakistan devastation
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday that while he has visited sites of natural disasters around the world, he has never seen anything like the devastation created by flooding in Pakistan.

Why Pakistan plays a double game
On a recent visit to India, British Prime Minister David Cameron had this to say about Pakistan, historically a close friend of the West's: "We cannot tolerate in any sense the idea that this country is allowed to look both ways and is able, in any way, to promote the export of terror, whether to India or whether to Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world."

Drone kills 12 militants in Pakistan's tribal region, officials say
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed 12 militants in Pakistan's volatile tribal area late Saturday, officials told CNN.

Second wave of flooding threatens southern Pakistan
A second wave of floodwater is expected to wash through southern Pakistan this weekend, adding hundreds of thousands of people to the number already stranded by a first wave earlier this month, Pakistani officials said.

No contact yet with Taliban for U.S. troops helping in Pakistan
More than 100 U.S. troops are on the ground in a volatile area of Pakistan, helping that government deliver supplies and rescue people from flood-ravaged areas, but a U.S. general said Friday when it comes to fights with the Taliban, rescue teams have had "none."

Pakistani president finally visits flood-affected areas
At the peak of Pakistan's relentless downpours, a year's worth of rain fell in a day, disrupting the lives of 15 million men, women and children across the country.

More rains hit Pakistan as aid agencies boost relief efforts
Heavy downpours worsened massive flooding in Pakistan on Sunday as aid agencies increased relief efforts to help the about 12 million people affected in much of the country.

More rain threatens to worsen Pakistan floods
Heavy monsoonal downpours worsened massive flooding in Pakistan Saturday and weather forecasts provided little hope of drying out in the next few days.

UN estimates more than $1 billion damage from the Pakistan flooding
The United Nations estimates more than a billion dollars damage from the Pakistan flooding.

Flood's estimated toll in Pakistan: 1,500 dead, 4 million affected
Floodwaters subsided Thursday in northern Pakistan's Swat Valley, where a fierce sun baked a thick carpet of mud into a brittle crust, as officials expanded their estimate of the number of people affected.

Pakistani president, UK prime minister meet despite terror row
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and the British Prime Minister David Cameron Friday pledged to increase cooperation between the two countries on economic development and security issues.

Pakistan says 16 million people affected by floods
Imam Baksh used two cots as shelter over his head and a third to shield him from the drenched earth.

50 feared dead in Pakistan bus crash
At least 50 people were feared dead after a bus plunged into a river in northern Pakistan Thursday, state-run media said.

Groups scramble to take aid to flooded areas of Pakistan
Intense rains let up in parts of northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, giving humanitarian groups a chance to get more aid to the millions of people suffering.

More rain, gushing flood waters threaten Pakistanis
Intense rain and gushing flood waters threatened Wednesday to cause more misery in monsoon-bloated Pakistan, where 3 million people are already suffering.

Pakistani flood death toll hits 1,500
The prime minister of Pakistan planned an emergency meeting Wednesday, as flooding continues to wreak havoc on the country.

Scope of disaster widens in Pakistan
More than 3 million people have been directly affected and more than 1,400 have been killed by floods in northwestern Pakistan's Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, an aid group said Tuesday, citing officials.

The United States sees opportunity in Pakistani floods
The Obama administration is looking to turn crisis into opportunity, hoping its robust response to the devastating floods in Pakistan will help improve its poor image among a skeptical Pakistani public.

Officials fear disease outbreak in flood-hit Pakistan
As the relief effort in flood-hit Pakistan intensified Monday, officials were bracing themselves for an outbreak of disease among the millions affected by the country's worst deluge in 80 years.

Crews in Pakistan find voice, flight data recorders
The data recorders for the plane that crashed and killed 152 people in Pakistan have been found, a government official said Saturday.

Officials: More than 1,100 dead in Pakistan flooding
The devastating floods in Pakistan have killed more 1,100 people, Pakistani government officials told CNN on Sunday.

Pakistan president heading to UK for talks despite criticism
Pakistan's president will proceed with a scheduled visit to the United Kingdom this week despite recent tough remarks about his country's handling of terrorism from the British prime minister, officials said.

