By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 26 December 2006 A Pakistani soldier keeps position inside a bunker as he monitors Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Kundi Gar post (16 Dec 2006 photo) Pakistan has announced plans to fence and mine sections of its frontier w...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 15 November 2006 Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill amending the country's controversial laws governing rape and adultery. The legislation, which has one more hurdle to clear, would overturn Pa...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 15 November 2006 India and Pakistan, during two days of peace talks in the Indian capital, have agreed on measures to combat terrorism and reduce the risk of nuclear accidents. The talks have revived a peace process that...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 14 November 2006 India and Pakistan have resumed a peace process that was halted earlier this year by deadly train bombings in Mumbai. Anjana Pasricha reports from the Indian capital, where the talks between the South As...
By Benjamin Sand Balakot, Pakistan 05 October 2006 A year after last October's massive South Asian earthquake, aid agencies are warning that nearly two-million people are facing a second Himalayan winter without proper shelter. VOA's Benjamin Sand r...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 30 September 2006 Indian police have accused Pakistan's military intelligence agency of planning the deadly train bombings that killed more than 180 people in Mumbai in July. Islamabad has denied the charge. ----- A fire...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 22 September 2006 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says his country is committed to fighting terrorism. Speaking to an audience at the George Washington University on Friday, General Musharraf said Pakistan would f...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 17 September 2006 Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, center, speaks as Cabinet Secretary Yisrael Maimon, right, and Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz look on at weekly cabinet meeting, September 17, 2006 Israel has decided to conduct an...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 07 September 2006 Pakistan's president has acknowledged Taleban insurgents are using Pakistani territory to stage cross-border attacks in neighboring Afghanistan. But General Pervez Musharraf strongly rejected allegations...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 06 September 2006 Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf met with his counterpart Hamid Karzai in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, to discuss ways to curb the sharp rise in attacks by the Taleban. Pakistan's leader vowe...