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Pakistan – Pakistan Backs Afghan Reconciliation Process

Pakistan Backs Afghan Reconciliation Process
ISLAMABAD, June 25 (Bernama) — Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Friday announced Pakistan’s support for the process of reconciliation and integration in the neighboring war- shattered Afghanistan and promised its help in the plan, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.

Pakistan, Afghanistan enter into accord with key Taliban ally
The sacking of Gen. Stanley McChrystal may have given the Pakistani government just the opening it needs to sidestep the United States in Afghanistan and cut a peace deal with the Taliban, according to a report today in the New York Times.

Pakistan in web ‘blasphemy’ hunt
Pakistan is to monitor seven leading websites including Google and Yahoo for content it considers offensive to Muslims.

Pakistan to monitor Google, others for blasphemy
Pakistani authorities on Friday put seven major websites, including Google and YouTube, under watch for containing material deemed offensive to Muslims, officials said.

Pakistan to monitor Google, Yahoo
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 25 (UPI) — Pakistani officials said they are now monitoring Google, Yahoo, YouTube and several other major sites for content considered offensive to Muslims. Google – YouTube – Yahoo – Pakistan – Asia

Pakistan-India talks make wary start
Pakistan s Interior Minister Rehman Malik (2nd R) walks with Indian counterpart Palaniappan Chidambaram (2nd L) after his arrival in Islamabad June 25, 2010. The 2008 Mumbai attack will be the main issue during a meeting between the interior ministers of Pakistan and India on Friday, which could set the tone for future talks, analysts said.

Pakistan sees U.S. trouble as Afghan opportunity
The sacking of Gen. Stanley McChrystal may have given the Pakistani government just the opening it needs to sidestep the United States in Afghanistan and cut a peace deal with the Taliban, according to a front-page report in Friday’s New York Times.

Pakistan Google crackdown: Pakistan watches Google for blasphemy
Pakistan Google watch: Pakistan is watching Google, Yahoo and Amazon, for sacrilegious content, while blocking 17 other sites.

US drone strike kills 2 militants in Pakistan: officials
A US drone strike in Pakistan’s lawless northwest tribal belt, on the border with Afghanistan, killed two militants and wounded two others early on Saturday, security officials said.