Official: Spy chief visit to U.K. canceled over PM's remarks
Pakistan's spy chief's planned visit to the United Kingdom has been canceled over tough remarks by the British prime minister about the country, a Pakistani military official confirmed Saturday.

Pakistan flooding death toll reaches 800, more rain to come
The rescue and recovery efforts of the Pakistan floods that have killed more than 800 could become more complicated as weather officials predict more monsoon rains starting Monday.

More than 400 people dead in Pakistan flooding
Flooding caused by monsoon rain has killed more than 400 people across Pakistan, a provincial government official said Friday.

Crews complete search for bodies after Pakistan crash
Recovery crews ended the search for bodies in the hills north of Islamabad Thursday where a passenger plane crashed a day earlier killing all 152 aboard, a government officials told CNN.

Pakistan mourns in crash aftermath
Every time the automatic doors at the outpatient ward of Islamabad's main hospital slid open, they revealed a thick white mist lingering inside.

Cameron: We won't tolerate 'export of terror' by Pakistan
Britain's prime minister delivered a sober message Wednesday to Pakistan: Don't export terror.

Major plane crashes in the past year
The plane crash in Pakistan Wednesday was at least the eighth major deadly airline crash since January 2009.

WikiLeaks files will complicate war
The mother lode of ground-level raw intelligence from the Afghan war disseminated by WikiLeaks may ultimately bring about some good. In the short term, however, it will almost surely further undermine the U.S.-led search for stability.

Drone attacks kills 4 militants in Pakistan
Two U.S. drone strikes killed eight suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal region Sunday, officials told CNN.

Drone strike in Pakistan kills 16
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed 16 alleged militants Saturday morning, Pakistani officials told CNN.

30 dead, 50 missing in Pakistan floods
Torrential rains and floods in Pakistan have killed 30 people, and 50 others are missing, a paramilitary official said Friday.

Five killed in fighting in Pakistan
Five militants were killed Tuesday morning when security forces thwarted a planned attack targeting a military training camp in northwest Pakistan, intelligence officials told CNN.

In Pakistan, 16 killed in convoy attack
Grenades and gunfire killed 16 people and injured several others when militants attacked a convoy of civilian vehicles that the Pakistani military was escorting through the country's tribal region Saturday, intelligence officials told CNN.

6 dead, 18 hurt in blast in Pakistan's tribal region
Six people were killed and 18 wounded in a blast in Pakistan's tribal region Friday morning, a government official told CNN.

Officials: 7 suspected militants killed in drone strike
Seven suspected militants were killed Thursday night in a suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's Tribal region, two intelligence officials told CNN.

Pakistan blast leaves 5 dead, dozens injured
A suicide bomber blew himself up near a military convoy in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing five people and injuring more than 40, a local government official said.

102 killed in attack in Pakistan
The death toll in Friday's blast in Pakistan has gone up to 102, a government official said Saturday.

Pakistan terrorist group growing powerful
The United States and its allies have plenty to worry about in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with al Qaeda, two Talibans, the Haqqani Network and a plethora of other militant groups active. But the United States and intelligence analysts believe another group, one of Pakistan's most powerful and well-established, is also broadening its horizons.

Blast in Pakistan's tribal region kills 56, wounds more than 100
A suicide car bomber killed at least 56 people and wounded more than 100 others Friday when his vehicle exploded in a market in Mohmand Agency in Pakistan's tribal region, officials said.

Pakistan bomb suspects not linked to attack, police say
A dozen men who police said had been arrested over the bombing of a shrine in Pakistan were not involved in the attack, Lahore Police Chief Aslam Tareen told CNN Monday.

Explosions at shrine in Pakistan kill dozens
The death toll climbed to 50 on Friday after a pair of suicide bombers detonated their explosives vests at one of Pakistan's holiest shrines, police said.

Suspected U.S. missiles kill four in Pakistan, officials say
A suspected U.S. drone fired missiles at a militant hideout in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing four and injuring several others, officials said.

Five Americans appeal after terror convictions
Five Americans who were convicted of conspiracy and terror charges in Pakistan are appealing, their lawyer said Monday.

Pakistan gets first delivery of F-16 fighter jets from U.S.
The first three of an order totaling 18 American F-16 fighter jets arrived Saturday in Pakistan in the latest effort between the two countries to fight terrorism, according to the Pakistani Air Force.

