Sunday, May 27, 2012 5:17 PM EDT
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It has a 1,046 kilometres (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. Tajikistan also lies very close to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. Thus, it occupies a crossroads position between South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. The region forming modern Pakistan was at the heart of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and then later was the recipient of Vedic, Persian, Indo-Greek, Turco-Mongol, Islamic and Sikh cultures. The area has witnessed invasions and/or settlements by the Indo-Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Afghans, Mongols and the British.
By IBTimes
Pakistan Imprisons Doctor Who Helped CIA Find Osama Bin Laden (May 23)
MORE TOPICS: AL-QAEDA, AFGHANISTAN, COURT, U.S. NAVY, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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At least 10 people were killed in Pakistan on Tuesday when a rally in Sindh Province erupted in violence. Gatherers had been marching to protest the division of the province. (May 22)
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The U.S. Embassy in Kabul has confirmed that Ambassador Ryan Crocker will resign this summer following high-level multilateral talks over bringing the Afghanistan War to an end at the NATO Summit in Chicago. (May 22)
MORE TOPICS: BARACK OBAMA, AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, GEORGE W. BUSH, TWITTER, NEW YORK
By Reuters UK
People in Afghanistan were surprisingly optimistic on Tuesday about NATO's plan to pull combat troops out of their war-ravaged nation by the end of 2014, but warned Western leaders to stick to aid and security promises. (May 22)
MORE TOPICS: BARACK OBAMA, AFGHANISTAN
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Yousuf Raza Gilani and Recep Tayyip Erdogan also vowed to significantly increase the volume of trade between Turkey and Pakistan. (May 22)
MORE TOPICS: AFGHANISTAN, EARTHQUAKE, SOMALIA
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President Obama and U.S. NATO allies agreed Monday to end all combat missions in Afghanistan and transfer security responsibilities to the country's armed forces next summer after more than a decade of war. (May 21)
MORE TOPICS: BARACK OBAMA, AFGHANISTAN, THE NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK
By Reuters UK
NATO leaders sealed a landmark agreement on Monday to hand control of Afghanistan over to its own security forces by the middle of next year, putting the Western alliance on an "irreversible" path out of an unpopular, decade-long war. (May 21)
MORE TOPICS: AL-QAEDA, BARACK OBAMA, AFGHANISTAN, AUSTRALIA
By IBTimes UK
Obama's plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by end of 2014 threatened by rift with Pakistan and possibly scuppered by France's new president, Francois Hollande (May 21)
MORE TOPICS: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE CHANGE, HILLARY CLINTON
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to announce that he will not be extending the mission of Canada's 950 military trainers currently in Afghanistan after international forces leave the country in 2014. (May 21)
MORE TOPICS: BARACK OBAMA, AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY, AUSTRALIA
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Defence Minister AK Antony said Pakistan military planes have violated the Indian air space twice this year taking the count of such incidents to 23 in just last three years (May 21)
MORE TOPICS: INDIA, HUMAN RIGHTS
