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Moscow: Russia's security forces thwarted a planned terror attack in Moscow by striking against a group of three suspected militants near the country's capital, according to the National Anti-Terrorist Committee. Two militants believed to be ...

The Rack: Mohsin Hamid, "Pakistan: Why Drones Don't Help" ( NYRB ). On the offensive Three U.S. soldiers were killed in the Zhare district of Kandaharon Tuesdaywhen a roadside bomb ripped through their convoy ( NYT , RFE/RL ). Considered ...

Islamabad: A staggering 75,000 security personnel, including 5,000 troops for sensitive polling stations in restive areas, were deployed across Pakistan today for the landmark elections, threatened by the Taliban. Aerial surveillance was also in ...

By Mustafa Qadri, Special to CNN Editor's note: Mustafa Qadri is Amnesty International's Pakistan researcher. The views expressed are his own. Saturday was a milestone is Pakistan's short history for the first time since the country's creation in ...

Islamabad: A scion of one of Pakistan's most famous political families was shot and kidnapped on Thursday, marring the final hours of an electric general election campaign that concluded with Imran Khan addressing a vast gathering of supporters from ...

ISLAMABAD, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Pakistanis began voting on Saturday morning in a one-day general election to elect a new government for the next five years with hopes of a positive change and end to the years of terrorism in the country. The polling ...

The Brief Event notice: Auditing Afghanistan, a conversation with the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. TODAY, 12:15-1:45PM ( NAF ). Unabated Militant attacks continued in Pakistan on Wednesday, when a suicide ...

The new US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Secretary of State John Kerry telephoned President Zardari on Friday and discussed Pak-US bilateral relations. What is significant, Kerry also announced the appointment of James ...

Islamabad: A group of heavily armed suicide attackers stormed a judicial complex in the restive Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing four persons and injuring 30 others, including a lady judge. The militants lobbed grenades and fired ...