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Mattis seeks more cooperation with Pakistan on terror fight

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Supporters of the radical religious party, Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah celebrate after the country's Law Minister Zahid Hamid's resignation, during a sit-in protest in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Pakistani Islamists announced they were disbanding their sit-in near Islamabad after the country's law minister resigned, caving in to the protesters who have been demanding his ouster in a three-week-long rally. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Zahid Hamid, Pakistan law minister, resigns; Islamists celebrate victory

By Munir Ahmed and Zarar Khan - Associated Press

Supporters of religious groups listen to their leader at a rally to express solidarity with protesters, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017. Pakistani Islamists are pressing ahead with their rally near Islamabad in even larger numbers, a day after clashes with police left six dead and dozens wounded. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan Islamists rally on after deadly clashes with police

By ZARAR KHAN - Associated Press

Supporters of religious groups rally to express solidarity with protesters block main highway in capital, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017. Pakistani police have launched an operation to clear an intersection linking capital Islamabad with the garrison city of Rawalpindi where an Islamist group's supporters have camped out for the last 20 days. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistan TV: Army summoned to disperse Islamist sit-ins

By ANJUM NAVEED and ZARAR KHAN - Associated Press

In this image from video released by Taliban Media in December 2016, Caitlan Coleman talks in the video while her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle holds their two children. U.S. officials said Pakistan secured the release of Coleman of Stewartstown, Pa., and her husband, who were abducted five years ago while traveling in Afghanistan and then were held by the Haqqani network. Coleman was pregnant when she was captured. The couple had three children while in captivity, and all have been freed, U.S. officials said. (Taliban Media via AP)

Caitlan Coleman rescue: Parents of freed Afghanistan hostage are angry at son-in-law

By Jill Colvin, Rob Gillies and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif attempted to cool the temperature of relations with Washington after President Trump called Pakistan a haven for terrorists. "The bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan has taken a new turn," Mr. Asif said. (Associated Press)

Pakistan diplomat to U.S. regrets ‘new turn’ in Trump anti-terror policy

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan speaks to reporters in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. Khan called for the government to convene a special session of the Parliament to hold a debate on US President Donald Trump's threats. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Islamabad leaders to Trump: Don’t scapegoat Pakistan

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Pakistani Snakes Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Pakistan shows long history of duplicity

By Ted Poe

Pakistani Ambassador Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said his country will have plenty of economic opportunity in coming years that could be at risk from violence in neighboring Afghanistan. (Associated Press/File)

Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Pakistan’s ambassador, awaits Trump’s Afghanistan policy

By Guy Taylor and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. A Pakistani health official says a special anti-polio drive has been launched in Islamabad after traces of the polio virus were found in the city's sewage system. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan launches special anti-polio drive in Islamabad

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Pentagon: An al-Qaida leader killed in Afghanistan airstrike

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Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, in this Sept. 21, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Pakistani ties with China, Russia not ‘zero sum game’ for United States: Ambassador

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 15, 2016 file photo, a Pakistan army soldier stands guard in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber, near Torkham border post between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan's cabinet on Thursday, March 2, 2017, approved a set of reforms that will bring the tribal regions under government control, an aide to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's said. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad, File)

Pakistan unveils reforms for tribal areas as drone kills 2

By MUNIR AHMED and RIAZ KHAN - Associated Press

A Pakistani police officer stands guard during a Friday's prayers in Karachi, Pakistan, Feb. 17, 2017. Pakistani forces killed and arrested dozens of suspects in sweeping raids overnight and into Friday, a day after a massive suicide bombing by the Islamic State group killed dozens of worshippers at a famed Sufi shrine in the country's south. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistan reeling after ISIS bombing at Sufi shrine killed 88

By Muhammad Farooq and Adil Jawad - Associated Press

Dead bodies of alleged militants killed in a crackdown operation by security forces are laid at a mortuary in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Pakistani security forces arrested dozens of suspects in sweeping raids a day after a massive bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed dozens of worshippers at a famed Sufi shrine in a southern province. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Pakistan cracks down on militants after IS shrine attack

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this Dec. 17, 2016, photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala. Trump will be the first U.S. president to have ever owned a casino, and the gambling industry is wondering how he will handle three major issues: internet gambling, sports betting and daily fantasy sports. The industry has sent its wish list to the president-elect. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Trump must get tough with Pakistan

By Fulvio Martusciello

People stand outside a hotel on fire in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. A massive fire swept through a four-star hotel in the southern port city of Karachi on Monday, officials said. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Pakistan national carrier’s plane crashes after takeoff

By Asif Shahzad and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

National Geographic's famed green-eyed "Afghan Girl" Sharbat Gulla poses for a photo during a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, at the Presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 9, 2016. Afghanistan's president on Wednesday welcomed home Gulla who was deported from Pakistan after a court had convicted her on charges of carrying a forged Pakistani ID card and staying in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Sharbat Gulla, National Geographic’s iconic ‘Afghan Girl,’ deported by Pakistan

By Lynne O'Donnell and Riaz Khan - Associated Press

Pakistani police officers stand guard at the site of a bomb blast in a park in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March, 27, 2016. A bomb blast in a park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has killed tens of people and wounded scores, a health official said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chuadary)

Pakistan PM vows to fight terror after 70 died in Lahore

By Zarar Khan and Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

India’s Narendra Modi arrives in Pakistan on first visit as premier

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press