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• CIA may have misled filmmakers in Bin Laden mission flick

  January 6, 2013 12:29 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers are accusing the CIA of misleading the makers of the Osama bin Laden raid film, "Zero Dark Thirty," by telling them that harsh interrogation methods helped track down the terrorist mastermind. The film shows waterboarding and similar techniques as important to finding bin Laden in Pakistan,... more »

• Hard-line Islamists stream to Pakistan's capital to protest NATO supply line

  July 8, 2012 2:05 PM

  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Hard-line Islamists in Pakistan are streaming toward the capital to demonstrate their anger over the governments' decision to reopen supply routes to the U.S. and NATO forces fighting in Afghanistan. Islamabad closed the route into Afghanistan in November in retaliation for American airstrikes that killed 24... more »

• Afghan official: Explosives seized, attacks stopped

  April 21, 2012 1:53 PM

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan security forces have arrested five militants with 22,000 pounds of explosives that they smuggled into the country from Pakistan, as well as another three suspects allegedly planning to assassinate the vice president. A spokesman for the National Director for Security says three of the five... more »

• Pakistan chief to visit India on low-profile trip

  April 8, 2012 12:34 AM

  NEW DELHI (AP) - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is scheduled to visit India on a private trip that also gives him a chance to meet Indian leaders amid a thaw in relations between the two South Asian rivals. Zardari's visit Sunday, the first by a Pakistani head of state... more »

• Gingrich: Afghanistan may be 'undoable' mission

  March 11, 2012 1:19 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich says he thinks U.S. involvement in the region around Afghanistan may be risking the lives of young troops in a mission that "may not be doable." Gingrich says the U.S. should reassess the region and ask whether there isn't "a harder, deeper... more »

• FBI offers $1 million reward for missing American

  March 6, 2012 11:10 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is offering $1 million for information leading to the safe return of a former FBI agent who vanished in Iran five years ago. The case has increasingly frustrated investigators trying to bring him home. The reward announced Tuesday is the latest high-profile effort by the... more »

• CIA contractor due in Colorado court after fight

  October 3, 2011 12:24 PM

  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) - A CIA contractor who was once jailed in Pakistan for killing two men in a shootout is due in a Colorado courtroom on charges of fighting over a shopping center parking spot. Raymond Davis was arrested Saturday on charges of third-degree assault and disorderly... more »

• Al-Qaida's No. 2 killed in Pakistan according to official sources

  August 27, 2011 2:17 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Obama administration official says al-Qaida No. 2 leader, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan. Al-Rahman was a Libyan national who was considered al-Qaida's operational leader before rising to the No. 2 spot following Osama bin Laden's death in May. Al-Rahman's death... more »

• Pakistan denies that army major was arrested

  June 15, 2011 1:39 PM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) - The Pakistani army is denying that one of its majors was arrested for feeding information to the CIA ahead of the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The New York Times first reported the arrest of five Pakistani informants yesterday. It said they included an... more »

• U.S. Pakistan relations improving

  June 2, 2011 5:53 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. and Pakistan are trying to repair their damaged relationship by forging a new joint intelligence team to go after top terrorism suspects. U.S. and Pakistani officials say the effort comes after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton presented the Pakistanis with a list of... more »

• Pakistan arrests "al-Qaida operative"

  May 17, 2011 1:46 PM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's army says a Yemeni national it describes as a "senior al-Qaida operative" has been arrested in the city of Karachi. The army said Tuesday the man had been working directly under al-Qaida leaders along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. It gave no further details.... more »

• Former Afghan intel chief gave tip on Bin Laden 4 years ago

  May 15, 2011 8:32 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Afghanistan's former intelligence chief says he knew Osama bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan four years ago, but Pakistan's leaders rejected his claims. In an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes," Amrullah Saleh says Afghan intelligence thought bin Laden was in the Pakistani city of... more »

• Bin Laden was watching himself on TV

  May 7, 2011 7:26 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Home movies taken from Osama bin Laden's hideout show the terrorist leader watching news coverage of himself on television. The videos were seized by Navy SEALs after bin Laden was killed Monday. They were shown to reporters Saturday by intelligence officials. The five movies offer... more »

• Pakistan vows reduction of U.S. military personnel

  May 5, 2011 11:39 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's army says U.S. military personnel in the country will be reduced to the "minimum essential" levels. Thursday's army statement gives no details, but it comes amid Pakistani anger over the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden on Monday. U.S. officials were not immediately available... more »

• Pakistan concerned about future U.S. incursions

  May 3, 2011 1:51 PM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan says it is deeply concerned over what it said was an "unauthorized" American raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The government statement Tuesday said the raid should not serve as a precedent for future U.S. actions in the country. Washington says it did not inform... more »

• "Deep concerns" about U.S. raid on bin Laden

  May 3, 2011 11:55 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan says it is deeply concerned over what it said was an "unauthorized" American raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The government statement Tuesday said the raid should not serve as a precedent for future U.S. actions in the country. Washington says it did not inform Islamabad... more »

