Pages

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

U.S. drone kills 8 in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - U.S. drone-fired missiles hit a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghan border Wednesday, killing eight people, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Pakistan holds border talks after deadly US attack

The Pakistani army held talks with NATO and Afghan forces on Wednesday in an effort to improve coordination along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a sign of thawing relations after American airstrikes accidentally killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last year.

Deaths from factory collapse in Pakistan up to 21

ISLAMABAD - A senior rescue official says the death toll from a factory that collapsed in an eastern Pakistani city and trapped dozens has risen to 21.