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...true that Barack Obama is on the move. I don't know if it's true President Bush called [Pakistani President Pervez] Musharraf and said, "Why can't we catch this...
...easy being a dictator. After years spent carefully balancing the demands of his domestic backers and his friends in Washington, not to mention fighting one of the hottest fronts in the war on terror and warding off militants bent on assassinating him, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has spent the past week grappling with a new headache - angry lawyers...
...closed down some camps, many observers in both Pakistan and Afghanistan say he is not doing enough to stop Taliban and al-Qaeda activity in the region, a sentiment that seems to be shared by the Bush Administration, judging by the recent stream of official visitors to the Pakistani capital...
...This has become a common refrain in Pakistan, where officials feel they are being unfairly blamed for Afghanistan's failures, and resentment often colors government statements on Pakistani, U.S. and Afghan relations. Following Cheney's visit, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry angrily retorted in a press statement: "Pakistan does not accept dictation from any side or any source." That may play well in the Punjab, but Pakistan might want to start learning how to take notes. Democrats in the U.S. are promoting legislation in Congress that would withhold military aid to Pakistan unless President George Bush can certify that the Pakistani...
...glass technique is something the fourth-generation kite maker learned from his father. For kite fighters it was the equivalent of graduating from bow and arrow to gunpowder. But increasingly there is a risk that the fighting kites are becoming too effective. For a while, those made with Pakistani nylon fishing line were all but impervious to attack. Then canny arms dealers started importing flexible, razor-sharp wire from China. The escalating threat of mutually assured destruction, according to Agha, widely recognized as the best kite fighter around, has taken the artistry out of the game. "Now it's like...