Sep 28 Top Pakistan diplomat recommends cooperation with Taliban By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Pakistan's foreign minister is recommending cooperation with the Taliban even though many U.S. officials say Afghanistan's ruling faction have proved unworthy of it. Continue reading
Sep 26 WATCH: Blinken gives remarks on Pakistan flood recovery with Foreign Affairs Minister Bhutto Zardari By Associated Press Blinken and Foreign Minister Bhutto Zardari focused on a variety of issues including the marking of 75 years of the countries relations, security and the devastating floods in Pakistan. Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch 4:22 News Wrap: Taliban frees American in prisoner swap, judge orders release of Adnan Syed In our news wrap Monday, the Taliban freed American engineer Mark Frerichs in a prisoner swap, a judge in Pakistan ordered police to drop terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Russian fire hit close to another nuclear power… Continue watching
Sep 17 Flood-hit areas of Pakistan threatened by ‘second disaster’ of disease, WHO warns By Zarar Khan, Associated Press The World Health Organization raised the alarm Saturday about a “second disaster" in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors and medical workers on the ground race to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases. Continue reading
Sep 16 Water begins receding in Pakistan’s worst flood-hit south By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Officials say weeks of floodwaters are now receding in Pakistan's worst-hit southern Sindh province after a deadly summer in which monsoons killed hundreds of thousands of people. However, authorities have said the complete draining of water in Sindh will take… Continue reading
Sep 12 Pakistan’s prime minister says his flooded country faces food shortages By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Pakistan's prime minister says his government is grappling with food shortages following months of deadly floods in the impoverished nation. Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch 1:16 News Wrap: Queen Elizabeth II lies in state in Edinburgh In our news wrap Sunday, the hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth II's coffin arrived in Edinburgh, Scotland where she will lie in state through Tuesday. And, two U.S. military planes loaded with about 70 tons of supplies for Pakistan's flood victims… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 5:50 Scale of destruction due to Pakistan floods nearly ‘incomprehensible’ By Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young One-third of Pakistan remains underwater after the deadliest floods the country has ever seen. Nearly 1,400 people have died, 13,000 injured and millions left homeless since unprecedented monsoon rains started in mid-June. Ali Rogin spoke with Somini Sengupta, The New… Continue watching
Sep 11 International aid arrives in Pakistani province hit hardest by floods By Zarar Khan, Associated Press Two more U.S. military planes loaded with tons of aid for Pakistanis affected by flooding from deadly monsoon rains landed Sunday in southern Sindh province, one of the worst-affected regions in the impoverished country. Continue reading
Sep 09 UN chief links Pakistan floods and climate change, urges international community to deliver aid By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to the world for “massive" help for cash-strapped Pakistan after arriving in the country to see the devastation from months of deadly floods. Continue reading