Pakistan
1.8.22
Nearly 2 dozen dead in Pakistan after winter storm strands travelers
—Brad Dress // 8 Jan. 2022 // 6:05 PM EST
Nearly 2 dozen dead in Pakistan after winter storm strands travelers
—Brad Dress // 8 Jan. 2022 // 6:05 PM EST
10.3.21
Pandora Papers roil Pakistani politics; PM pledges investigation
—Mychael Schnell // 3 Oct. 2021 // 6:32 PM EDT
Pandora Papers roil Pakistani politics; PM pledges investigation
—Mychael Schnell // 3 Oct. 2021 // 6:32 PM EDT
8.30.21
At the war’s peak, in 2010, the U.S. had more than 100,000 troops in Afghanistan. The following year, the U.S. killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who had been living in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
—Nancy A. Youssef and Gordon Lubold, "Last U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan After Nearly 20 Years," 30 Aug. 2021 {5:01 PM ET}
At the war’s peak, in 2010, the U.S. had more than 100,000 troops in Afghanistan. The following year, the U.S. killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who had been living in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
—Nancy A. Youssef and Gordon Lubold, "Last U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan After Nearly 20 Years," 30 Aug. 2021 {5:01 PM ET}
11.2.20
Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh accused Pakistan of harboring Taliban militants, whom he blamed for the attack. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the militant group, denied that the Taliban was responsible for the attack, CBS reported. Taliban forces previously killed 13 people in a 2016 attack on Kabul’s American University of Afghanistan.
—Zack Budryk, "Gunmen kill at least 19 in attack on Afghanistan's Kabul University," 2 Nov. 2020 {9:06 AM EST}
Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh accused Pakistan of harboring Taliban militants, whom he blamed for the attack. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the militant group, denied that the Taliban was responsible for the attack, CBS reported. Taliban forces previously killed 13 people in a 2016 attack on Kabul’s American University of Afghanistan.
—Zack Budryk, "Gunmen kill at least 19 in attack on Afghanistan's Kabul University," 2 Nov. 2020 {9:06 AM EST}
9.10.20
When Norwegian parliamentarian Christian Tybring-Gjedde nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday, the president’s critics went into shock on social media. The criticism, of course, did not respond to Tybring-Gjedde’s specific citations of Trump’s role in brokering a landmark normalization deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Kashmir border dispute between India and Pakistan, or the conflict between North and South Korea.
—Richard Grenell, "Nobel prize committee's credibility is on the line," 10 Sep. 2020 {11:15 AM EDT}
When Norwegian parliamentarian Christian Tybring-Gjedde nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday, the president’s critics went into shock on social media. The criticism, of course, did not respond to Tybring-Gjedde’s specific citations of Trump’s role in brokering a landmark normalization deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Kashmir border dispute between India and Pakistan, or the conflict between North and South Korea.
—Richard Grenell, "Nobel prize committee's credibility is on the line," 10 Sep. 2020 {11:15 AM EDT}
11.2.19
Former President Obama’s 2012 campaign ran an ad ahead of the first anniversary of the May 2011 death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who was killed during a Navy Seal operation in Pakistan.
—Ellen Mitchell, "Trump seeks to make al-Baghdadi raid a focal point of reelection campaign," 2 Nov. 2019 {4:48 PM EDT}
Former President Obama’s 2012 campaign ran an ad ahead of the first anniversary of the May 2011 death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who was killed during a Navy Seal operation in Pakistan.
—Ellen Mitchell, "Trump seeks to make al-Baghdadi raid a focal point of reelection campaign," 2 Nov. 2019 {4:48 PM EDT}
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