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Afghanistan fears early US pull-out
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Afghanistan wants Barack Obama to stick to an agreed timetable after the US said it would switch to a training role in 2013
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Pakistan premier to face contempt charges
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Supreme Court presses ahead with decision to file charges against Yusuf Raza Gilani over failure to re-open corruption probe against president
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Pakistan rejects Taliban ‘blame games’
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Islamabad, anxious about Afghanistan, wants to soothe tensions triggered by the murder of former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani
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US report says Pakistan backing Taliban
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A leaked US military report that says Pakistan still supports the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan has overshadowed a high-level visit
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Pakistan softens line on US-Taliban talks
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For years, Pakistan has been seen as a spoiler, but recent signs indicate the security hierarchy is playing a more supportive role
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Brussels to boost Pakistan with trade concessions
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India and Bangladesh are among countries that have dropped opposition to a plan from the World Trade Organisation designed to help exporters
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India slams Pakistani militant leader
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India has dismissed remarks by a prominent Pakistani militant leader criticising plans to boost trade between the nuclear-armed rivals as “irrational”
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Mullahs, militants and military – Pakistan’s shadowy coalition
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Emergence suggests power-brokers within security forces are re-activating old contacts to protect their interests
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Pakistan PM rejects contempt accusations
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Case against Gilani adjourned after he makes brief appearance to deny wrongdoing over alleged presidential graft
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Court ruling makes Pakistan PM look vulnerable
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Political crisis pointing to early elections is heightened as contempt proceedings begin against Yusuf Raza Gilani
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Pakistan Taliban leader reported killed
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Intelligence officials say Hakimullah Mehsud, head of the militant movement blamed for a spate of attacks, is believed killed by a US drone
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Zardari steps up battle with army and judges
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The administration has been plunged into a new drama which has eclipsed Pakistan’s most serious problems: economic decline and chronic energy shortages
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Pakistan premier defies generals
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A showdown between Pakistan’s civilian and military leaders has intensified after the prime minister sacked a top defence official
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Bomb kills 23 in Pakistan tribal area
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Security forces have been battling insurgents for 4 years in Khyber region
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Khan sets sights on game-changing rally
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His outspoken brand of opposition politics has drawn a growing following among Pakistan’s fearful urban classes a year out from parliamentary elections
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Pakistan army chief denies coup plan
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Pakistan’s army chief said the military was not planning a coup, after the country’s premier warned of a conspiracy to oust the government
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US says it and Pakistan share blame for air strike
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A US investigation says that both American and Pakistani forces were responsible for air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last month
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Zardari returns to Pakistan from Dubai
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President Asif Ali Zardari, who was in Dubai for medical treatment, has returned to Pakistan, where a controversy over a memo accusing the powerful military of plotting a coup could undermine him
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Pakistan general calls for Zardari probe
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Army chief has called for an investigation into whether the president sought US help to rein in the country’s powerful military
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US poised to freeze $700m in Pakistan aid
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Funds to be withheld unless Islamabad cracks down on the production and smuggling of home-made explosives used by militants in Afghanistan
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