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• Suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan kills 6
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A suspected U.S. missile strike hit a village well inside Pakistani territory Wednesday, killing at least six alleged militants in an attack that could raise tensions between the anti-terror allies, officials said. The missile ...
• Pakistan and U.S. have tacit deal on airstrikes
The United States and Pakistan reached tacit agreement in September on a don't-ask-don't-tell policy that allows unmanned Predator aircraft to attack suspected terrorist targets in rugged western Pakistan, according to senior officials in both ...
• NATO troops fire on insurgents in Pakistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan fired 20 artillery rounds at insurgents inside Pakistan after coordinating with Islamabad, officials said Tuesday. Meanwhile, five Afghan troops were killed in a clash with insurgents in the ...
• Gunmen kidnap Iranian diplomat in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Armed men kidnapped an Iranian diplomat in Pakistan's northwest, a day after the slaying of an American aid worker — heightening fears that Islamic militants are hunting down foreigners. The Iranian and his Pakistani bodyguard ...
• Japanese journalist shot in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Japanese journalist was shot Friday in the frontier city of Peshawar — the third attack on a foreigner there in three days, and missiles apparently fired by U.S. unmanned aircraft near the Afghan border killed at least 12 ...