U.S. Aid Plan for Tribal Areas in Pakistan Is Threatened
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The ambitious $750 million five-year plan is imperiled by unresolved questions about whether the money could fall into the wrong hands in the restive region.
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Key facts about Pakistan's northwestern tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, which have become a haven for al-Qaida and Taliban-linked militants.
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A U.S.-organized group of nations concerned about the growing power of Islamic militants in Somalia lent its support Thursday to the country&#039;s weak interim government and demanded unfettered access so aid groups can help its impoverished people.
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The U.S. plans to pour $750 million in to a lawless region, but critics fear it will fall in to the wrong hands.
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President George W. Bush said on Saturday he was troubled by a U.S. intelligence report that al Qaeda has become entrenched in a safe haven in Pakistan's tribal region near Afghanistan.
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Five years after Pakistan was revived as a key U.S. ally after the September 11 attacks, the new Democratic-led Congress is pressuring Islamabad and the Bush administration to do more to combat militant groups and stabilize the South Asian country.
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Deadlocked talks to end nearly 40 years   of Muslim rebellion in the southern Philippines should soon   resume but the region faces risks from clan wars, one of the   biggest aid donors to the region said on Thursday.
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Pakistan&#39;s use of violent  intimidation to quell political protests threatens U.S. and  Pakistani interests, and President Pervez Musharraf must be  encouraged to restore democratic processes, several U.S.  congressmen say.
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Supporters of the troubled US-VISIT program warned yesterday that the decision to suspend a crucial part of the national security program launched after the 2001 attacks will leave the nation vulnerable to terrorism.
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President George W. Bush said on Saturday he was troubled by a U.S. intelligence report's finding that al Qaeda had become entrenched in a safe haven in Pakistan's tribal region near Afghanistan.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The Pakistani government plans to try to salvage a controversial peace deal in the remote tribal zone of North Waziristan, despite a decision by Taliban fighters to renounce it and declare war against the army, officials said yesterday.
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With just 18 days until a pivotal election, the United States is pressing Pakistan to help end the intimidation of candidates and voters by intelligence officers and local government officials, which could discredit the election's outcome and provoke new instability, according to U.S. and Pakista...
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The Pakistani government says it is negotiating with tribal elders near the Afghan border to save a peace deal.
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U.S. policymakers must keep pressure on President Pervez Musharraf to hold fair elections in Pakistan next month or risk deeper chaos in the nuclear-armed country, an important ally in Washington's anti-terror campaign, experts told Congress on Wednesday.
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Pakistan rejected on Friday a call by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for President George W. Bush to consider cutting Pakistani aid unless it restores full civil rights and does more to fight terrorism.
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The Bush administration isn't satisfied with the quality of information it's getting about terrorist groups operating in Pakistan's volatile tribal area, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday.
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The Pakistan army said it has killed scores of militants in a tribal region during two days of fighting that has coincided with a visit to Islamabad by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte.