Official: Explosion hits central Pakistani town
Top US officer: Taliban harder to defeat
KABUL — The top U.S. military officer said the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan is harder to defeat now than it was a year ago, and said he will take up concerns about strengthening ties to al-Qaida with government leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
UN likely to extend Bhutto investigation
UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he is “positively considering” a request to extend a U.N. investigation into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for an additional three months.
Pakistan court stays deporting of Americans
Fighting in Pakistan kills 7 militants, 2 troops
Americans held in Pakistan straddled 2 worlds