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Pakistan reports polio case to take year's count to 13
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe latest case was found in the northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and involved an...
A surge in violence in Pakistan
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe rubble of a Peshawar mosque damaged in a suicide bombing. Abdul Majeed/AFP via Getty Images On Jan. 30, a suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar,...
Pakistani Taliban overpower guards, seize police center
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeveral Pakistani Taliban detainees overpowered their guards at a counter-terrorism center in...
Pakistan election candidate shot dead while campaigning
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A candidate in Pakistan's general elections was shot dead while campaigning on Wednesday, police said, an incident likely to underscore concerns among political ...
Pakistani Taliban kill 2 policemen amid spike in violence
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMilitants riding on a motorcycle shot and killed two policemen Friday in northwestern Pakistan, a region bordering Afghanistan where violence has spiked in recent months, police said. A police ...
Officials say Pakistan raid kills all Taliban hostage-takers
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPakistan's special forces raided a police center in a remote northwestern district on Tuesday and...
What's behind the Pakistani Taliban's insurgency?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen a suicide bomber struck a mosque inside a police compound in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, suspicion immediately fell on the...
Former US officials ask Pakistan not to deport Afghans seeking relocation to the United States
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA group of former U.S. diplomats and representatives of resettlement organizations asked Pakistan...
Joe Mullins, veteran of Burma campaign who felt called to Holy Orders after dodging Japanese bullets...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMullins as 2nd Lt in the Queen's Royal Regiment Joe Mullins, who has died aged 103, was awarded an...
Pakistan taken off watch list for terror funding, laundering
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn international watchdog said Friday it is removing Pakistan from its so-called “gray list” of...