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Pakistan’s army rejects PM Sharif’s call to sack adviser

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

The Latest: US drone strike kills 7 in northwest Pakistan

Associated Press

Pakistani Taliban say detained militant used for propaganda

By MUNIR AHMED and ASIF SHAHZAD - Associated Press

Official: Roadside bomb kills 9 people in northwest Pakistan

By RIAZ KHAN - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Friday, April. 14, 2017, activists of a Pakistani civil society protest against the killing of a student Mohammad Mashal in Peshawar, Pakistan. Pakistani police say they have arrested 22 suspects in the lynching of the university student who was accused of blasphemy. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Arrests highlight Pakistan’s struggle with extremism

By ASIF SHAHZAD - Associated Press

Afghan commandos arrive at Pandola village near the site of a U.S. bombing in the Achin district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, April 14, 2017. U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon every used in combat by the U.S. military, Pentagon officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghanistan: Massive US bomb kills 36 Islamic State fighters

By AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

An Afghan commando mans a machine gun at the Pandola village near the site of the U.S. forces' bombing in Achin district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, April 14, 2017. U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon every used in combat by the U.S. military, Pentagon officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghanistan officials say 36 Islamic State fighters killed by massive bomb

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

Sharafat Ali Khan smuggled terrorist-linked immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 22, 2016, file photo, a Border Patrol agent walks along a border structure in San Diego, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file)

Feds net guilty plea from Middle East alien smuggling mastermind

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 29, 2016 photo, journalists look a image of Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was arrested in March 2016, during a press conference by Pakistan's army spokesman and the Information Minister, in Islamabad, Pakistan. The army said in a statement Monday, April 10, 2017, that Jadhav was sentenced to death on charges of espionage and sabotage. Pakistan says Jadhav was an Indian intelligence official who aided and financed terrorist activities. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan’s army sentences alleged Indian spy to death

By ASIF SHAHZAD - Associated Press

Pakistan deports Afghan refugees to uncertain future

By Naila Inayat and Valerie Plesch - Special to The Washington Times

Supporters of Kashmir's Awami Ittihaad party shout slogans protesting against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, April 2, 2017. Kashmiri separatists called for a strike Sunday to protest against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the disputed region. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

New tunnel opens in troubled Indian Kashmir to ease travel

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Suicide bomber kills 24 near mosque in northwestern Pakistan

By RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 15, 2016 file photo, a Pakistani army soldier stands guard in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber, near Torkham border post between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan started building a fence along the Afghan border in areas where it says militants have launched cross-border attacks on its security posts in recent weeks, a move analysts Sunday, March 26, 2017, said will help restraining cross border terrorism and will prove to be a stabilizing factor for regional peace. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad, File)

Pakistan to build fence along disputed Afghan border

By ZARAR KHAN - Associated Press

Pentagon: An al-Qaida leader killed in Afghanistan airstrike

Associated Press

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

Pakistani army says 3 convicted Islamic militants executed

Associated Press

Illustration on dystopian Pakistan by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Pakistan a source of Islamic terror

By Clifford D. May

FILE - In this Thursday, March 2, 2017 file photo, Sartaj Aziz, adviser to Pakistan's prime minister for foreign affairs, speaks during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan vowed Tuesday, March 14, to prevent non-nuclear states from gaining the technology that would enable them to start down the path to acquiring nuclear weapons, even though both Islamabad and neighbor New Delhi defied non-proliferation treaties to become competing nuclear powers. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Official says Pakistan promises nuclear arms responsibility

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Upgrading National Defense Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Nuclear missile programs in North Korea, Iran need watchful eye

By Peter Vincent Pry