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Ashfaq Kayani

• Ashfaq Kayani: the new man with the baton in Pakistan


• New Pakistan Army Chief Orders Military Out of Civilian Government Agencies, Reversing Musharraf Policy

Benazir Bhutto and Her Family

• A Complex Family History, Unfolding in Public


• A Dynasty Isn't a Democracy


• Attention back on allegations against Bhutto's widower


• Aunt Benazir's false promises


• Benazir Bhutto’s tainted widower Asif Ali Zardari reemerges as kingmaker


• Benazir Bhutto and the Politics of Chaos


• Bhutto's backflip as poll is called


• Bhutto 'blocked from hiring U.S. bodyguards'


• Bhutto bombing kicks off war on U.S. plan


• Bhutto Dealt Nuclear Secrets to North Korea, Book Says


• Bhutto had proof of plan to rig election


• Bhutto helped create Taliban monster


• Bhutto Report: Musharraf Planned to Fix Elections


• Bhutto Spouse, Divisive Figure, Asserts Himself


• Can Benazir Bhutto save Pakistan's President Musharraf?


• Family dynasty fills Bhutto vacuum in Pakistan


• Family feuds resurface to threaten Benazir Bhutto’s will for party succession


• In Pakistan, can Bhutto distance herself from Musharraf?


• Is Bhutto-Musharraf confrontation for real?


• Mr. Ten Percent


• Myths and Realities About Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan's Dark Future


• New political deal angers Pakistanis


• Pakistan's 10% Solution


• Pakistan's flawed and feudal princess


• Pakistani Women's Flawed Icon


• Pakistani women assess Bhutto


• Slouching Toward Islamabad: Personality Cults and Pakistan's Elections


• The Benazir Bhutto dossier: 'secret service was diverting U.S. aid for fighting militants to rig the elections'


• The PPP and the army


• The Woman Who Knew Too Much (YouTube video)


• U.S. Brokered Bhutto's Return to Pakistan


• Zardari on the Hot Seat

Disappearing Prisoners

• Pakistan's missing are doubly lost


• Pakistan Accused of Disappearing Terrorism Suspects


• Picture of Secret Detentions Emerges in Pakistan

Foreign Intervention, Military and Otherwise

• A U.S.-NATO War in Pakistan?--An Anatomy of the Current Crisis


• America's Bad Deal With Musharraf, Going Down in Flames


• Anti-American Islamic Nationalism Is Behind Pakistan Crisis


• Any U.S. blunder in Pakistan could aid al-Qaida


• Are You With Us… or Against Us?


• Asif Ali Zardari cannot please the U.S. and his anti-American electorate


• Avoiding a Deluge


• Bush's best-laid plans


• Bush’s Hands Bear Bhutto’s Blood


• Bush's third war


• Bush 'Triples Down' in Pakistan


• Bush Stands by His Dictator


• Casualties of another war


• Déjà Vu: Musharraf and the Shah


• Don't Push Pakistan Too Far


• Hands Off Pakistan


• Invade Pakistan?


• Is the U.S. at War with Its Own Weapons in Pakistan?


• McCain's Holiday from History in Pakistan


• Memo to Media: Supporting Musharraf is Not Realism


• Misguided Meddling in Pakistan


• No Good Options for Interventionists


• Officials: Pakistani Troops Fired on US Helicopters Trying to Cross Border


• Our Dictator, Their Democracy


• Our Man in Pakistan


• Pakistan: The New Frontier


• Pakistan, Prince of Denmark


• Pakistan Turns Scary for Bush’s War on Terrorism


• Pakistanis' anger at Musharraf extends to U.S.


• Pakistanis baffled by U.S. support for their military regime


• Politics as Usual?


• Quagmire, Phase 2: The Invasion of Pakistan


• Ron Paul Is Right About Pakistan


• Supporting Musharraf Fuels Crisis in Pakistan


• The American War Moves to Pakistan


• The Pakistan Conundrum


• The Problem in Pakistan


• The Soft Surge: Opening the Gates of Hell in Pakistan


• The west has not just repressed democracy. It has aided terrorism


• U.S. Is Looking Past Musharraf in Case He Falls


• U.S. military aid to Pakistan misses its al-Qaida target


• U.S. officials see waste in billions sent to Pakistan


• U.S. Set to Invade Pakistan?


• U.S. Support for Musharraf Causes Anger


• Washington envisions a Pakistan beyond Musharraf

Islamist Militancy in Pakistan

• Can Pakistan clean up its intelligence agency?


• Can Pakistan's new anti-militancy strategy work?


• Ceasefire: A lull before the storm


• Could Pakistan fall to extremists?


• Culture, Politics Hinder U.S. Effort to Bolster Pakistani Border Forces


• Doubts Engulf an American Aid Plan for Pakistan


• Exporting the Anbar Awakening


• FATA's growing disconnect


• Fears rise that key Pakistani city will fall to Islamist militants


• Frontier Insurgency Spills Into Peshawar


• How to succeed and fail in the tribal areas


• In northwestern Pakistan, where militants rule


• In Pakistan, Doubts Over the Fight in Tribal Areas


• Islamist threat hitting home in Pakistan


• Local Militants in Pakistan Add to Al-Qaida Threat


• Militants Escape Control of Pakistan, Officials Say


• Moderate voices from a Pakistani city


• New Government Announces Major Reforms In Tribal Areas


• Next-Gen Taliban


• Pakistan: Negligent on Terrorism?


• Pakistan's Army: Unprepared to tackle terrorism?


• Pakistan's deal with the devil


• Pakistan's New Government Launches Peace Initiative with Islamist Militants in Swat


• Pakistan's risky militia strategy


• Pakistan Cutting Deal With Bhutto's Killer?


