Tag: Pakistan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, of India, addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

National Security

India PM says serious about peace with Pakistan

Matthew Pennington · September 27, 2014 3:50 pm

"Our intelligence professional have long spoken about the host of terrorism threats that are emanating from Syria," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters Thursday.Â (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

WH: U.S. ‘vigilant’ against threat to airliners

Susan Crabtree · September 18, 2014 6:24 pm

Obama wants to wage this non-war war against a non-state state without congressional authority or debate. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

Obama’s unnecessary, unpromising war

Steve Chapman · September 13, 2014 8:02 pm

Detained anti-government activists peer out from a prison van after their court appearance in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. Pakistan's opposition said police have arrested scores of activists in an effort to stop them from participating in weekslong sit-ins in the capital, Islamabad. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

National Security

Pakistan arrests opposition activists

Zarar Khan · September 13, 2014 4:15 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, Malala Yousafzai, a 16-year-old girl from Pakistan who was shot in the head by the Taliban last October for advocating education for girls, speaks about her fight for girls' education on the International Day of the Girl at the World Bank in Washington. Pakistan's army announced Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, that it had arrested 10 militants suspected of involvement in the 2012 attack on teenage activist Malala, who won world acclaim after she was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating gender equality and education for women. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

Pakistan nabs militants linked to attack on Malala

Munir Ahmed · September 12, 2014 5:08 pm

Pakistan villagers wade through floodwaters in district Shorkot near Jhang, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. The Pakistani military stepped up rescue efforts as floods wreaked havoc in more districts of the country's eastern Punjab province on Friday, leaving hundreds of thousands a people homeless. After destroying hundreds of villages in the Jhang district this week, the floods on Friday hit three more Punjab districts. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistani troops expand rescue in flood-hit areas

ZARAR KHANASHOK SHARMA · September 12, 2014 4:27 pm

Kashmiris hang on to a tree to prevent being swept away by floodwaters in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. The death toll from floods in Pakistan and India reached 400 on Tuesday and have put more than half a million people in peril and rendered thousands homeless in the two neighboring states. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Raging floods kill over 440 in Pakistan, India

Chaudhryasif Shahzad · September 9, 2014 6:56 pm

Residents watch the overflowing Chenab River after heavy rains, at Akhnoor, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of Jammu, India, Friday, Sep. 5, 2014. The region has been hit by its worst monsoon flooding in more than two decades. Power and telephone links have been cut in many areas and supplies of clean drinking water have been hit, officials said. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

National Security

Monsoon floods kill 116 in Kashmir, east Pakistan

Washington Examiner · September 5, 2014 4:15 pm

Supporters of Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri camp inside the vicinity of the parliament building in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. Pakistan's lawmakers held an emergency session Tuesday over the political crisis roiling the country as thousands of anti-government protesters remained camped out in front of the parliament building, demanding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resign. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan lawmakers back premier amid mass protests

REBECCA SANTANAMUNIR AHMED · September 2, 2014 6:37 pm

Pakistan’s premier challenged by raging protests

ZARAR KHANASIF SHAHZAD · September 1, 2014 6:22 pm

Magnitude-6 earthquake jolts northern Pakistan

Magnitude-6 earthquake jolts northern Pakistan

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2014 12:39 pm

Pakistan protesters march on PM’s residence

ZARAR KHANASIF SHAHZAD · August 31, 2014 2:19 am