U.S. aims to turn hostile Pakistani tribes friendly
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The United States this year will start spending in earnest $750 million where its troops can't go in the hope of making Pakistan's unruly tribal lands less hospitable for al Qaeda and the Taliban.
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Fierce fighting in a militant  infested tribal region underscored Western fears of an al Qaeda  threat radiating from Pakistan as U.S. officials met President  Pervez Musharraf for talks on Thursday.
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Pakistan urged foreign militants on its soil to surrender, assuring them they will not be handed over to the United States.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - A suspected U.S. missile strike that killed up to 13 foreign militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan region this week had targeted second or third tier al Qaeda leaders, according to residents in the tribal area.
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Some are al-Qaida, some are Taliban and others are homegrown. But all of Pakistan's militants share a vision and unshakable beliefs that include a ban on a woman leading the nation and opposition to a close alliance with America.
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The Bush administration is willing to send a small number of U.S. combat troops to Pakistan to help fight the insurgency there if Pakistani authorities ask for such help, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.
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The United States Sunday sparked heated verbal skirmishes by refusing to rule out military action against Al-Qaeda leaders sheltering inside Pakistan, one of its closest &quot;war on terror&quot; allies.
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Eased-up American military operations could persuade former Taliban militants to return home from countries such as Pakistan, the chief of the U.N. refugee agency said Saturday. Thousands of Taliban supporters fled to Pakistan and Iran &#151; many with their entire families &#151; when U.S. forces and Afghan anti-Taliban militias drove them from power in late 2001 for harboring Osama bin Laden.
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President Bush will send a tough message to President Pervez Musharraf that U.S. aid could be cut unless he becomes more aggressive in hunting Al Qaeda leaders.
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The commander of U.S. forces in Central Asia has launched planning for more extensive use of U.S. troops to train Pakistani armed forces
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Pakistan's top human rights organisation  calls for access to a tribal area where it accuses the army of abuses.
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A top U.S. commander met with Pakistan's army chief General Ashfaq Kayani on Tuesday, as Pakistani forces repulsed an attack by Taliban fighters close to a fort in a restive tribal region.
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The Bush administration said on  Wednesday it would insist on a tougher approach to fighting al  Qaeda in Pakistan, acknowledging that a strategy pushed by  President Pervez Musharraf had not worked.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 16 -- The Pakistani government plans to try to salvage a controversial peace deal in the remote tribal zone North Waziristan, despite a decision by Taliban fighters to renounce it and declare war against the army, officials said Monday.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan hopes the United States will sort out its differences with Iran through talks and would object to any US assault on Iranian interests, the Foreign Office said on Monday.
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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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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.