'D.C. Five' jailed in Pakistan on terror charges
Five Americans arrested on terror charges in Pakistan have been sentenced to at least 10 years in prison, the deputy prosecutor general said Thursday.

Many insurgents killed in Afghan fighting
Afghan and international troops killed a "large number of insurgents" during an offensive this week, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said on Wednesday.

Missiles fired from suspected drone kill 13 in Pakistan
A missile attack on a militant hideout in North Waziristan killed at least 13 people and injured six others Saturday morning, officials in northwest Pakistan said.

Children taught to be suicide bombers
The Taliban are running suicide schools inside Pakistan, preparing a generation of boys for atrocities against civilians.

Latest drone attack in northwest Pakistan kills 13
A suspected U.S. drone fired six missiles into a compound in North Waziristan, killing 13 suspected militants Friday, according to a Pakistani intelligence official and a local government.

5 dead in attack on convoy near Islamabad
Trucks carrying oil and other supplies bound for NATO troops in Afghanistan came under fire Tuesday on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, leaving five people dead and five others wounded, Islamabad police said.

7 electrocuted in Pakistan as Cyclone Phet strikes Karachi
Seven people were electrocuted during heavy storms that hit the port city of Karachi after Cyclone Phet battered parts of southern Pakistan on Sunday, a provincial health chief told CNN.

Pakistani coastal areas brace for Cyclone Phet
Pakistani authorities dispatched Navy helicopters Thursday to alert fishermen near Karachi and parts of Balochistan to the expected arrival of Cyclone Phet and to urge them to return to shore, the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan reported.

Pigeon caught in India-Pakistan trust gap
A humble pigeon has just flown into a herd of pouncing cats!

Death toll rises to 98 in Pakistan attacks
Pakistani authorities are blaming Friday's deadly attacks in Lahore on militants with ties to the Pakistani Taliban.

Suspected drone kills 12 in South Waziristan
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed 12 militants and wounded four others Friday afternoon in Pakistan's tribal region, intelligence officials told CNN.

Man detained in sweep after Times Square bomb ordered back to Pakistan
A Massachusetts man taken into custody in a law enforcement sweep after the Times Square bombing attempt has been ordered back to Pakistan by a federal immigration judge, a court spokeswoman said Friday.

Sources: Drone strike kills 4 in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. drone fired five missiles at a militant hideout in North Waziristan, killing four suspected militants, two Pakistani intelligence officials told CNN Saturday.

Pakistan blocks YouTube, Facebook over 'sacrilegious content'
Pakistan on Thursday blocked access to YouTube -- a day after it shut down the social networking site Facebook -- in response to an online group calling on people to draw the Prophet Mohammed.

Pakistan should ban extremism, not Facebook
For a country that has produced five military dictators in 60 years, mourned the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and struggles continually against its own militant extremists who have killed thousands in their own nation, Pakistan has absolutely picked the wrong fight by banning Facebook and YouTube because of an idiotic virtual campaign called "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day."

Attack on police kills 12 in Pakistan
An explosion in northwest Pakistan killed 12 people on Tuesday, police and hospital officials said.

'D.C. Five' appear in court in Pakistan
Five Americans on trial in Pakistan on terrorism charges appeared at a brief hearing Saturday, but did not face the detailed questioning they had expected.

Cricket Scandal Denies Pakistanis Relief From Daily Hardships
The cricket-obsessed nation has burst into a collective outcry of anger and frustration after allegations that some players of the national team were involved in illegal match tampering.

Pakistan Gets I.M.F. Relief, Tightens Security
The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed militant violence.

In Lahore, Mourning for Victims of Attacks
Street markets remained closed early on Thursday and police mounted patrols after a suicide attack claimed 31 lives among a procession of Shiite Muslim worshippers.

Should Records From Games Marred by Tampering Claims Still Stand?
Cricket is faced with that question after a British tabloid newspaper alleged that players for Pakistan were paid to tamper with their play during a test last week at Lord's in London.

U.S. Adds Legal Pressure on Pakistani Taliban
The Pakistani Taliban, an Al Qaeda-linked group, is accused of playing a role in the failed Times Square bombing and an attack on a C.I.A. base in Afghanistan.

Suicide Bombers in Pakistan Kill Dozens of Shiites
A blast touched off clashes between local police forces and mourners and protesters infuriated by the attack.

Cricket ‘Spot Fixing’ Video Scandal Rocks Pakistan
For many Pakistanis, weighed down by violence and floods, a betting scandal was the final straw.

Dual Defeats for Pakistan Amid Cricket Scandal
For fans in Pakistan, where cricket is the national sport, the allegations of match tampering were just another in a long string of bad news in their flood-stricken, violence-plagued country.

Pakistanis Scramble to Escape Floods
A town that had been evacuated filled up after the Indus River broke its embankments.

Upstarts Chip Away at Power of Pakistani Elite
Pakistan is urbanizing fast, and powerful forces of change are chipping away at the landed aristocracy.

Evacuations Continue in Southern Pakistan
Hundreds of thousands more Pakistanis fled their homes in the last 48 hours as high floodwaters reached the southernmost region of the country.

Pakistani Taliban Hint at Attacks Against Foreign Aid Workers
Pakistani militants said the presence of foreign aid groups was “unacceptable,” but the United Nations vowed to press on with its work in flooded areas.

China's Discreet Hold on Pakistan's Northern Borderlands
Pakistan has given China de facto control of the strategic Gilgit-Baltistan region in the northwest corner of disputed Kashmir.

Pakistan Flood Sets Back Infrastructure by Years
The destruction of roads, schools and health clinics could further weaken the civilian administration.

800,000 Pakistanis Cut Off From Road
Aid workers pleaded for more help and helicopters to reach hundreds of thousands of people isolated by floods.

Terrorists Exploit Pakistan Floods

The WikiLeaks: Anything new?

Leader of Iranian Militant Group Arrested

Pakistan: Militants Threaten "Sovereignty, Integrity of the State"

Rogue Scientist Confirms Pakistan's Involvement in Iranian Nuclear Program

Pakistan Nuclear Sites Under Attack by Terrorists
Even experts are surprised.

Al Qaeda: We Will Use Pakistan's Nukes Against America

The Unthinkable Will Happen!
Nuclear proliferation leading to nuclear annihilation—the once unthinkable becomes the greatest fear of the experts.

Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan Leaders Meet in Tehran

Afghanistan: Taliban Fighters Using American Weapons

A Nuclear Power Is About to Fall to Islamists
Radical Muslims are closer to the nuclear bomb than we’d like: only 60 miles.

Taliban Advances in Pakistan
As the state capitulates, the Islamists press their advantage.

Pakistan: Islamic Terrorists Form Alliance Against Government
How political instability in Pakistan could bring about the worst possible disaster

U.S. to Europe: Please, Join Our Losing Cause
Signs of looming failure in the Afghanistan war

Is Pakistan on the Brink of an Islamist Revolution?
Will the latest upheaval in Pakistan open the door for Islamist nuclear terrorism?

Pakistani Islamists Join With Government Splinter Group
Will the latest upheaval in Pakistan open the door for nuclear Islamist terrorism?

Pakistan Surrenders to the Taliban

U.S. Searches for Alternative Supply Routes to Afghanistan
As Pakistan becomes increasingly unreliable as an ally, the United States must look elsewhere.

Pakistan, India on War Footing
As India and Pakistan maneuver toward war, the U.S. loses out.

The Threat to Afghanistan Supply Lines
Islamist terrorist activity in Pakistan is threatening supply lines that the U.S. and NATO rely on for the war in Afghanistan.

Mumbai: Islamist Victory, U.S. Setback
The Mumbai attack is putting pressure on Pakistan. The Islamists look to come out on top, which is bad news for America.

Is America Partly Responsible for the Mumbai Massacre?
America’s efforts to stabilize Pakistan have failed. Just ask India.

Mumbai Attacks to Strain U.S.-India Alliance?
America’s response to the Mumbai attacks—together with rising antagonism between India and Pakistan—could push India further into the arms of its East Asia allies.

Pakistan Fires at U.S. Forces
Tensions between the United States and Pakistan continue to escalate.

Bomb Rocks Popular Hotel in Islamabad