pakistan: U.S. drone kills 10 alleged militants
24 May 2012, 1:47 am
Intelligence officials suspect America behind second drone attack in 24 hours on day after conviction of doc who aided bin Laden hunt

'Five militants killed' by US drone in pakistan
24 May 2012, 12:33 am
A US drone strike on a militant compound killed five insurgents in northwest pakistan's lawless tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.

pakistan convicts doctor who helped find bin Laden
23 May 2012, 11:56 pm
A doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden has been convicted of conspiring against the state and sentenced to 33 years in prison, adding new strains to an already deeply troubled relationship between the U.S. and pakistan.

pakistan officials say US drone kills 10 militants
23 May 2012, 11:33 pm
pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles that killed 10 alleged militants in northwest pakistan near the Afghan border.

U.S. drone strike kills 10 in northwest pakistan: officials
23 May 2012, 11:24 pm
MIRANSHAH, pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike on suspected Islamist militants in northwest pakistan killed 10 people on Thursday, pakistani intelligence officials said, an attack likely to raise tensions in a standoff with Washington over NATO supply routes to Afghanistan. The pilotless drone aircraft attacked a compound in a village in North Waziristan, a day after a similar attack killed ...

General sees progress in US-pakistan relationship
23 May 2012, 5:13 pm
America's relationship with pakistan has been battered by a string of recent setbacks, but a top U.S. general said Wednesday that the fact that the two countries have finally started talking again is at least a positive sign.

Senate panel votes to cut aid for pakistan, Egypt
23 May 2012, 7:35 am
In a fresh warning to pakistan, a Senate panel on Tuesday approved a foreign aid budget for next year that slashes President Barack Obama's request for assistance to Islamabad by more than half and threatens further reductions if it fails to open supply routes to NATO forces in Afghanistan.

U.S. hopes for breakthrough in pakistan NATO supply route talks
23 May 2012, 5:55 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United States hopes pakistan will soon agree to re-open supply routes to NATO troops in Afghanistan, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, after a Senate panel threatened to cut aid to Islamabad over the standoff. pakistan closed the supply routes, seen as vital to the planned withdrawal of most foreign troops from Afghanistan before the end of 2014, in protest against ...

US missiles 'kill four in pakistan'
23 May 2012, 4:14 am
US missiles killed four militants in a Taliban stronghold of pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, amid increasing strains with the West over a six-month blockade on NATO supplies into Afghanistan.

US-pakistan thaw swiftly becomes debacle
22 May 2012, 7:19 pm
A summit meant to symbolize a thaw between the United States and pakistan has only worsened the bad blood, with the troubled relationship casting a pall over NATO plans on Afghanistan.