• Pakistan Election Victors Want Dialogue With Militants


• Pakistan paramilitary fighters lose heart


• Pakistan wrestles with a 'soldier of peace'


• Pakistani militant's reputation grows


• Pakistani Taliban at the Gates


• Pakistani Taliban grows bolder, taking fight to doorstep of frontier city


• Pakistani Taliban unites under Baitullah Mehsud


• Pakistani tribesmen organize private armies to fight Taliban


• Pakistani tribesmen organize to fight Taliban


• Pakistani Troops Seek to Counter Taliban Threat to Peshawar


• Pivotal test of Pakistan's will against Islamists


• Taliban Commander Emerges As Pakistan's 'Biggest Problem'


• The Emerging Militancy in Pakistan’s Mohmand Agency


• The new Taliban


• The Sanctuary Delusion


• U.S.'s 'good' war hits Pakistan hard


• U.S. aims to turn hostile Pakistani tribes friendly


• U.S. concern over Pakistan deal with militants


• Victorious Opposition Looks To Shift Strategy Toward Militants

Nawaz Sharif

• Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan


• Gingerly, U.S. reaches out to Sharif in Pakistan


• He's carrying the torch of opposition in Pakistan

Pakistan's Ethnic Divisions

• Don't Forget Pakistan's Yugoslavia Syndrome


• Regional rivalry in Pakistan


• Strains Intensify in Pakistan's Ethnic Patchwork


• The Baluchi Minority's 'Forgotten Conflict'

Pakistan's February 2008 Parliamentary Elections and the New Government

• Campaign in Pakistan goes on amid curbs


• Democracy in Pakistan Might Bring Tension with Washington


• Hope in Pakistan?


• Islamists lose big in Pakistan vote


• Musharraf's Party Roundly Defeated, Islamist Coalition Collapses in NWFP, and PPP Likely to Form Next Government


• Nawaz Sharif’s Party Exits Coalition, Pakistani Government Hanging on by a Thread


• No telling where Pakistan is headed


• Pakistan's next president: Mr. 10 Percent?


• Pakistan coalition promises benefits


• Pakistani Prime Minister was warned of attack


• Secularists Face Tests in Northwest Pakistan


• Some Pakistani Women Warded Off Voting


• Tide of cheer as mullahs are ousted

Pakistan's September 2008 Presidential Elections

• Afghanistan's war has a new battlefield


• Pakistan presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari 'suffering from severe mental problems'


• Purge of Bhutto Allies Raises Further Questions About Zardari


• Zardari Elected New President

Pervez Musharraf

• Agency


• An extraordinary encounter with Musharraf


• Arresting Musharraf


• Endgame for Pakistan?: Musharraf's Last Gamble


• If you thought Musharraf was bad…


• In Pakistan's villages, it's the economy, Musharraf


• July 2007 mosque assault ignited public's distrust of Musharraf government


• Miscalculations


• Most Want Musharraf to Quit, Poll Shows


• Musharraf's administration and Pakistan's economy


• Musharraf's Last Stand


• Musharraf Feels the Heat: As turmoil spreads in Pakistan, Musharraf’s grip on power weakens


• Musharraf said on Verge of Resigning


• Musharraf says he's stepping down


• Pakistan After Musharraf


• Pakistan election: A charade masquerading as democracy


• Silenced Pakistani Lawyer Is Speaking Out


• The man who rigged 2002 polls spills the beans


• U.S. counter-terrorism officials express relief over Musharraf exit

The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto (and Other Prime Ministers Before Her)

• After Bhutto's Assassination, Now What?


• Another Death in Rawalpindi


• Bhutto accuses Osama bin Laden's son from beyond the grave


• Bhutto assassins say attack was revenge for Pakistani mosque siege


• British police say blast killed Bhutto


• Doctors Cite Pressure to Keep Silent On Bhutto


• Finding the culprits


• Ghosts That Haunt Pakistan


• Many Had the Desire and Means to Kill Bhutto


• Ministry backtracks on Bhutto sunroof claims


• Mysterious crowd suddenly stopped Bhutto's car, officer says


• New questions arise in killing of ex-premier Bhutto


• Pakistan's Zapruder Film Surfaces


• Pakistan hosed away scene after Bhutto attack


• Pakistan makes little headway in Bhutto investigation


• Pakistani TV station shows Bhutto shooting footage


• Rawalpindi police chief did not agree to Bhutto’s autopsy


• Report: Day after Bhutto assassination, U.S. Predator targeted Islamist ideologue


• Scotland Yard believes al-Qaida assassinated Benazir Bhutto

The Imposition of 'Emergency Rule' in November 2007

• Despite warnings, Bush officials couldn't stop Musharraf


• Emergency illegal, admits Musharraf


• Emergency rule in Pakistan: Musharraf's last grab for power?


• For Now, Musharraf Has Muzzled Legal Critics in Pakistan


• Militants Gain Despite Decree by Musharraf


• Musharraf's crackdown could fuel insurgency in Pakistan


• Musharraf's Emergency Rule Abounding in Contradictions


• Musharraf Consolidates His Control With Arrests


• Pakistan's Middle Class Takes to the Streets


• Pakistan unleashes brutal crackdown


• Pakistani President Sets Emergency Rule, Defying the U.S.


• Standing up to Musharraf


• Taliban the big winners


• The general's iron fist


• The Lawyers' Crusade


• Violent crackdown on Pakistan protests

Miscellaneous

• Danger in South Asia


• In Cold Blood


• Islam and Pakistan


• Minority Christians keep faith in Pakistan


• Pakistan facing bankruptcy


• Playing with Fire: Pakistan's Unintended Strategic Challenge in India's Homeland


• The Crisis in Pakistan: Mediating a Peace Deal Between India and Pakistan


• The Real Crisis in Pakistan