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Obama administration divided over future ties with Pakistan
WASHINGTON — The administration of US President Barack Obama is divided over the future of its relationship with Pakistan following the killing of Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, The Washington Post reported Sunday. US commandos killed bin Laden in an urban compound only 55 kilometers (35 miles) from the Pakistani…
Pakistan bomb attacks claim 102 lives
YAKAGHUND, Pakistan (AFP) – The death toll from a suicide bombing and car bomb blast that devastated a Pakistani tribal town has soared to 102 in one of the country’s deadliest attacks, officials said Saturday. The explosions targeted a busy market in Yakaghund town in Pakistan’s northwest tribal belt on…
Suicide attack kills 55 in Pakistan tribal belt
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – A suicide attacker and suspected car bomb caused carnage in a busy Pakistani market outside a government office on Friday, killing 55 people and burying victims under pulverised shops. The devastation struck Yakaghund town in the district of Mohmand, one of seven that make up Pakistan’s…
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