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    US, Pakistan discuss Afghan border security

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): A US Congressional delegation has appreciated Pakistan’s role and sacrifices in the war on terror, with both sides stressing the imperative of regional stability.



    Security and CrimePESHAWAR, Jun 23 2009: View of a road cordoned by local shopkeepers in Sadar Area of Peshawar city of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Tuesday. Shop owners do not allow car parking on the roads in the high profile area due to security reasons as Peshawar recently witnessed suicide attacks. PAJHWOK/Janullah Hashmzada

    Afghan diplomats killed in Peshawar blast

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Eight people including two Afghan diplomats were killed and 45 others injured on Monday in a suicide attack in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bordering Afghanistan, officials said.



    Security and Crime

    8 dead in blasts at KPK election offices

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Eight people were killed and 30 others wounded in a bomb attack on an election offices in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (KPK) on Sunday morning.



    Security and Crime

    Pakistan to seal Afghan border on polling day

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): In an effort to thwart possible terror acts, Pakistan has decided to seal its border with Afghanistan and keep Afghan refugees confined to their camps on the polling day on May 11.



    GovernancePakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, under pressure to step down before he is impeached, speaks during a news conference broadcast live to the nation August 18, 2008.  REUTERS/PTV via REUTERS TV (PAKISTAN).  PAKISTAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN PAKISTAN.

    Ex-Pakistani dictator formally arrested

    ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday formally arrested former military dictator Gen. (R) Pervez Musharraf in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case.



    Security and Crime

    Peace vital to region’s development: Pakistan

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed that peace and stability was vital to the economic development of the two countries and the wider region, the foreign ministry in Islamabad said on Wednesday.



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    Major Pakistani parties prioritise better Afghan ties

    ISLAMABAD/KABUL (PAN): In the lead-up to the parliamentary elections due next month, Pakistan’s mainstream political parties have included a prosperous and peaceful Afghanistan among their top priorities. 



    Security and Crime

    5 dead in Waziristan drone strike

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Five people were killed and seven others wounded in a US drone strike in Pakistan's lawless tribal region of South Waziristan near the Afghanistan border, an official said on Wednesday.



    Governance

    Pakistan renews support for political settlement

    ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has renewed its support for a lasting political settlement in Afghanistan, playing down renewed tensions with the neighbouring country.



    Governance

    Pakistan renovating border post on its soil

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Pakistan on Tuesday said it had duly informed Afghanistan of its plan regarding the renovation of a border security post on its soil near Nangarhar province.