ISLAMABAD, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) Pakistan summoned U.S. ambassador Anne Patterson on Thursday to protest over missile strikes launched by pilotless drone aircraft against militant targets in Pakistan. ... > full story
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) Pakistan summoned U.S. ambassador Anne Patterson on Thursday to receive a formal protest over missile strikes launched by pilotless drone aircraft against militant targets on Pakistani soil, a Pakistani foreign ministry official said. ... > full story
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) Pakistan denied on Monday a U.S. media report that it had given tacit approval to the United States to carry out missile strikes by pilotless drones against al Qaeda and Taliban targets on its soil. ... > full story
OTTAWA, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) Canada and Pakistan are working together to seek the release of a Canadian citizen who was kidnapped in Pakistan this week while working on a documentary, the Canadian government and a friend of the victim said on Friday. ... > full story
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles into a Pakistani tribal region on Friday, killing 12 people, including five foreigners, in an area known as a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud. ... > full story
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 13, 2008 (Reuters) Gunmen abducted an Iranian diplomat in Peshawar on Thursday, a day after a U.S. aid worker was shot dead in the city on the front line of an Islamist insurgency sweeping northwest Pakistan and parts of Afghanistan. ... > full story
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 12, 2008 (Reuters) Gunmen killed a U.S. aid official Wednesday outside his home in Peshawar, police said, the Pakistani city that has borne the brunt of an Islamist insurgency spreading from tribal lands bordering Afghanistan. ... > full story
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) The U.S. commander running the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, held talks on Monday with Pakistani leaders who told him to stop U.S. strikes on militants in Pakistani territory. ... > full story
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 2, 2008 (Reuters) The U.S. commander running the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, arrived in Pakistan on Sunday for talks with government and military officials, a U.S. embassy spokesman said. ... > full story
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct. 31, 2008 (Reuters) A suicide bomber killed nine people on Friday in an attack on police in the northwestern Pakistani town of Mardan. ... > full story
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Pakistani president talks with Obama via phone Nov. 13, 2008 (Xinhua News Agency) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari held a phone conversation with the U.S. president-elect Barack Obama on Saturday, discussing cooperation on ...
Pakistani president to attend UN session Nov. 13, 2008 (Xinhua News Agency) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will participate in a high-level session of United Nations General Assembly on "Culture of Peace" in New York ...
Pakistani president demands halt of U.S. drone attacks Nov. 3, 2008 (People's Daily, China) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday said the United States drone raids on Pakistani territory should be stopped, describing them as ...
Pakistanis Capture Suspected Taliban Commander Oct. 30, 2008 (GlobalSecurity.org) Pakistani security officials say they have detained a suspected Taliban commander and killed at least five other militants during an operation in ...