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UNHCR chief meets Pakistan's premier to discuss the situation of Afghan refugees following clampdown
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 weeks agoThe head of the U.N. refugee agency and Pakistan's prime minister held talks Tuesday about Afghan...
A group of armed men burns a girls' school in northwest Pakistan, in third such attack this month
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoA group of armed men used kerosene to set fire to a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books, police said Wednesday, in the latest in ...
Suspected militants bomb a girl's school overnight in northwest Pakistan
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoSuspected militants bombed a girl's school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying the...
Missile fired by a drone kills 4 members of a family in Pakistan near the Afghan border, police say
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoA missile fired by a drone struck a house in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in northwestern Pakistan along the Afghan border before dawn Tuesday, killing at least four villagers ...
Pakistani security forces kill 6 militants in twin raids in volatile northwest near Afghanistan
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoPakistani security forces killed six militants in twin raids Wednesday targeting their hideouts in the country's volatile northwest region bordering Afghanistan, the military said. Five militants ...
Pakistani jets target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan, killing 8 people
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoPakistani airstrikes targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside...
7 soldiers killed in a suicide truck bombing and shootout in northwest Pakistan
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoA suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden truck into a sprawling military post in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, the military and security officials said. Troops responding to the attack ...
Pakistan election – live: Results drag on amid concerns of fraud as Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif both...
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoThe US and the UK expressed serious concerns about the fairness of the Pakistan parliamentary...
Pakistan hits back at criticism of election conduct and insists cellphone curbs were necessary
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoPakistan on Saturday hit back at criticism over the conduct of its parliamentary elections, which...
Three-time PM Nawaz Sharif confident of win as vote counting underway in Pakistan polls marred by...
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoCounting is underway in a general election in Pakistan marred by violence and a suspension of mobile...