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Five-year-old footage of Mullah Mohammed Omar (center) rallying his Taliban troops in Kandahar, Afghanistan, was found in the BBC's vaults and aired in 2009. (Associated Press/BBC TV) ** FILE **

Mullah Mohammed Omar, Taliban leader, is dead, Afghanistan intel confirms

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

Syed Tariq Fatemi, special assistant on foreign affairs to Pakistan's prime minister, said his country is in constant contact with Iran about prospects for commercial ties. (Associated Press)

Pakistan banking on Iran trade bonanza after Obama nuclear deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Pakistan's Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Syed Tariq Fatemi arrives for the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Milan on Oct. 16, 2014. The two-day summit opens Thursday under the theme "Responsible Partnership for Sustainable Growth and Security." (Associated Press) **FILE**

Pakistan banks on bonanza from Iran nuke deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a conference by The Environment Ministry in New Delhi, India, Monday, April 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ** FILE **

Pakistan, India agree to cooperate on eliminating terrorism

By Munir Ahmed - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2014 file photo, Malala Yousafzai, visits Zaatari refugee camp near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan. Pakistani police say that eight out of 10 militants charged with involvement in the 2012 attack on teenage activist Malala Yousafzai were actually acquitted in April &#8212; not sentenced to life in prison as reported at the time. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

EDITORIAL: Growing terror threat in Pakistan

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, file photo, Malala Yousafzai poses with a bouquet after speaking during a media conference at the Library of Birmingham, in Birmingham, England, after she was named as winner of The Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)

8 men in Malala Yousafzai’s attack acquitted, Pakistan police say

By Sherin Zada - The Washington Times

Saudi Arabia's Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud shakes hands with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A Pakistan envoy said his nation is eager for the U.S. to reach a nuclear accord with Iran so sanctions on Tehran can be lifted, but denied charges that Islamabad might provide nuclear weapons to Saudi Arabia (Associated Press)

Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Pakistan envoy, denies any nuclear aid for Saudis

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Afghan security officers patrolled near a guesthouse targeted by Taliban in an overnight attack in Kabul last week. An all-night siege in an upscale neighborhood of Afghanistan's capital ended in the early hours of Wednesday with the deaths of four heavily armed Taliban attackers, though no civilians or security personnel were injured or killed, an Afghan official said. (Associated Press)

Taliban offensive tests Afghanistan-Pakistan intelligence-sharing deal

By Naila Inayat and Shirzad Ashoori - Special to The Washington Times

In this Thursday, May 21, 2015 photo, local militia group fighters walk past a building torched by Taliban fighters at Talawka village in Kunduz province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Fighting has been raging in Kunduz for more than a month. Pushed back by army reinforcements that arrived days after the assault began, insurgents now occupy villages in Gor Tepa, 15 kilometers (12 miles) from the provincial capital, also called Kunduz. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan forces struggle as Taliban seeks northern stronghold

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

General John F. Campbell commander of international forces in Afghanistan speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 23, 2015. Campbell said the Islamic State group is actively recruiting in Afghanistan but is not yet operational there. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Islamic State is actively recruiting in Afghanistan, U.S. commander Gen. John F. Campbell says

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Flowers and ribbons adorn a tree outside the Weinstein familyhouse in Rockville, Md., Thursday, April 23, 2015. Earlier, President Barack Obama took full responsibility for the counterterror missions and offered his &quot;grief and condolences&quot; to the families of the hostages, Warren Weinstein of Rockville, Maryland, and Giovanni Lo Porto who were inadvertently killed by CIA drone strikes early this year. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

ACLU calls on Obama for probes, disclosure of drone strikes which kill civilians

The Washington Times

A Pakistani security official displays cartridges he collected from the scene of an attack on a bus, in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Gunmen killed dozens of people on Wednesday aboard a bus in southern Pakistan bound for a Shiite community center, in the latest attack targeting the religious minority, police said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Gunmen kill 43 in attack on Shiite minority in Pakistan

By Adil Jawad and Asif Shahzad - Associated Press

An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan in this Jan. 31, 2010, file photo. Nearly three-quarters of Americans say it’s acceptable for the U.S. to use unmanned aerial drones to kill an American citizen abroad if that person has joined a terror organization, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Americans approve of drone strikes on terrorists, AP poll says

By Ken Dilanian and Emily Swanson - Associated Press

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2015. The president took full responsibility for deaths of American, Italian hostages, expresses apologies. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Failed U.S. counterterror strike on al Qaeda kills two hostages, including one American

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Shiite rebels known as Houthis hold up their weapons during a protest to denounce the Saudi aggression in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Yemen's Shiite rebels, who have taken over large parts of the country and have faced a Saudi-led air assault, said Wednesday they welcome United Nations-led talks to find a political solution to the conflict. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Pakistan leaders in Saudi Arabia to press Yemen negotiations

Associated Press