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CHELLANEY: Afghanistan’s looming partition

By Brahma Chellaney

Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi, the Afghan army chief of staff, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan army head: Pakistan controls the Taliban

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Pakistani security officials and rescue workers examine the site of car bombing on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, June 2013. A car bomb exploded as a convoy of paramilitary troops passed through the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing more than a dozen people and wounding scores of others, police said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Death toll from Pakistan terror attacks climbs to 52

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A Pakistani soldier examines the site of a car bombing on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, on Sunday, June 30, 2013. The blast occurred as a convoy of paramilitary troops passed through the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city, police said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Bomb blasts kill 49 in Pakistan

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Faraj al Chalabi (credit: The Washington Free Beacon)

Benghazi attack suspect walks: Libyans release key player in consulate ambush

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

** FILE ** In this April 20, 2013, file photo, Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf arrives at an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, Pakistan. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Monday, June 24, 2013, Musharraf, who ousted him in a coup over a decade ago should be tried for treason. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistan’s P.M. Nawaz Sharif: Pervez Musharraf should face treason charge

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Nanga Parbat, the ninth-highest mountain in the world, is seen from the Karakorum Highway, leading to neighboring China, in Pakistan's northern area. Gunmen wearing police uniforms killed nine foreign tourists and one Pakistani before dawn on Sunday, June 23, 2013, at the base camp on the mountain. (AP Photo/Musaf Zaman Kazmi)

Islamic militants kill 9 foreign tourists, 1 Pakistani

By Zarar Khan - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry makes a speech in part about climate change at the India Habitat Center in New Delhi on Sunday, June 23, 2013, on his first visit to India as the top U.S. diplomat. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

John Kerry: U.S., India need to tackle global warming

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Nanga Parbat, the ninth-highest mountain in the world, is seen from the Karakorum Highway, leading to neighboring China, in Pakistan's northern area. Gunmen wearing police uniforms killed nine foreign tourists and one Pakistani before dawn on Sunday, June 23, 2013, at the base camp on the mountain. (AP Photo/Musaf Zaman Kazmi)

10 tourists, including 1 American, shot dead in Pakistan, police say

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Pakistani volunteers carry the lifeless body of a victim of a bomb blast from the wreckage of a bus, in Quetta, Pakistan, Saturday, June 15, 2013. A bomb tore through a bus of female university students in southwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing several, officials said. (Associated Press)

Gunmen take over hospital in southwestern Pakistan after bombings kill at least 12

Associated Press

Baseer runs a pottery workshop in Jamrud, Khyber Agency, in FATA. He works on a machine pedaled by his feet. Some of his pots are used for drinking water; others are for kids to collect coins called khazana, treasure, in the local language. To get the money out, the children have to break to pot. Photo / Muhammad Khalid Afridi

Eye of the beholder: Pakistani shutterbugs unveil stunning photographs

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf (center), surrounded by guards, arrives at the airport in Karachi, Pakistan, on Sunday, March 24, 2013, after more than four years in self-exile. Mr. Musharraf is seeking a possible political comeback in defiance of judicial probes and death threats from Taliban militants. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraf gets bail in one case, awaits bail in another

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this undated handout file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, an MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Lt. Col.. Leslie Pratt, US Air Force, File)

Pakistan summons U.S. envoy over drone strike

Associated Press

** FILE ** President Obama talks about national security on Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. (Associated Press)

Feds say Iran’s support for terrorism growing

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Waliur Rehman (center), the Pakistani Taliban's No. 2 leader, talks with The Associated Press during an interview in Shawal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border in Pakistan on July 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

Pakistan: Drone strike kills key Taliban terrorist

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this July 28, 2011, file photo, Taliban No 2 commander Waliur Rehman talks to The Associated Press during an interview in Shawal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border in Pakistan. Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed the commander of the Pakistani Taliban. The militant group denies he is dead. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)

Pakistan: U.S. drones kill 4 militants, including top Taliban leader

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** CIA Director John O. Brennan.

Al Qaeda remains a threat to U.S. via its franchises despite Obama’s boast

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi is the presumed front-runner to serve as the next ambassador to the United States.
(Associated Press)

Embassy Row: Punjab front-runner

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this March 30, 2010, photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper stands in the turret of a vehicle with a machine gun, left, as a guard looks out from a tower at the detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

No getting out of Gitmo: U.S. can’t release detainees to state sponsors of terrorism

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Obama talks about national security on May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. (Associated Press)

Obama’s drone speech welcomed by Pakistan, Yemen and the U.N.

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times