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Customs officials crack down on Pakistan’s million-dollar archaeological smugglers
When a Pakistani family dispute over land degenerated into cold-blooded murder, Zaman Khan was quickly in over his head. As cousins killed cousins, he borrowed more than $18,500 to buy guns, ammunition and guards. But soon debtors were demanding repayment, leaving him so depressed he contemplated suicide. Then a friend…
U.S. drone kills seven militants in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — A US drone attack Sunday killed at least seven militants in Pakistan, officials said, days before the country’s intelligence chief visits Washington with the contentious raids likely to be discussed. Attacks by unmanned American aircraft are deeply unpopular in Pakistan, which says they violate its sovereignty and…
Afghanistan threatens Pakistan with UN Security Council referral
Afghanistan on Monday threatened to report Pakistan to the UN Security Council over what Kabul alleges is the shelling of its villages along the border between the two countries. Authorities in the eastern province of Kunar, a hotbed for Taliban militants, have complained for weeks of being bombarded from across the frontier, blaming the barrage on…
U.S. drone strike kills at least 5 in Pakistan
A US drone strike targeting a militant compound in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal district killed at least five militants late Tuesday, security officials said. The unmanned aircraft fired two missiles on the compound in the Shawal area, some 50 kilometres southwest of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan tribal district,…
U.S. diplomats in Pakistan ‘facing harassment’
WASHINGTON — US diplomats working in Pakistan face increasing harassment amid a sharp deterioration in ties in the wake of last year’s killing of Osama bin Laden, a State Department report said. Such harassment and obstruction is described by US embassy staff as “deliberate, willful and systematic,” according to the…
French Al-Qaeda leader captured in Pakistan
A French militant described as an Al-Qaeda leader linked to the 9/11 attacks has been captured in Pakistan, experts and a Pakistani official said Wednesday. Naamen Meziche was detained after disclosures by Younis al-Mauritani, apparently tasked by Osama bin Laden to plot attacks on Australia, Europe and the US and…
Public health officials warn effort to eradicate polio at risk
The quest for polio eradication is faltering, with millions of children still unvaccinated and insufficient funds available to finish the job, the official monitoring group says in a new report. Global politics is having a severe impact on vaccination programmes in some parts of the world, according to health officials,…
Court disqualifies Pakistan PM Gilani from office
Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday disqualified Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in a stunning move likely to throw the country into fresh turmoil two months after the premier was convicted of contempt. The Supreme Court on April 26 convicted Gilani for refusing to ask Swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases…
U.S. drone ‘kills three militants’ in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — A US drone attack killed at least three militants early Thursday in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region, known as a hotbed of Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants, security officials said. The drone fired two missiles on a building in the central market of Miranshah, the main town in North…
Dissecting Obama’s standard on drone strike deaths
In a lengthy front-page story last week exploring President Obama’s use of drone strikes in countries including Pakistan and Yemen, the New York Times reported that the president had “embraced a disputed method for counting civilian casualties that did little to box him in.” Citing “several administration officials,” the Times…
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