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A 2000 photograph of Maulana Masood Azhar, leader of the Jaish-e-Mohammed and one of those released in 1999 by the Indian government following a plane hijack.
AP A 2000 photograph of Maulana Masood Azhar, leader of the Jaish-e-Mohammed and one of those released in 1999 by the Indian government following a plane hijack.

China’s ‘hold’ stopped designation of LeT, Jaish leaders

The U.S. State Department was of the view that China's hold on listing the three terrorists was done at the behest of Pakistan. »
Related: 221726: Indian information inadequate to warrant listing of three Pakistan-based individuals
Related: 244326: China requested to drop UN 1267 hold on Makki, Cheema and Azhar Alvi
A diplomatic cable sent under the name of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton states that despite public disavowals, “some officials of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) continue to maintain ties with a wide array of extremist organizations.” File Photo

State Department cable cited ISI links with militants

The cable was sent to five U.S. Embassies, including that of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. »
Related: 242073: Action request for senior level engagement on terrorism finance
EXPENSIVE BUY: Washington believed the aircraft could serve the purpose of diverting Pakistan's attention from 'the nuclear option' and in the event of an India-Pakistan war, give the U.S. a few days to mediate and prevent nuclear conflict. A file photograph of an F-16 in Italy.

Behind the Pakistan F-16 deal, a tale of many wheels

The sale by the United States of F-16 military aircraft to Pakistan, announced in 2005, was celebrated as a sign of deepening strategic ties between Islamabad and the Bush administration in Washington. »
Related: 151227: Pakistan's F-16 program — at risk of failure?
Related: 197576: Saving the F-16 program
Supporters of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan in Karachi celebrate his February 2007 release from virtual house arrest.

A.Q. Khan’s ‘secret agreement’

Cable reveals the conditions brokered by a Pakistan court between him and the government for his freedom »
Related: 190946: Interior Secretary provides terms of A.Q. Khan's modified detention
Related: Pakistan court maintains curbs on AQ Khan

Pakistan's military officers, seen through American eyes

The cable shows that anti-American biases run deep in the military, despite the lavish bankrolling by the U.S. »
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In this February 2007 picture, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan Crocker (right) with Pakistan’s Secretary of Defence Tariq Waseem Ghazi (centre) and Maj. Gen. Javed Aslam, commander of aviation assets within the Pakistani Army, at the handing over ceremony of eight U.S. made gunship Cobra helicopters, at the Qasim airbase in Rawalpindi. File photo
CHENNAI, May 26, 2011

U.S. worried Pakistan was misusing war funds

Of concern were claims relating to helicopter operations, radar maintenance and Joint Staff operations. »
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari assured the U.S. that his government would not release Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan. Photo: AFP
CHENNAI, May 25, 2011

I would give IAEA access to Khan, said Zardari

The cable notes that Zardari understood the negative reaction lifting restrictions [on Dr. Khan] would have in Washington. »
CHENNAI, May 24, 2011

We are not as advanced as you are in respect for freedom of religion, Pakistan told U.S.

In the face of criticism from the United States for encouraging “unhelpful resolutions, especially on issues relating to religious freedom and the Middle East” at the United Nati... »
INDIA IN AFGHANISTAN: During his May 12-13, 2011 visit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged an additional $500 million reconstruction assistance and backed efforts by Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to seek reconciliation with the Taliban.
NEW DELHI, May 24, 2011

Don't leave Afghanistan, India told U.S.

After U.S. President Barack Obama announced his intention to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan starting 2011, Indian officials, worried that this would be to the detriment of India's... »
CHENNAI, May 22, 2011

Benazir spoke of terror camps, bid to oust her

Four months before she was dismissed as Prime Minister of Pakistan for a second time, Benazir Bhutto spoke to U.S. officials about the existence of training camps that could be spawning terr... »
Benazir Bhutto was killed in a suicide bomb attack on December 27, 2007, as she left an election rally in Rawalpindi. In this file photo, the site of the blast.
CHENNAI, May 21, 2011

Benazir asked U.S. for security, was turned away

Two months before her assassination in December 2007, Benazir Bhutto's forebodings about her violent end and her suspicions that elements in the Musharraf regime were out to eliminate her, l... »
When there is a civilian government in Pakistan, pragmatism dictates that New Delhi factor into its policy the inclinations of the military and the Inter-Services Intelligence.
NEW DELHI, May 21, 2011

‘Many Pakistans, so we need many Pakistan policies'

‘India does not want to play into the hands of terrorists by shunning dialogue.' »
CHENNAI, May 21, 2011

