ISLAMABAD, Sept. 12 — At least 12 people were killed in northwest Pakistan on Friday in a suspected U.S. airstrike that Pakistani intelligence officials and experts say could further aggravate growing tensions with the United States over military operations in the region.
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Pakistan’s main opposition party said Friday the country could pull out of the war on terror over stepped-up attacks by U.S. forces in the restive tribal regions bordering Afghanistan.
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PESHAWAR: The NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani Friday held a preliminary meeting on convening the Mini Pak-Afghan Jirga at Islamabad after Eid-ul-Fitr.Prominent tribal elders from FATA besides Peace Envoy for NWFP Afrasyab Khattak, Senator Prof. Muhammad Ibrahim, ACS FATA Habibullah Khan and Secretary to Governor Arbab Muhammad Arif attended the meeting. The Governor reminded the participants that Pak-Afghan Loya Jirga, held at Kabul on 9-11 August 2007 had mandated the formation of Mini Pak-Afghan Jirga to monitor its recommendations and promote dialogue and mediation between warring factions.Now he added, The Mini jirga, to include 25 members each from Pakistan and Afghanistan side was being scheduled to be held in Islamabad after Eid ul Fitr. The Jirga, he added would discuss and adopt strategies to broker peace between the govt. and its opponents in Afghanistan. Besides, the jirga will also explore the possibility of holding another session of Pak-Afghan Loya Jirga at Islamabad. The participants appreciated this fresh initiative and emphasized that peace and stability was achievable only through dialogue and not through war.
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Missiles fired by a U.S. drone aircraft killed 14 people in northwest Pakistan on Friday, security officials said, in a strike against suspected militants that drew condemnation from Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
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US ties with “war on terror” ally Pakistan are strained after US commandos unilaterally launched ground assaults on militants on Pakistani soil, drawing fire from the military chief in Islamabad.
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New rules of engagement authorizing U.S. ground attacks inside Pakistan, signed by President Bush in July, were not agreed to by that country’s civilian government or its military, according to U.S. and Pakistani officials.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s army chief, responding to a series of U.S. military strikes into Pakistan’s tribal areas, pledged Friday to safeguard the country’s territorial integrity and claimed the full backing of Pakistan’s elected civilian government.
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NPR has learned that the raid by helicopter-borne U.S. Special Operations forces in Pakistan last week was not an isolated incident but part of a three-phase plan, approved by President Bush, to strike at Osama bin Laden and top al-Qaida leadership before the Bush team leaves office.
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SWAT: Security forces pounded suspected positions of the local Taliban in Swat whereas curfew relaxation has been announce till 7: 00 pm in the district except tehsil Kabal.Security forces shelled the suspected hideouts of the Taliban in different areas of tehsil Matta and Kabal overnight. However, there was no report about loss of life. Meanwhile, curfew has been relaxed till 7: 00 pm in the district except tehsil Kabal.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan | The furor intensified Friday over Washington’s decision to pursue Islamic extremist targets inside Pakistan.
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