1. Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan's foreign minister, addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 26, 2012 (Remy Steinegger)

    Pakistan Denies Seeking Taliban Return To Power

    A NATO study obtained by British news media alleged that “Pakistan’s manipulation of the Taliban senior leadership continues unabatedly.”

  1. President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan (AFP/Getty Images)

    Zardari Under Pressure, Musharraf On Way Home

    An outright army coup still seems unlikely but how much longer can Pakistan’s civilian government survive?

  1. Four US Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft fly over mountains in Afghanistan, November 25, 2010 (US Air Force)

    Pentagon Study Says NATO Messed Up

    An internal Defense Department study reveals that NATO had a role in the death of twenty-four Pakistani soldiers.

  1. Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, May 20, 2006 (Ahsan Rashid)

    Is Pakistan Talking with the Pakistani Taliban?

    Despite failed negotiations in the past, the Pakistani Government may be trying to talk with the insurgents again.

  1. President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, September 26, 2007 (Lindsay Beyerstein)

    Karzai Balks At Terms of Taliban Reconciliation

    Negotiations between the Taliban and the United States broke down after the Afghan president rejected the terms of a ceasefire.