Government officials say six missiles fired into Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border today by suspected U.S. drone aircraft killed at least 13 people.
Reports say that a suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles today in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, killing at least three people.
General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, spoke with RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan (Radio Azadi) and Radio Mashaal in Brussels. The interview was jointly conducted by Gul Ayaz of Radio Mashaal and Omid Marzban and Saliha Ishaqzai Khalliqie of Radio Free Afghanistan.
The world became slightly less peaceful in 2009. That's according to the newly released Global Peace Index, a ranking of 149 nations based on a variety of indicators related to peace, including levels of violent crime, potential for terrorist acts, and relations with neighboring countries. Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan were once again among the world's least peaceful nations, while Russia and Georgia experienced some of the sharpest ranking drops.
In the first such assault close to the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, suspected militants have set fire to trucks carrying supplies for Western forces in Afghanistan, killing at least seven people.
The head of a new group representing Pakistani transvestites, transsexuals, and eunuchs is demanding greater rights protection for the community, RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal reports.
Pakistani police said they have arrested 12 wounded foreigners who they suspect are militants
Afghanistan's interior minister and intelligence chief have resigned in the wake of attacks that came perilously close to disrupting the country's peace jirga in Kabul last week. The resignations of Amrullah Salih, head of the National Security Directorate of Afghanistan, and Interior Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar deal a blow to the Afghan president's efforts to piece together a workable cabinet and could have far-reaching consequences.
Turkey has demanded that Israel accept an international inquiry into last week's deadly raid on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza. The call, from the Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu, came as the fallout from the botched operation overshadowed the opening of a 20-state conference on Asian security in Istanbul.
Pakistan's budget for the fiscal year 2010-2011 calls for $5.2 billion for defense -- an increase of at least 17 percent.
At a summit with the EU in Brussels, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani failed to make noticeable headway on Pakistan's chief aim -- securing free trade with the bloc.
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