Pamela Constable The Washington Post
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Why Afghans Welcome Donald Trump's Surprising Tweets On Taliban
Afghan officials, analysts and citizens on Sunday cautiously welcomed President Donald Trump's announcement that he was calling off the troubled U.S.-Taliban peace talks aimed at ending the 18-year conflict.
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US To Withdraw Thousands Of Troops From Afghanistan In "Peace" Taliban Deal
The Trump administration is preparing to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan in exchange for concessions from the Taliban, including a cease-fire and a renunciation of al-Qaida, as part of an initial deal to end the nearly 18-year-old war, U.S. officials say.
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Pakistan's Asia Bibi Left For Canada. Others Remain On Death Row For Blasphemy
One prisoner is an illiterate Christian street cleaner who got into an argument with a Muslim friend while they were out drinking. Another is a US-trained university professor whose liberal Facebook posts upset Islamist student activists.
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Pak Man, Filmed Trying To Fight New Zealand Gunman, To Get National Award
Naeem Rashid, 50, a teacher and father of three who emigrated from Pakistan to New Zealand a decade ago, was busy this month planning the spring wedding of his son Talha, 21.
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Pak Christian Freed On Blasphemy Charges But Remains Silent, Invisible
For years, Asia Bibi has been the invisible victim and villain of a high-profile drama that has divided this Muslim-majority nation, set off a chain of violent events and focused world attention on the power of religious extremism and its challenge to the Pakistani state and its powerful security forces.
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In Glistening New Airport, Pakistan Sees Ticket To Reviving The Country's Prestige
It gleams, it glistens, it positively glows.
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Pakistan Blames The US For Its Return To A Terror Financing Watch List
When officials here learned last month that Pakistan was in danger of being sanctioned by a global task force on terror financing, they sprang into action.
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Despite Trump's Punitive Military Aid Cut, Pakistan And US Are Still Intertwined
After President Donald Trump bluntly accused Pakistan of "lies and deceit" on New Year's Day, then suspended all security aid to the longtime U.S. military ally, Pakistan was widely described as acting like a jilted lover - secretly stricken but publicly defiant and pretending not to care.
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Pak Rape, Killing Of 7-Year-Old Girl Is Changing Culture Of Shame
The second-grader's homework assignment on Jan. 4 was to describe herself. "I am a girl," wrote Zainab Amin, who had a perky smile and a pageboy haircut. "I am seven years old. I live in Kasur. I love mangoes."
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Pakistani Protesters See A Dark Conspiracy Afoot In A 'Clerical Error' About The Prophet
Their cause seemed arcane and their slogans were far from pithy. But to several hundred protesters who rallied here for 11 days, the "finality of the prophet-hood" was an unassailable tenet of Islam, the faith followed by 95 percent of Pakistanis, and defending it was of sacred importance.
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In Pakistan, The Mighty House Of Sharif Is Fighting For Its Life
The House of Sharif, one of Pakistan's two great political dynasties, is looking more and more like a house of cards. Yet against all odds, deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif seems determined to keep it standing.
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In Pak, Once-Fringe Islamist Radicals Are Entering Mainstream Politics
Few people noticed the campaign posters pasted in many run-down alleys that featured these obscure, bearded figures and religious messages. Instead, the nation was waiting to see which of two mainstream political parties would win a crucial parliamentary election in Lahore this past Sunday.
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With US General Under Fire, Afghans Fear Being Abandoned By Trump
Afghans are alarmed by widespread reports that President Donald Trump has threatened to fire Gen. John Nicholson Jr., the highly regarded U.S. military commander in this war-torn country, and that Trump has also delayed choosing a new military and political strategy Afghans have awaited anxiously for the past six months
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In Pakistan, Student's Lynching For Alleged Blasphemy A New Low - But No Surprise
Officials are struggling to stem a rising tide of false accusations and vigilante violence.
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In Afghanistan, A Radio Call-In Show Brings Answers, Comic Relief
The studio of Radio Arman lies behind a thick steel door, deep within a block-long bunker. Once a row of private homes, it is now a maze of production sets and tiny offices, barricaded against car bombs and gunfire.