Terror threats keep me awake, Manmohan Singh told U.S. official

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told a visiting United States official in 2009 that he “did not sleep well at night” knowing there were threats of more terror attacks in India afte... »
CHENNAI, May 19, 2011

U.S. feared LeT attack in India in mid-2009; warned Pakistan

U.S. feared another LeT attack in India in mid-2009, and sought Pakistan's help to ‘disrupt and prevent' it »
A damaged U.N. vehicle is seen at the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on Oct. 8, 2009. A powerful explosion rocked the center of Afghanistan's capital near the Interior Ministry and the Indian Embassy.
CHENNAI, May 19, 2011

‘We have some contacts with bad guys and perhaps one of them did it'

Pakistan's National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister, Mahmud Ali Durrani, on the 2008 bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul »
CHANGE OF MIND: The Pakistan Army forced Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (left) to reverse his decision to send ISI chief Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha (right) to India after the Mumbai attacks.
CHENNAI, May 19, 2011

U.S. pushed for Pasha's India visit

‘Will show seriousness of Islamabad's intent to cooperate in 26/11 investigation' »
May 4, 2011

116566: Pakistan committed to fighting terrorism

Ambassador, DCM and Economic Counselor met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at his request at his residence July 24. »
May 4, 2011

76668: GoP response on detainee repatriation and read-out of GTMO visit

Without some evidence to support a longer detention, LTC Imran said, Pakistani law would only permit Paracha's detention for three months. »
G. Parthasarathy. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty
CHENNAI, May 4, 2011

Get out of Iraq, and get Afghanistan right, former Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan told U.S. counter-terrorism official

The United States must first “get out of Iraq,” and then “get Afghanistan right,” former Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan G. Parthasarathy told U.S. counter-terro... »
Saifullah Paracha
CHENNAI, May 4, 2011

Pakistan pushed for release of alleged bin Laden associate from Guantanamo

A Pakistani businessman alleged by the U.S to have had a direct link with Osama bin Laden, of plotting to acquire chemical and other weapons for al-Qaeda, and offering his media network for... »
May 3, 2011

94672: Musharraf meets Speaker Pelosi and 110th Congressional delegation

Musharraf offered a detailed analysis of the security situation along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan and his strategy to win the support of local tribes through economic and social development, while eliminating al Qaeda and Taliban leadership cells through security operations. »
May 3, 2011

136916: Lieberman's meeting with Kayani

Lieberman underscored need for Pakistan to hold free, fair elections in February. »
May 3, 2011

156951: Codels Levin and Casey discuss border security and aid with Gilani

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May 3, 2011

223974: former terrorist says al-Qaeda lacks financing

In a September 6 interview with liberal daily Al-Watan, former Al-Qaeda fighter Fawaz Al-Otaibi, whose surrender to Saudi authorities was announced on September 2, said that Al-Qaeda was in a ""catastrophic financial situation"" -- thanks in part to strict measures aimed at cutting off the flow of terrorist financing. »
CHENNAI, May 3, 2011

When al-Qaeda faced a ‘catastrophic financial situation’

Measures to cut off the flow of money to terrorist outfits including monitoring suspicious charitable organisations, had a severe effect and forced the al-Qaeda into a “catastrophic fi... »
CHENNAI, May 25, 2011

Daughter's threat, bank's dilemma

UAE Central Bank wanted legal indemnity for blocking bank account held by A.Q. Khan's daughter »
BALANCING ACT: New Delhi's invitation to the U.S. to participate in SAARCas an observer was seen as a bid to offset Pakistan's request in include China in the group. Photo: V.V.Krishnan
NEW DELHI, May 24, 2011

U.S. surprised, happy at SAARC observer offer

The United States was surprised by an Indian suggestion in 2005 that it consider participation in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and Washington saw that as a p... »
CHENNAI, May 24, 2011

‘Pakistan's actions at the UN may embolden other member states to oppose U.S. positions'

U.S. Mission in New York raised concerns about Pakistan's voting on key issues such as counterterrorism and human rights »
In this 2007 picture, former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (centre) prays at the mausoleum in Ghari Khuda Baksh where Benazir Bhutto is buried. Photo: AFP
NEW DELHI, May 22, 2011

Nawaz Sharif too sought U.S. help to protect himself

Shaken by Benazir Bhutto's assassination in December 2007, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had approached the U.S. for advice and technical expertise to ensure his own security. ... »
Pakistani policemen and rescuers searching for victims in the rubble of a destroyed police building after a suicide car bomb attack in Lahore in May 2009, one of the many terrorist attacks in the province in recent years. Photo: AFP
CHENNAI, May 22, 2011

