A Pakistani soldier standing on a hill in Ladha town, which was the stronghold of Taliban militants in troubled South Waziristan. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Thursday that Taliban safe havens along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border must be tackled or both nations would suffer "more lethal and more brazen" attacks. (AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)
Gates Says Pakistan Must Root Out Extremists
efense Secretary Robert M. Gates said on Thursday that he expects to tell Pakistani military officials that they must root out all of the extremist groups on their border with Afghanistan and that ignoring “one part of this cancer” threatens their country’s stability.
Gates in Pakistan to Discuss Extending Army’s Taliban Offensive
Defense Secretary Robert Gates will meet Pakistan’s leaders today to discuss reports the government may strike Taliban militants who stage attacks on U.S. troops in neighboring Afghanistan.
Zardari Re-emerges, but Effect on Pakistan Is Unclear
For the first time in months, President Asif Ali Zardari is doing what presidents normally do — giving rousing speeches, traveling around the country and asserting himself publicly as the country’s chief official.
How an Inflammatory Term, Baathist, Bars Candidates in Iraq
Seven years after the United States-led invasion, and three years after the leader it overthrew was executed, a question in Iraq remains unanswered: Who is a Baathist?
Yemen halts entry visas at airports over Qaeda threat
Yemen announced on Thursday that it would stop granting entry visas to travellers at the country's international airports in order to "halt terrorist infiltration," the Saba state news agency reported.
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