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Pakistan was a leading member of the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) from its adoption in 1954–55 and allied itself with the United States during most of the Cold war. In 1971–72, Pakistan ended its alliance with the United States after the East-Pakistan war in which East Pakistan ...
Since the beginning of the Global War on Terrorism in late 2001 and the subsequent U.S. invasion of Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and al-Qaeda movement, the U.S. has launched several air strikes across into northwest Pakistan to target militants connected with the Afghanistan war who it alleges have fled the country and sought temporary shelter in Pakistan's bordering tribal areas.
The PINSTECH building was designed by leading American architect Edward Durrell Stone; American nuclear engineer Peter Karter designed the reactor, which was then supplied by the contractor American Machine and Foundry. [8] Years later, the U.S. helped Pakistan to acquire its first commercial nuclear power plant, Kanupp-I, from GE Canada in ...
Anti-American sentiment in Pakistan has been evident through public demonstrations and burning of the flag of the United States. [1] When measured in 2009 Pakistan was amongst the countries with the strongest such antipathy. [2] According to Anatol Lieven, anti-American sentiment in Pakistan is characterised more by political hostilities rather ...
In late 2009, Pakistan held up many visas for U.S. diplomats, military service members and others, because of hostility inside Pakistan toward the expansion of U.S. operations in the country, [8] while many suspected Americans living in Pakistan were detained following five American terrorists linked to Al-Qaeda arrested in Sargodha.
The risk of a US-China war over Taiwan is real, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria writes, arguing that as tensions simmer, all sides must proceed with caution. Opinion: The world’s most dangerous place has ...
The 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan (also known as the Salala incident, Salala attack or 26/11 attacks) [5] [6] was a border skirmish that occurred when United States-led NATO forces engaged Pakistani security forces at two Pakistani military checkposts along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border on 26 November 2011, with both sides later claiming that the other had fired first. [7]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that Pakistan is trying to stay relevant through "terrorism" and "proxy war" but its "unholy plans" will never succeed.