Afghanistan reassures Pakistan; Panetta stresses building “trusting relationship” with Pakistan; U.S. military aid to Pakistan “suspended”; TTP willing to negotiate; Gilani calls for amendments to Anti-Terrorism laws; Zardari seeks recognition for war on terror sacrifices; Tribesmen attacked by Afghan lashkar; Militants kill solider in South Waziristan; Militants active in Khyber agency; 100 detained in militant crackdown; NATO tanker convoy torched; HRCP accuses Pakistan Army of extra-judicial killings; Politicians walk out of NA; Pakistanis protest over electricity shutdowns; Islamabad research center reports increase in drone strikes.

Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations

U.S.-Pakistan Relations

Terrorism

U.K.-Pakistan Relations

FATA

Balochistan

Politics and Energy Crisis

Drone Strikes

  • The Conflict Monitoring Centre, an “Islamabad-based independent research organization, which monitors drone attacks and anti-state insurgencies in South Asia,” has reported an increase in CIA drone attacks in Pakistan since the U.S. accused Pakistan’s ISI of supporting the Haqqani Network.[15]



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