Officials: US drone strike kills 8 in Pakistan

Pakistani intelligence officials say an American drone attack has killed eight suspected militants in a region close to the Afghan border.

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Bombs kill five in Pakistan badlands

Two bomb attacks killed at least five people in Pakistan’s lawless tribal badlands on the Afghan border Thursday, officials said.

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AP IMPACT: New light on drone war’s death toll (AP)

AP – American drone strikes inside Pakistan are killing far fewer civilians than many in the country are led to believe, according to a rare on-the-ground investigation by The Associated Press of 10 of the deadliest attacks in the past 18 months.

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Republicans bash Pakistan in debate (Reuters)

Reuters – The Republican presidential hopefuls criticized U.S. policy toward Pakistan and called for placing sanctions on Iran’s central bank in a lively and substantive foreign policy debate on Tuesday.

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US boosts pressure on Pakistan over terrorism (AP)

AP – The Obama administration on Friday intensified pressure on Pakistan to do more to crack down on Islamist militants destabilizing Afghanistan, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a tough public message that extremists have been able to operate in and from Pakistan for too long.

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AP Interview: US Gen.: New offensive hits Haqqanis (AP)

AP – The U.S.-led coalition has unleashed a new offensive against one of Afghanistan’s most lethal militant networks and plans to ramp up operations next year along the border with Pakistan before the American drawdown gathers steam, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday.

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Pakistan detains 3 al-Qaida suspects (AP)

AP – Pakistani intelligence officers working with the CIA arrested three members of al-Qaida including a top operative believed to have been tasked by Osama bin Laden with targeting American economic interests around the world, Pakistan’s army said Monday.

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U.S. withholds $800 million in aid to Pakistan: White House (Reuters)

Reuters – The United States is withholding some $800 million in military assistance to Pakistan in a show of displeasure over its cutback on U.S. trainers, limits on visas for U.S. personnel and other bilateral irritants, the Obama administration said on Sunday.

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Afghan leader says U.S. in contact with Taliban (Reuters)

Reuters – The United States is in contact with the Taliban about a possible settlement to the war in Afghanistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, the first official confirmation of U.S. involvement in negotiations.

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Pakistan blasts kill 80 as Taliban ‘avenge bin Laden’ (AFP)

AFP – Pakistan’s Taliban on Friday claimed their first major attack to avenge Osama bin Laden’s death as 80 people were killed in a double suicide bombing on a paramilitary police training centre.

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