Pakistan

CIA use of immunization program has troubling history

August 8, 2011 By Emile Schepers

In search of Bin Laden the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency offered immunization shots against Hepatitis B to the poor people of Abbottabad, in Pakistan, as a CIA front program.

Afghanistan: anatomy of a hit

July 28, 2011 By Conn Hallinan

The assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai in Kandahar is one of those moments when the long and bloody Afghanistan war comes into focus.

Bin Laden, Pakistan and the Great Game’s new clothes

May 10, 2011 By Conn Hallinan

This is, after all, the ground over which the 19th century "Great Game" was played, the essence of which was obfuscation. What you thought you saw or knew was not necessarily what was.

World Notes: Italy, Japan, Pakistan – and more

March 30, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

International news clips regarding Italy, Yemen, Japan, Pakistan, Bolivia and Cuba.

World Notes: Cuba, Israel, Venezuela – and more

January 25, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Pakistanis are protesting U.S. drones while South Africans are negotiating better prices for anti-HIV drugs. All of this and more in World Notes.