Jun 09 Watch In Pakistan, views differ on best approach for dealing with Taliban By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch Taliban attack on airport highlights fragile Karachi security By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 08 Gunmen storm Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport By Kayla Ruble At least five were killed in an attack at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport that began late Sunday night. Continue reading
May 29 CIA drone strike program targeting Pakistan winds down By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Just after midnight last Christmas, Pakistani officials say, two Hellfire missiles from a U.S. drone slammed into a house in Miramshah, Pakistan, killing four militants. It was an otherwise unremarkable episode in the sixth year of a relentless… Continue reading
May 27 Watch What barriers prevent reconciliation between India and Pakistan? By PBS News Hour The meeting between India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, and his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, may have opened an opportunity to mend a relationship fraught with violence and territorial dispute. Jeffrey Brown gets two views on the contentious relationship from… Continue watching
May 27 Watch Leaders of Pakistan and India address Mumbai attack in historic meeting By PBS News Hour On his first full day as India's new prime minister, Narendra Modi met with his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif. The two countries have had a contentious, violent history, including consistent conflict over the northern region of Kashmir and a 2008… Continue watching
May 26 Watch News Wrap: Narendra Modi sworn in as Indian prime minister By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, India’s new prime minister took the oath of office in New Delhi. Among the thousands in attendance was Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, a historic first for two counties that have fought on and off… Continue watching
May 06 Watch Persistence is key to wiping out polio outbreaks in fragile nations By PBS News Hour Signaling a new public health emergency, the World Health Organization warns that if polio is not completely eradicated it could become endemic again. Worldwide, 74 cases of the crippling disease have been confirmed this year, with Syria, Cameroon and Pakistan… Continue watching
Apr 10 School chums of Malala Yousafzai add their voices to education equality By Larisa Epatko The two girls who were sitting on either side of education advocate Malala Yousafzai, when a Taliban gunman boarded their school bus in 2012 and tried to kill her, are now working side-by-side with her again to tout an equal… Continue reading
Apr 07 Giant art installation in Pakistan recasts drone attack targets as more than ‘bug splats’ By Justin Scuiletti An oversized poster of a child covers a field in Pakistan’s Kyhber Pukhtoonkhwa province -- a frequent target of U.S. drone strikes. The art is the first piece in a collective project from artists from the United States, Pakistan… Continue reading