• Warning to U.S. embassies following Osama bin Laden's death

  May 2, 2011 1:09 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department is putting U.S. embassies on alert and is warning Americans abroad of possible reprisal attacks from al-Qaida and its affiliates around the world after the killing of the group's leader Osama bin Laden by American forces in Pakistan. In a worldwide travel alert released... more »

• Pakistani court blocks release of American suspect

  January 31, 2011 11:20 PM

  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) A Pakistani court has ordered the government not to release an American official arrested in the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis. The Lahore High Court has also told the government on Tuesday to place the American on the "exit control list" that would prevent him from... more »

• Sen. Mark Udall visits Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq

  October 18, 2010 12:44 PM

  Sen. Mark Udall has returned from a trip to assess the status of U.S.-led efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. Udall, a member of the Armed Services Committee, visited the three nations between Oct. 7 and Oct. 15. He plans to discuss the trip with reporters on Monday. ... more »

• Osama bin Laden hunter arrested in Colorado

  October 6, 2010 3:26 PM

  The Colorado man who was famously arrested in Pakistan for hunting Osama bin Laden has been arrested again, this time in Colorado for alleged domestic violence. According to 9News, the Colorado State Patrol arrested Gary Faulkner Tuesday in Clear Creek County, following a traffic accident. Faulkner was a passenger... more »

• White House condemns deadly attacks in Pakistan

  September 3, 2010 4:46 PM

  The White House is condemning attacks in Pakistan that left dozens dead. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says the timing of the violence makes the attacks "even more reprehensible," coming during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and as Pakistan recovers from devastating floods. The Pakistani Taliban has taken... more »

• US Army begins relief missions in Pakistan

  August 5, 2010 9:25 AM

  U.S. Army helicopters have flown their first relief missions in Pakistan's flood-ravaged northwest. An Associated Press reporter saw four U.S. Chinooks evacuating hundreds of people stranded for days in a mountain town in the upper reaches of the Swat Valley. A U.S. Embassy spokesman said Thursday the choppers... more »

• Overseas asthma treatment: Salt mines

  August 3, 2010 10:29 AM

  Salt is becoming big business as an experimental treatment for asthma patients in Pakistan. A centuries-old salt mine in Pakistan is attracting patients who are lining up to try its converted underground caverns. People from as far away as Dubai and Saudi Arabia come to the mine for treatment.... more »

• 2 Americans among 152 dead in plane crash

  July 28, 2010 8:41 AM

  All 152 people aboard a Pakistani jet died when the passenger plane crashed into hills as it tried to land on Wednesday, an official told NBC News. The head of Pakistan's civil defense body told NBC News that no one travelling aboard the Airblue flight had survived. Earlier... more »

• bin Laden hunter back in Colorado

  June 24, 2010 2:46 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A Colorado man who traveled to Pakistan to hunt down Osama bin Laden said he'll "absolutely" try again, despite his arrest in the woods of northern Pakistan. Gary Faulkner returned home to Greeley late Wednesday after being detained June 13 when authorities found him armed with... more »

• Five Americans convicted in Pakistan

  June 24, 2010 2:37 PM

  SARGODHA, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani court has convicted five young American men on terror charges and sentenced them each to 10 years in prison. The five Muslims from the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., were arrested in December. Prosecutors say e-mail records and witness statements prove they had... more »

• Brother of bin Laden hunter waiting for next step

  June 16, 2010 11:53 AM

  The brother of a construction worker who went to Pakistan on a mission to kill Osama bin Laden says he hasn't talked to his brother yet and doesn't know whether he'll be released. The brother of Gary Brooks Faulkner says he has not yet heard from his brother but... more »

• Osama bin Laden hunter arrested in Pakistan

  June 15, 2010 3:38 PM

  An American man armed with a pistol and a 40-inch sword was detained in northern Pakistan as he tried to cross the border into Afghanistan on a mission to avenge the 9-11 attacks and kill Osama bin Laden. Police said Gary Brooks Faulkner, a 51-year-old construction worker, was also... more »

• Pakistan arrests 2 in Times Square bomb probe

  May 14, 2010 12:55 PM

  A senior U.S. military official says Pakistan now has at least two men in custody on suspicion of helping to finance the Times Square bombing attempt. The investigation into the May 1 attempt has widened as authorities in the U.S. and Pakistan follow the money trail. The official spoke... more »

• US officials: New focus on striking US, the West

  May 8, 2010 12:12 PM

  U.S. counterterrorism officials say the Times Square plot is a possible signal that militant leaders in Pakistan have shifted focus to targets in the U.S. and the West instead of sticking to their home base. The officials are warning that the failed attack in New York City could be only... more »

• Suspected money courier sought in NYC bomb plot

  May 7, 2010 8:22 AM

  A law enforcement official says authorities are looking for a suspected money courier they say helped finance from overseas a Pakistani-American man's Times Square car bomb plot. The official said authorities know the name of the suspected courier. The official spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because of the... more »

• Gates orders study of Pentagon 'information ops'

  March 23, 2010 2:20 PM

  Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked for a wide-ranging study of the Pentagon's information operations and given officials just 15 days to complete it. The review comes amid a separate Pentagon investigation into whether an official hired private contractors to run an off-the-books spy operation for tracking suspected insurgents... more »