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Pakistan pushed Afghan Taliban to the table

WASHINGTON, June 19, 2013 (AFP) - Pakistan likely played a crucial role in persuading a reluctant Taliban to enter into tentative peace talks with its American and Afghan government foes, experts said here.

June 19, 2013
Malala denounces 'cowardly' Pakistan attack

LONDON, June 18, 2013 (AFP) - Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, on Monday denounced an attack on a bus carrying female students in Quetta as "cowardly".

June 18, 2013
Weeping families identify Pakistan victims

QUETTA, Pakistan, June 17, 2013 (AFP) - Weeping relatives gathered Sunday to identify the charred remains of loved ones killed in a double attack in Pakistan's troubled southwest claimed by a banned Sunni militant group.

June 17, 2013
Sunni militants claim twin Pakistan attacks

QUETTA, Pakistan, June 16, 2013 (AFP) - A Pakistani militant group behind a series of bloody assaults on minority Shiite Muslims has said it carried out attacks on a bus carrying women students and a hospital that killed at least 25.

June 16, 2013
Double attack in Pakistan kills 25

QUETTA, Pakistan, June 16, 2013 (AFP) - At least 25 people were killed in southwest Pakistan on Saturday when militants blew up a bus carrying women students and attacked a hospital treating survivors, officials said.

June 16, 2013
Musharraf arrested over rebel leader's death

ISLAMABAD, June 15, 2013 (AFP) - Pakistan's former military leader Pervez Musharraf has been formally arrested on suspicion of murder despite winning bail in two other cases dating back to his 1999-2008 rule, a lawyer said Friday.

June 15, 2013
Pakistan raises defence budget by 10 percent

ISLAMABAD, June 13, 2013 (AFP) - Pakistan's new government announced Wednesday a 10 percent increase in defence spending a week after taking office, despite a crippling budget deficit of 8.8 percent.

June 13, 2013
Morris and McLaren drive S.Africa to victory

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, June 11, 2013 (AFP) - Chris Morris took two wickets on his one-day international debut and Ryan McLaren a career-best four for 19 as South Africa returned to winning ways in the Champions Trophy with a 67-run success over Pakistan at Edgbaston on Monday.

June 11, 2013
US drone kills 7, first since Sharif sworn in

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, June 8, 2013 (AFP) - A US drone strike Friday killed seven militants in northwest Pakistan, the first since Nawaz Sharif was sworn in as prime minister this week calling for an end to such attacks, local officials said.

June 08, 2013
Sharif calls for end to US drone strikes

ISLAMABAD, June 6, 2013 (AFP) - Pakistan's new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called Wednesday for an end to US drone strikes in the country's northwest, as he took office for an unprecedented third term.

June 06, 2013