Taliban violate deal in Swat:Pakistani army

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s military on Sunday accused the Taliban of “gross violation” of a peace accord covering a large segment of its northwest after several acts of violence over the weekend.
The allegations came as the northwest province’s government said it was fulfilling its end of the deal by establishing an Islamic appellate court for the [...]

Pakistan Takes Control of Main Buner Town From Taliban

Pakistan’s military said it took control of the main town in northwestern Buner district, where Taliban militants have been challenging the local government.
Troops were dropped from helicopters in the town of Daggar, linking up with police and the frontier constabulary, the military said in a statement today released in Rawalpindi, northern Pakistan. Businesses and [...]

US to give 400 million dollars for Pakistan

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2009 (AFP) – The White House hopes to send up to 400 million dollars in emergency aid to Pakistan within days amid deep worries about the nuclear-armed country’s stability, lawmakers said Tuesday.
“We are discussing with the administration what is needed, and I think that all of us are very concerned about [...]

Taliban in Pakistan

The Swat valley in northern Pakistan was once the country’s equivalent of the Lake District - a resort the Queen described as the “Switzerland” of the old empire.
Now, it is a Sharia law tribal land where hooded gunmen patrol the streets and the Taliban run everything.

I had been invited there to visit the Taliban [...]

Former U.S. ambassador says U.S. alienating Pakistan

WASHINGTON, — U.S. demands that Pakistan divert troops from its border with India to battle Islamic insurgents have alienated Islamabad, a former U.S. ambassador says.
Former U.S. ambassador to Islamabad Robert Oakley, in an interview with the Washington think tank The Atlantic Council last week, said such demands are counterproductive, Pakistan’s English-language newspaper Dawn [...]

MSU scholars to help reform Pakistan’s teacher-education system

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A team of education experts from Michigan State University will play a key role in a $75 million, U.S.-funded effort to improve basic education in Pakistan by improving teachers’ training and skills over the next five years.

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