Afghanistan Builds Up Strategic Partnership with Pakistan
21 July 2010
, The Washington Post, 21 July 2010
EXCERPT: "[...] 'Pakistan and Afghanistan are brothers,' Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, said in Kabul on Monday. 'We have improved our relations considerably.' A transit trade deal reached by the two neighbors Sunday is the latest milestone in a rapidly changing relationship long characterized by distrust...
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US Troops in Pakistan to Oversee Development Projects
21 July 2010
U.S. Forces Step Up Pakistan Presence, The Wall Street Journal, 20 July 2010
EXCERPT: "U.S. Special Operations Forces have begun venturing out with Pakistani forces on aid projects, deepening the American role in the effort to defeat Islamist militants in Pakistani territory that has been off limits to U.S. ground troops. The expansion of U.S. cooperation is significant given Pakistan's deep aversion to allowing foreign military...
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Pakistan, NATO Strengthen Political Framework
21 July 2010
Pakistan, Nato to Strengthen Political Framework, DAWN, 21 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan and Nato on Wednesday agreed to initiate work on strengthening the political framework besides their ongoing military to military cooperation. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Secretary-General of Nato Anders Fogh Rasmussen at a joint press conference following a round of talks vowed to further expand their political cooperation. Qureshi...
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Water Dispute Increases India-Pakistan Tension
21 July 2010
, The New York Times, 21July 2010
EXCERPT: "Water has become a growing source of tension in many parts of the world between nations striving for growth. Several African countries are arguing over water rights to the Nile. Israel and Jordan have competing claims to the Jordan River. Across the Himalayas, China's own dam projects have piqued India, a rival for regional, and even global, power....
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