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Why Afghans Welcome Donald Trump's Surprising Tweets On Taliban
Afghan officials, analysts and citizens on Sunday cautiously welcomed President Donald Trump's announcement that he was calling off the troubled U.S.-Taliban peace talks aimed at ending the 18-year conflict.
-
US To Withdraw Thousands Of Troops From Afghanistan In "Peace" Taliban Deal
The Trump administration is preparing to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan in exchange for concessions from the Taliban, including a cease-fire and a renunciation of al-Qaida, as part of an initial deal to end the nearly 18-year-old war, U.S. officials say.
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Pakistan's Asia Bibi Left For Canada. Others Remain On Death Row For Blasphemy
One prisoner is an illiterate Christian street cleaner who got into an argument with a Muslim friend while they were out drinking. Another is a US-trained university professor whose liberal Facebook posts upset Islamist student activists.
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Pak Man, Filmed Trying To Fight New Zealand Gunman, To Get National Award
Naeem Rashid, 50, a teacher and father of three who emigrated from Pakistan to New Zealand a decade ago, was busy this month planning the spring wedding of his son Talha, 21.
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Pak Christian Freed On Blasphemy Charges But Remains Silent, Invisible
For years, Asia Bibi has been the invisible victim and villain of a high-profile drama that has divided this Muslim-majority nation, set off a chain of violent events and focused world attention on the power of religious extremism and its challenge to the Pakistani state and its powerful security forces.
-
In Glistening New Airport, Pakistan Sees Ticket To Reviving The Country's Prestige
It gleams, it glistens, it positively glows.
-
Pakistan Blames The US For Its Return To A Terror Financing Watch List
When officials here learned last month that Pakistan was in danger of being sanctioned by a global task force on terror financing, they sprang into action.
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Despite Trump's Punitive Military Aid Cut, Pakistan And US Are Still Intertwined
After President Donald Trump bluntly accused Pakistan of "lies and deceit" on New Year's Day, then suspended all security aid to the longtime U.S. military ally, Pakistan was widely described as acting like a jilted lover - secretly stricken but publicly defiant and pretending not to care.
-
Pak Rape, Killing Of 7-Year-Old Girl Is Changing Culture Of Shame
The second-grader's homework assignment on Jan. 4 was to describe herself. "I am a girl," wrote Zainab Amin, who had a perky smile and a pageboy haircut. "I am seven years old. I live in Kasur. I love mangoes."
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Pakistani Protesters See A Dark Conspiracy Afoot In A 'Clerical Error' About The Prophet
Their cause seemed arcane and their slogans were far from pithy. But to several hundred protesters who rallied here for 11 days, the "finality of the prophet-hood" was an unassailable tenet of Islam, the faith followed by 95 percent of Pakistanis, and defending it was of sacred importance.
-
In Pakistan, The Mighty House Of Sharif Is Fighting For Its Life
The House of Sharif, one of Pakistan's two great political dynasties, is looking more and more like a house of cards. Yet against all odds, deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif seems determined to keep it standing.
-
In Pak, Once-Fringe Islamist Radicals Are Entering Mainstream Politics
Few people noticed the campaign posters pasted in many run-down alleys that featured these obscure, bearded figures and religious messages. Instead, the nation was waiting to see which of two mainstream political parties would win a crucial parliamentary election in Lahore this past Sunday.
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With US General Under Fire, Afghans Fear Being Abandoned By Trump
Afghans are alarmed by widespread reports that President Donald Trump has threatened to fire Gen. John Nicholson Jr., the highly regarded U.S. military commander in this war-torn country, and that Trump has also delayed choosing a new military and political strategy Afghans have awaited anxiously for the past six months
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In Pakistan, Student's Lynching For Alleged Blasphemy A New Low - But No Surprise
Officials are struggling to stem a rising tide of false accusations and vigilante violence.
-
In Afghanistan, A Radio Call-In Show Brings Answers, Comic Relief
The studio of Radio Arman lies behind a thick steel door, deep within a block-long bunker. Once a row of private homes, it is now a maze of production sets and tiny offices, barricaded against car bombs and gunfire.
