Pakistani officials and militants say the leader of the Pakistani Taliban was apparently targeted in a U.S. missile strike on a meeting of militant commanders close to the Afghan border, but he escaped unhurt.
A U.S. drone fired two missiles today at a compound in northwest Pakistan where Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud was believed to have been, but it was not clear if he was killed, Pakistani officials said.
Weeks before world leaders gather for a major conference on Afghanistan in London, efforts to develop a comprehensive strategy for reconciling with Taliban militants are gaining steam. Reconciliation with the insurgents dominated a security summit in Abu Dhabi on January 12 and head the agenda of U.S. special regional envoy Richard Holbrooke during his ongoing trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Pakistani society is likely to become more Islamist and increasingly anti-American in the coming years, complicating U.S. efforts to win its support against militant groups, a think-tank report has said.
Pakistan has renewed calls for an end to U.S. drone aircraft strikes, an issue that could strain ties as the CIA hunts down Muslim militants after one of the deadliest attacks in its history in neighbouring Afghanistan.
U.S. senators have defended American drone aircraft strikes in ally Pakistan, an issue likely to become more volatile if Washington intensifies the attacks to hunt down enemies after the bombing of CIA agents in Afghanistan.
An explosion at a house in Karachi today has killed at least six people.
A bomb at a military school in Pakistan-ruled Kashmir killed three cadets and wounded 11 today, police said.
Five Americans suspected of using the Internet to contact militant groups to carry out terrorist attacks told a Pakistani court today they had only wanted to give fellow Muslims financial and medical aid.
A bomb attack in northwest Pakistan killed a former minister today, officials said.
Pakistan's government came under renewed pressure today to bring stability to the country after one of the bloodiest bombings in more than two years killed at least 89 people.
A suicide vehicle bomber has blown himself up at a volleyball game in northwest Pakistan, killing 88 people.
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