Pakistan Losing Grip on Extremists
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Pakistan's security services may be losing control over home-grown militants they once embraced as allies, intelligence sources say.
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Pakistani troops Wednesday battled to flush out the last die-hard militants inside Islamabad&#39;s Red Mosque after fighting that left at least 62 people dead, amid fears the toll could rise dramatically.
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Experts say the terrorist network has rebuilt in Pakistan with inexperienced leaders and murky goals.
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President Pervez Musharraf's government said Wednesday that militants accounted for most of the 106 people killed in eight days of fighting around the Red Mosque, calling it a signal that Islamic extremism won't be tolerated in Pakistan.
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MINGORA, Pakistan  - Thousands of Pakistanis are fleeing a tense northwestern town and outlying villages amid fears of a showdown between the security forces and an Islamist militant Taliban-style movement, residents said.
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A truce between the government and local tribal leaders in Pakistanâs volatile northwest seems to have fatally come undone.
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Pakistan&#39;s military says it will remove remaining Al-Qaeda fighters and other Islamic militants from the mountainous region along the country&#39;s border with Afghanistan within the next six weeks.
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A rash of arrests just weeks before planned elections has Pakistan wondering if the president's hold on power is slipping
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LAHORE, Pakistan  - If one Pakistan ruling party rally with awkward speeches, empty audience chairs and distracted crowds in a dustbowl is anything to go by, President Pervez Musharraf's days in power may be numbered.
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After more than two years of battling remnants of al Qaeda and the Taliban, Pakistan&#39;s government announced late Friday it will end its military operation in the tense tribal region of South Waziristan.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Disguised in military-style uniforms, Pakistani extremists waited in a stolen van in the port city of Karachi near a bridge frequented by military officials, and then opened up with machine guns on the motorcade of a high-ranking general.
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Pakistan&#39;s Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday security measures have helped reduce activity by militants linked to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban along the country&#39;s border with Afghanistan.
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Pakistan&#39;s army, backed by artillery and helicopter gunships, has demolished several &quot;terrorist hideouts&quot; and killed up to 40 militants in a major operation - but failed to capture a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of targeting security forces in a
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Analysts say Washington's fears that Islamic extremists will take control of Pakistan are overblown.
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Pakistan has killed some 150 foreign fighters during its 11-month battle against militants in the country's tribal belt, but senior leaders, including Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, continue to elude authorities, a military spokesman has said.
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Plagued by mounting attacks by Islamist militants loyal to al Qaeda, Pakistan now faces a second wave of violence as its minority Shi'ite Muslims prepare for their annual mourning period.
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The assassination today of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is a major blow to the U.S. goal of stabilizing Pakistan, a volatile ally with nuclear weapons that has served as a frontline against extremism since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to former U.S. policymakers and ex...