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Pakistani security officials visit the central prison in Bannu, 106 miles south of Peshawar, Pakistan, on Sunday, April 15, 2012, after Taliban militants battled their way into the prison and freed close to 400 prisoners, including at least 20 described by police as "very dangerous" insurgents, authorities and the militants said. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)

Taliban attacks Pakistani prison, frees 380 prisoners

By Ishtiaq Mahsud - Associated Press

Pakistan parliament sets up new rules for ties with U.S.

By Chris Brummitt and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Fatal avalanche shines light on ‘futile’ glacier deployment

By Chris Brummitt - Associated Press

Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (second from right), Pakistan's army chief, talks to soldiers on Sunday, April 8, 2012, during a visit to the site of an avalanche that buried more than 120 soldiers in Siachen, Pakistan, on Saturday. (AP Photo/Pakistani Inter Services Public Relations)

Pakistan avalanche shines light on ‘futile’ war

By Chris Brummitt - Associated Press

World Briefs: Rocket in position at launch pad

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (left) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before their meeting at the latter's residence in New Delhi on Sunday, April 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Indian Press Information Bureau)

Indian, Pakistani leaders aim to normalize ties

By Nirmala George - Associated Press

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawwa and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, talks with the Associated Press in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. The United States has offered a $10 million bounty for the Pakistani militant leader, who allegedly orchestrated the 2008 Mumbai attacks and has been directing an anti-American political movement in recent months. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistani militant leader thumbs nose at U.S. bounty

By Munir Ahmed and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

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Lead terrorist in Pakistan taunts U.S. for $10M reward

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed (right), chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawwa and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, addresses a news conference April 4, 2012, with anti-American cleric Sami ul Haq in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Associated Press)

Pakistan wants U.S. proof of extremist’s guilt

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed attends a ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan, in April 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

U.S. offers bounties for terrorist leaders in Pakistan

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed attends a ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan, in April 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

U.S. offers $10M bounty for Pakistani militant

By Asif Shazad and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

**FILE** Supporters of Pakistani religious parties rally March 27, 2012, near the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan, against the Pakistani government allowing NATO to resume shipping supplies through the country to its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Anti-Americanism in Pakistan snarls U.S. war efforts

By Chris Brummitt - Associated Press

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Bin Laden’s wives get 45-day jail sentences

By Zarar Khan - Associated Press

Pakistani police secure the area outside the house where Osama bin Laden's family members are being detained in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 2, 2012. (Associated Press)

Bin Laden relatives get short prison sentence

By Zarar Khan - Associated Press

Afghan refugees gather on Thursday, March 8, 2012, outside the house in Haripur, Pakistan, that Pakistan's intelligence agency believes Osama bin Laden lived in for nearly a year until he moved into the villa where he eventually was killed. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Details emerge about bin Laden’s other residences in Pakistan

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Hunt for KSM’

By Joshua Sinai - Special to The Washington Times

**FILE** The guesthouse inside Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, is seen Nov. 18, 2011. (Associated Press)

On the run, bin Laden lived in 5 houses

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Protesters shout slogans against the Pakistani government to condemn killings in Quetta, Pakistan, on Thursday, March 29, 2012, after an attack by a gunman who appeared to target local employees of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, officials said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Pakistan: Gunmen kill 6 people, including U.N. employee

By Abdul Sattar - Associated Press

Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Pakistan army chief, U.S. commanders to meet to discuss Nov. airstrikes

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

People carry the body of a Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younnus, at Karachi airport in Pakistan Sunday, March 25, 2012. Fakhra who committed suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of her flat in Rome, was a victim of an acid attack allegedly carried out 12 years ago by her husband. (AP Photo)

Prominent Pakistani acid victim commits suicide

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press