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Ten Islamic militants die in border clash, says Pakistan army
10:42:52, 19 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Pakistani military says it's killed at least 10 Islamic militants in an operation to clear Taliban forces from a northwestern area near the Afghan border.
Pakistan disputes US air strike due to database gap
02:40:35, 18 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Pakistan military has rejected US media reports that an American air strike which killed 11 Pakistani soldiers happened because the US military did not have the location of the soldiers' post in the Mohmand tribal region.
US pledges assistance to investigate Afghanistan Pakistan allegations
12:17:49, 16 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The United States president George W Bush has pledged assistance to investigate Afghan President Hamid Karzai's accusation that Pakistani agents are involved in attacks in his country.
NATO led forces in Afghanistan move close to Pakistan border
02:56:41, 16 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Pakistani tribal elders have raised the alarm over a build-up of hundreds of NATO-led troops on the Afghan side of the border.
Pakistan cricketer failed IPL drugs test
11:06:54, 15 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Pakistan's Mohammed Asif has been named as the cricketer who failed a drugs test during the recent Indian Premier League tournament.
Afghanistan pulls out of Pakistan meets to protest attacks
11:06:54, 15 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Afghanistan says it will boycott a series of upcoming meetings with Pakistan unless 'bilateral trust' is restored.
Pakistan capable of defending itself: PM
09:27:33, 14 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani says his country is fully capable of defending itself against any aggression.
Pakistan will not allow foreign attacks on its soil
04:39:44, 14 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has reiterated that foreign troops would not be allowed to hunt Islamic militants on its soil.
Pakistan fights border militants
07:07:38, 12 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Pakistan's Foreign Minister has sought to reassure Washington his country is doing all it can to fight militants on the border with Afghanistan and that Islamabad will not tolerate U.S.
UN agrees to independent commission over Bhutto death
22:07:56, 11 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nation's chief, Ban Ki-moon, has agreed to Pakistan's request to establish an independent commission to investigate the killing of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
UN to investigate Bhutto assassination
13:31:43, 11 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nation's chief, Ban Ki-moon, has agreed to Pakistan's request to establish an independent commission that will investigate the killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Indian troops fire at Pakistani post in disputed Kashmir
02:45:20, 11 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Pakistan says Indian forces fired on its troops deployed at a forward post along the de-facto border dividing Kashmir between the two countries.
Pakistani authorities and militants sign peace pact
04:24:00, 10 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Militants and local authorities in a troubled northwest Pakistan tribal district have signed a peace pact.
Pro-Taliban militants surround police station in northwest Pakistan
03:29:53, 10 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Police in Pakistan's restive Northwest Frontier Province say around 200 pro-Taliban militants have surrounded a police station demanding the release of suspected extremists.
Pakistan's port city hit by low intensity bombs
03:49:14, 8 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Police in Pakistan's port city of Karachi say one person was killed and 30 others injured in five low intensity bomb blasts.
Deadly blast outside Islamabad Red Mosque
14:43:22, 7 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Pakistani investigators are sifting through evidence after a suicide bombing that killed 15 people.
Pakistan coalition passes 100-days in power
11:33:00, 7 July 2008, Radio Australia News
July 6 marked 100 days since Pakistan's democratically elected government came to power.
Thousands gather for Red Mosque seige anniversary
16:32:47, 6 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Thousands of muslims have converged amid tight security in the Pakistan capital, Islamabad, to commemorate the first anniversary of a deadly siege at the Red Mosque.
Journalists released by Taliban in Pakistan
13:49:05, 6 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Taliban militants have released two Pakistani journalists more than 36 hours after they were abducted in a tribal region near the Afghan border.
Claims Pakistan army knew nuclear material was transported
13:38:02, 5 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The disgraced Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has said that Pakistan transported nuclear material to North Korea with the full knowledge of the country's army.
Blast kills 11 policemen in Pakistan
09:38:54, 7 July 2008, Radio Australia News
At least 11 policemen have been killed in an apparent suicide bombing near Pakistan's Red Mosque.
Pakistan says more than 50 militants arrested in Khyber
01:33:43, 3 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Pakistan says its security forces have arrested 52 people since an operation against Islamic militants in the troubled Khyber tribal district, bordering Afghanistan, began on saturday.
Pakistan claims Khyber offensive successful
01:21:32, 30 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Pakistan's government claims it has saved the northwestern city of Peshawar from militants.
Pakistani forces launch offensive against militants
07:28:35, 29 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Pakistani troops backed by tanks have launched an offensive against militants near the northwestern city of Peshawar.
Pakistani Taliban leader to halt peace talks
20:40:53, 28 June 2008, Radio Australia News
A top Pakistani Taliban leader has announced he is suspending peace talks with the government.
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