Jun 01 Watch News Wrap: Al-Qaida’s Third in Command Reported Dead In other news Tuesday, al-Qaida has acknowledged that its No. 3 leader has been killed in the North Waziristan region along the Afghan-Pakistani border and Iraq's supreme court officially ratified the country's election results from last March. Continue watching
May 28 Attacks in Pakistan Target Minority Muslim Sect By Larisa Epatko Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked two mosques filled with Ahmadi worshipers in Lahore, Pakistan, on Friday, killing at least 80 people, taking hostages and engaging in firefights with police. Continue reading
May 28 Watch News Wrap: Mosque Attacks Kill 80 in Pakistan In other news Friday, gunman killed 80 people today in Lahore, Pakistan in attacks on mosques during Friday prayers and the number of Americans killed in Afghanistan reached 1,000 when a soldier was killed in a roadside bombing. Continue watching
May 20 NPR’s Grand Trunk Road Series Digs Into Pakistan’s Multi-Layered Society By Larisa Epatko NPR's Steve Inskeep traveled with other correspondents to Pakistan and India to file a series of reports for Morning Edition, called "Along the Grand Trunk Road". He spoke with Kwame Holman from Islamabad about the young people he met, their… Continue reading
May 14 Q&A: Who Are the Pakistani Taliban? By Larisa Epatko The botched car bombing in New York's Times Square, and possible links to militants in Pakistan, has brought renewed attention to the group known as Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. Continue reading
May 13 Watch Tracking Money Trail, Feds Arrest 3 More in Times Square Bomb Plot Probe Federal agents arrested three Pakistani men in Boston in connection with the failed attack in Times Square. Judy Woodruff talks to reporter Devlin Barrett of The Wall Street Journal about the assistance that may have provided to accused bomber Faisal… Continue watching
May 06 Watch Holder: NYC Bombing Suspect Still Cooperating Attorney General Eric Holder said the suspect in last weekend's failed Times Square bombing is continuing to cooperate with authorities investigating the plot and possible ties to extremists in Pakistan. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
May 05 Watch Airline Security Scrutinized Again After Arrest of NYC Terror Suspect U.S. officials are calling for tighter checks of no-fly lists following the arrest of a man accused trying to detonate a bomb in New York City. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
May 04 Watch New York City Bombing Plot Highlights Domestic Terrorism Concerns Attorney General Eric Holder said the weekend attempt to detonate a car bomb in Times Square was aimed at murdering innocent Americans. Jeffrey Brown talks to a counterterrorism expert about the security implications in the U.S. and abroad. Continue watching
May 04 Watch Times Square Bomb Plot ‘Aimed at Murdering Americans,’ Holder Says A Pakistani-American man faces terrorism and weapons of mass destruction charges over the failed bomb plot in New York City's Times Square over the weekend. Jeffrey Brown talks to a reporter for more on the charges and the security implications… Continue watching