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The Taliban has praised the new government's plan to repeal the Frontier Crimes Regulation and conduct negotiations. Police arrested a "top militant" in Swat. Two warring tribes in Kohat declared a cease-fire after 35 people were killed in clashes. The first joint intelligence center manned by US, Afghan, and Pakistani agents has been opened.




The leader of the Awami National Party said the new government will withdraw the Army from Swat. Fifty police were fired for "lack of courage." Two Taliban were arrested for arms smuggling. The Taliban warned tribesmen not to meet Americans envoys.




US Steps Up Unilateral Strikes in Pakistan




Bhutto attack suspect rearrested in Pakistan: officials




President Bush waived democracy-related restrictions on $300 million of US assistance to Pakistan. Seven civilians were killed in an attack on an ambulance in Kurram agency. The Taliban bombed a bridge in Swat. Four suspects in the March 11 suicide attack in Lahore have been detained.




Bhutto bomb suspect freed




Pakistan Bristles at US Envoys' Arrival




US Envoys Visit Northwest Pakistan




Pakistan PM urges comprehensive security strategy




Yousuf Raza Gillani was sworn in as Pakistan's new Prime Minister by President Pervez Musharraf. Gillani was elected prime minister by a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly or lower house of parliament. Insurgents blew up 36 oil tankers destined for Coalition forces in the Khyber Pass area, 100 injured.




Pakistani prime minister frees judges




Pakistan deports 219 Afghans for alleged illegal entry into the country




US fuel trucks hit at Afghan border




New Pakistan PM Takes Reins Amid Challenges




Musharraf vows to back coalition




Bhutto party announces candidate for Pakistani PM




Pakistan to Try New Approach to Militants




The Taliban bombed three police checkposts and a girls' school in Darra Adam Khel. Security forces seized three illegal FM radio stations and detained 16 Taliban, including a wanted commander in Swat. A curfew has been imposed in Khairpur after 10 were wounded during sectarian clashes.




Tension and tea along the Pakistani border

Phil Peterson, on assignment with the Embedded Transition Team for the Afghan National Army based out of Forward Operating Base Tillman, recounts a recent patrol along the Pakistani border and the team's encounter with the Pakistani border guards. With the Taliban watching.


A suicide bomber killed five Pakistani troops when he detonated outside a paramilitary base near Wana, South Waziristan. The Pakistan People's Party allegedly selected its choice for the country™s next prime minister, but the decision may already be causing rifts within the party. Pakistan successfully conducted its final flight test of its indigenously developed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), Uqaab.


 
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