Pakistan

Gates and Gulf prince pay for Afghan and Pakistan jabs

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Bill Gates and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi pledged $100 million Wednesday to deliver vaccines to children in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Pakistan decries help for India nuclear arms plans

GENEVA (Reuters) - Pakistan warned major powers on Tuesday against granting rival India membership of four key multilateral export control regimes that allow trade in nuclear and other materials, as proposed by the United States.

World, United Nations 25 Jan 2011

Suicide attack near Pakistan Shi'ite rally kills 13

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up near a religious procession of Shi'ite Muslims in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 50, officials said. | Video

25 Jan 2011

Pakistan has "disastrous year" for human rights in 2010: HRW

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Taliban violence and religious extremism grew in Pakistan in 2010, with the government doing little to improve the situation and often making things worse, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.

25 Jan 2011

Taliban mentor said dead in captivity in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A former Pakistani spy who helped the Taliban rise to power in Afghanistan is believed to have died while being held by militants who kidnapped him 10 months ago, government and security officials said Monday.

World, Afghanistan 24 Jan 2011

Taliban order strict phone blackout in Afghan north

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The Taliban have ordered harsh limits on the use of mobile phones in a remote area of northwestern Afghanistan, residents and officials said, a sign of the militants' increasing influence in a once peaceful area.

World, Technology, Afghanistan 21 Jan 2011

Factbox: 2010 hit by weather extremes: Pakistan to Russia

(Reuters) - Last year, in which extreme weather caused devastating floods in Pakistan and China and a heatwave in Russia, ranked number two or was tied for the warmest on record, according to agencies measuring world temperatures.

Science, Green Business, China, Russia 20 Jan 2011

Big quake shakes Pakistan; no casualties, minor damage

QUETTA (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2 shook southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, jolting residents of cities as far apart as New Delhi and Dubai, but doing little damage in the sparsely populated region.

World, Natural Disasters 19 Jan 2011

Quake shakes Pakistan, damage seems limited

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2 shook southwestern Pakistan early on Wednesday, jolting residents of cities as far apart as Delhi and Dubai, but the epicenter was far from major population centers.

World, Natural Disasters 18 Jan 2011

Britain moves to ban Pakistani Taliban under terror law

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has moved to ban the Pakistani Taliban as a terrorist group, making it illegal to belong to or raise funds for the organization in Britain, the government said on Tuesday.

18 Jan 2011