US fires 1st drone in Pakistan in 6 weeks; 4 dead (AP)
AP - The U.S. carried out its first drone strike into Pakistan since errant November airstrikes by U.S. forces killed two dozen Pakistani troops along the Afghan border. The latest missile attack killed four militants, three of them Arabs, according to Pakistani intelligence officials.
Suspected U.S. drone kills 3 militants in Pakistan: officials (Reuters)
Reuters - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles at a house on the outskirts of the town of Miranshah in the North Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday, killing at least three militants, local intelligence officials said.
Bombing kills 29 in Pakistan’s Khyber region (Reuters)
Reuters - A bomb killed at least 29 people and wounded 37 on Tuesday when it exploded near a fuel station in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber region, one of the restive tribal areas where insurgents are battling government forces, regional officials said.
Bomb kills 25 in northwest Pakistan (AP)
AP - A bomb targeting a militia opposed to the Pakistani Taliban exploded in a market close to the Afghan border Tuesday, killing 25 people in the deadliest blast in the country in several months, officials said.
Exclusive: Pakistan Taliban commanders "at each other’s throats" (Reuters)
Reuters - Al Qaeda, the Afghan Taliban and Pakistani militants have held a series of meetings aimed at containing what could soon be open warfare between the two most powerful Pakistani Taliban leaders, militant sources have said.
Pakistan, US assume less cooperation in future (AP)
AP - Fatigued by a series of diplomatic crises over the past year, the United States and Pakistan are redefining their troubled relationship, stepping back from the assumption that common goals and shared interests can trump mutual suspicion.
Pakistan Taliban commander confirms peace talks (AP)
AP - The Pakistani Taliban is in peace talks with the Pakistani government, a senior commander in the militant group said Saturday. He said negotiations were "progressing well" and could soon end in a formal agreement.
Pakistan mulls deploying air defenses to border (AP)
AP - Pakistan may deploy air defense weapons to the Afghan border to prevent future NATO airstrikes such as the ones last month that the Pakistani military claims were pre-planned and that killed 24 of the country's soldiers, a senior lawmaker said Friday.
Pakistan pulls out of liaison posts; US concerned (AP)
AP - Pakistan on Tuesday temporarily recalled some troops from border posts meant to coordinate activity with international forces in Afghanistan as relations have been pushed to an all-time low by NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
U.S. forces begin leaving Pakistan drone base (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. personnel have taken steps to evacuate a remote airfield in Pakistan that had been used for staging classified drone flights directed against militants, U.S. and Pakistani sources said on Monday.
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