Pakistan's Punjab turning into hotbed of extremism, U.S. had warned

While Pakistan's security establishment is yet to be convinced that militant groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed need to be done away with, U.S. diplomats have long been sending... »
Then Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee with U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke (left) in this 2009 photograph. New Delhi sent out an unequivocal message to Washington that any move to include India in Holbrooke's brief would be
CHENNAI, May 21, 2011

How India kept Kashmir out of U.S. Af-Pak envoy's brief

Weeks before the Obama administration appointed Richard Holbrooke as the Special Representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan, New Delhi sent an unequivocal message to the United States that a... »
SINGING A DIFFERENT TUNE: As Pakistan's Foreign Minister from April 2008 to February 2011, Shah Mahmood Qureshi - seen in this file picture with External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna (left) - was at first conciliatory on Kashmir but later adopted a more rigid stand on this issue.
NEW DELHI, May 21, 2011

Once upon a time, Qureshi on Kashmir

Days after he was designated the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi told U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard A. Boucher that India-Pakistan relations could not be held... »
NEW DELHI, May 21, 2011

U.S. confident of safety of nuclear weapons, despite al-Qaeda presence

A good 15 months before it killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, the United States was sure that al-Qaeda retained its presence in that country and was plotting “new attacks” again... »
CHENNAI, May 19, 2011

‘If Mumbai attack suspects in Pakistan are freed, India is at fault'

‘If Mumbai attack suspects arrested in Pakistan are freed, India is at fault' »
The Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab province and the federal Interior Minister blamed each other for jeopardising appeals filed by the government before the Supreme Court against the June 2009 Lahore High Court order releasing Hafiz Saeed from house arrest. File Photo
CHENNAI, May 19, 2011

It was Shahbaz vs. Malik in court, while Hafiz Saeed walked free

The Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab province and the federal Interior Minister blamed each other for jeopardising appeals filed by the government before the Supreme Court against the Jun... »
NEW DELHI, May 19, 2011

After Mumbai attacks, U.S. initiated steps to help Pakistan military address ‘conventional disadvantage' against India

Less than a year after the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the United States Mission in Islamabad urged Washington to commit $2 billion over a five-year period beginning April 2011 to enable the P... »
May 4, 2011

103788: Musharraf asks U.S. not to pull out of Iraq without tripartite political settlement

Musharraf noted that he and many Middle Eastern leaders were worried that a premature pull-out of U.S. and coalition forces from Iraq would spread sectarian strife throughout the Gulf region. »
May 4, 2011

89862: Indian counterterrorism experts urge greater indo-US cooperation, criticize Pakistan

"Stay the course in Afghanistan," urged Indian counterterrorism experts in Dec. 7 meetings with visiting S/CT Deputy Director Virginia Palmer. »
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. File Photo: PTI
CHENNAI, May 4, 2011

Musharraf argued against ‘premature’ withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq

Told Senator John McCain that West Asian leaders were worried that such a move would spread sectarian strife throughout the Gulf region »
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. A cable says Mr. Aziz assured that his soil will not be a safe heaven for terrorists.
CHENNAI, May 4, 2011

Had there been intelligence, Pakistan would have found Osama, said Aziz

The Pakistan Government and its military insisted that Osama bin Laden was not in Pakistan. »
May 3, 2011

103492: Musharraf meets Codels

Musharraf was frustrated by Western and Afghan criticism of Pakistan's efforts on the Afghan border. »
May 3, 2011

156183: political moves and balancing aid

Zardari suggested a new blend of USG assistance, increasing aid to ""civilian forces"" like the police and promoting civilian engagement. »
May 3, 2011

178493: Zardari says 'defeat is not an option'

Zardari noted that Pakistan had been fighting militancy from before 9/11; Benazir Bhutto long ago had warned Washington about the dangers of Osama bin Laden. »
In 2008, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari told U.S. Central Command Commander General David Petraeushe that he was “working to build popular support for Pakistan’s war.” File photo
CHENNAI, May 3, 2011

I do not mind paying the price for high-value targets, Zardari told U.S. Commander in 2008

The Pakistan President wanted regional ownership of extremism problem; thought Indian Prime Minister not well-informed of Indian intelligence activities in Afghanistan »
OSAMA BEHIND BHUTTO'S FALL? File photo of the late former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
CHENNAI, May 3, 2011

Osama financed the fall of Benazir's government, says Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari, the current President of Pakistan, explained to the visiting U.S. representatives, in a meeting in 2008, that the Global War on Terror was “Pakistan's war.” »
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