boston.com - 23 days ago
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The Boston Globe BU professor-turned-Pakistan-envoy draws fire By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff | November 4, 2009 WASHINGTON - Professor Husain Haqqani, who took a leave of absence from Boston University to become Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States last year, is one of the most ...
newyorker.com - 19 days ago
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newyorker.com —
In the tumultuous days leading up to the
Pakistan Army’s ground offensive in the tribal area of...
South Waziristan, which began on October 17th, the Pakistani Taliban attacked what should have been some of the country’s best-guarded targets. ...
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Seymour M. Hersh: In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear ...
atimes.com - 26 days ago
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atimes.com —
Taliban take over Afghan province By Syed Saleem
Shahzad ISLAMABAD - The United States has withdrawn its...
troops from its four key bases in Nuristan, on the border with Pakistan, leaving the northeastern province as a safe haven for the Taliban-led ...
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truthdig.com - 26 days ago
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truthdig.com —
By William Pfaff When Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton visits Pakistan this week, she will hear a...
lot about how fearful the Pakistan populace is, not of the Taliban and al-Qaida, but of the United States. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related ...
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Arrogant U.S. Misses the Message From Pakistan’s People
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Rumblings of a Coup in Pakistan?
The New Republic blogs —
The Boston Globe 's Farah Stockman reports that Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States, could be in physical danger were he to return to Islamabad, where he hasn't been for 8 months, due to the charge that he's too "pro-American." Making that charge? The Pakistani military: Samina Ahmed, an Islamabad-based analyst for the International Crisis Group, said the attacks on Haqqani were carefully orchestrated by the military to weaken the government he represents. She predicted more will come. These are the first rumblings of the storm, she said. This is the ...
Pakistan Military Growing Wary of United States?
Matthew Yglesias —
... Jason Zengerle, Farah Stockman writes that Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington hasn’t been home in eight months because he’s afraid of being targeted by physical violence aimed at charging him with being too pro-American: ...
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