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Gunmen attack US aid agency in Pakistan
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Suspected Islamist militants have attacked the office of a US-based Christian aid agency in Pakistan with a bomb and gunfire, killing 5 people, police say
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US doubts Islamabad's will to pursue militants
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The Obama administration publicly praises Islamabad for increasing co-operation but doubts remain about the nature of the shift
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Suicide bomb in Lahore targets police unit
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A suicide car bomb attack on a police intelligence unit in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has killed at least 13 and injured 90
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Taliban commander killed in US airstrike
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Pakistan officials believe a deputy commander of the country's Taliban movement with links to al Qaeda has been killed in an airstrike by Pakistani helicopter gunships
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Singh seeks permanent peace with Pakistan
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India's prime minister said his country sought cooperative relations with its arch-rival as he ended the first visit to Saudi Arabia by an Indian premier for almost 30 years
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US forces aim to wrest back Kandahar
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US forces are planning a new offensive to wrest control of Kandahar, a senior official says, on the same day as attacks in central Kabul kill 17 people, including nine Indians
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India and Pakistan talks end without deal
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Pakistan urged India to stop lecturing it about combating terrorism and to start discussing substantive issues such as the fate of Kashmir as the first official talks between the neighbours since 2008 broke up without any firm agreement
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Pakistan to hand Taliban chief to Kabul
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Islamabad has agreed to send the captured rebel commander to Afghanistan in the latest sign that it is bowing to US pressure to distance itself from Afghan insurgents
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Opinion: Turning the tide of militancy
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The neutralisation of this Taliban network will also rest on bringing to an end the conflicts and disputes in the region that have motivated and nourished the forces of militancy, says Maleeha Lodhi
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Pakistan's finance minister Tarin quits
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Shaukat Tarin has resigned to concentrate on his private banking interests, ending days of speculation over the political fate of the minister
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Pakistan kills 30 militants in air strike
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An air strike by the Pakistan air force killed 30 suspected militants in the mountainous region along the country's border with Afghanistan
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Six Nato troops killed in Marjah
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Six soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan in the worst single-day loss for international forces since the launch of an offensive to drive Taliban insurgents from the town
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India and Pakistan open talks despite misgivings
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New Delhi is entering discussions in spite of grave fears that elements in the Pakistan government are intent on inflicting fresh terror attacks – and despair that it does not know whom to talk to in Islamabad
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Islamabad steps up terror arrests
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Pakistan's intelligence services have detained at least nine people suspected of links to al-Qaeda after the arrest of the deputy leader of Afghanistan's Taliban movement, says an intelligence official
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Taliban leader's arrest is just one step
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The capture on Pakistani soil of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is evidence that the message of stability from western capitals is getting through to Islamabad
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