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Local residents gather at a barricaded road leading to a military facility site, in Bannu, a city in northwestern Pakistan, Monday, July 15, 2024. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and at least one of his accomplices exploded his vest near the outer wall of a military facility in northwestern Pakistani city Bannu early Monday, wounding several civilians and damaging nearby homes, a local police official said. (AP Photo/Muhammad Hasib)

Pakistani troops kill 10 militants responsible for attack on military base that left 8 soldiers dead

By Ishtiaq Mahsud - Associated Press

In this Oct. 17, 2020, photo, Pakistani civil society activists hold candle vigil to pay tribute to Aziz Memon in Hyderabad, Pakistan. In Pakistan, being a dissident or even raising a critical voice is dangerous business. Rights groups say that despite the election in 2018 of a civilian government, the army still rules from behind with an iron fist. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)

In Pakistan, criticism grows dangerous as dissent stifled

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Bomb attack kills soldier on patrol in northwest Pakistan

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Pakistan: Pashtun group attacks security post, wounding 5

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A Nasr missile is loaded on a military vehicle during the Pakistan National Day parade in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 23, 2015. (Associated Press)

Pakistan fires submarine-launched cruise missile

By L. Todd Wood

President Obama and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif issued a joint statement Thursday calling for "enhancing" the already "robust" military-to-military relationship between Washington and Islamabad, indicating that a major weapons deal may be in the works. (Associated Press)

Obama, Nawza Sharif discuss enhancing military-to-military relationship between U.S., Pakistan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Pakistani Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani says his country's relationship with the U.S. is on a positive trajectory and is stronger than it has been than at any other point since the Osama bin Laden raid in May 2011. (Associated Press)

Jalil Abbas Jilani, Pakistan ambassador, seeks increased U.S. pressure on India

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Pakistan terror: 141 dead in Taliban attack at Peshawar school

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

FILE - This undated handout file photo provided by the FBI shows Adnan Shukrijumah. The Pakistan military issued a statement Saturday Dec. 6, 2014 saying Adman Shukrijumah was killed in a raid in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area. (AP Photo/FBI, File)

Al Qaeda’s Adnan Shukrijumah, who once held U.S. green card, killed in Pakistan

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

People look at the wreckage of a passenger bus destroyed in a bomb blast in the Mastong district, near Quetta, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. A roadside car bomb hit a bus of Shiite pilgrims returning from Iran, killing several people and wounding many, in restive Baluchistan province, said a top security official. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Pakistani air force pounds militant hide-outs

By REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

A Pakistani police officer stands guard at checkpoint on a road leading to the site of bomb explosion in Bannu, Pakistan on Sunday Jan. 19, 2014. A regular Sunday morning troop rotation going into the Pakistani tribal region of North Waziristan was shattered by an explosion that killed tens of people, mostly paramilitary troops. The Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for placing the bomb on one of the trucks hired for the job. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)

Taliban bomb kills 13 near main Pakistani army HQ

By ANJUM NAVEED and ASIF SHAHZAD - Associated Press

Pakistani Shiite Muslims chant slogans during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, to condemn Thursday's deadly bombings in Quetta. Thousands of Pakistani Shiites protested in southwestern Pakistan for a second day on Saturday, blocking a main road with dozens of coffins of relatives killed in explosions to demand better security from the government. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Roadside bomb kills 14 Pakistani soldiers

By Ishtiaq Mahsud - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this April, 20, 2007 file photo, Pakistani militant commander Maulvi Nazir meets his associates in South Waziristan, Pakistan, near the Afghani border. Five Pakistani security officials said the commander, Nazir, was reportedly among nine people killed in a missile strike on a house in the village of Angoor Adda in the South Waziristan tribal region early Thursday. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

Pakistan says U.S. drones kill senior Taliban figure

By Ishtiaq Mahsud and Rasool Dawar - Associated Press

Pakistan says U.S. drones killed senior Taliban figure

By Rasool Dawar and Ishtiaq Mahsud - Associated Press

Pakistani army doctors and medical staff transport 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot Tuesday by the Taliban, from a military hospital to the airport in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, for an airlift to England. (AP Photo/Inter Services Public Relations Department)

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban now in U.K. for care

By Martin Benedyk and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

Imran Khan (top left), a Pakistani cricket-star-turned-politician, addresses supporters during a peace march in Mianwali, Pakistan, on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. Thousands of Pakistanis joined by a group of U.S. anti-war activists headed toward Pakistan's militant-riddled tribal belt Saturday to protest U.S. drone strikes, even as a Pakistani Taliban faction warned that suicide bombers would stop the demonstration. (AP Photo/Jabbar Ahmed)

Pakistan blocks anti-U.S. protest in tribal region

By Ishtiaq Mahsud - Associated Press

Imran Khan (center), Pakistan’s ex-cricket star-turned-politician, talks to backers during a march in Tank, Pakistan, on Sunday. The Pakistani military blocked a convoy carrying thousands of Pakistanis and a contingent of U.S. anti-war activists. (Associated Press)

Pakistani military turns back peace convoy

By Ishtiaq Mahsud - Associated Press

Pakistan’s military resists attempts to hold it accountable

By Nahal Toosi - Associated Press

Pakistani police commandos wait to enter an air force base in Kamra, about 85 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Islamabad, Pakistan, on Aug. 16, 2012, after at least half a dozen militants attacked the base before dawn, sparking a heavy battle that killed two security personnel and left parts of the base in flames, officials said. (Associated Press)

Taliban carry out brazen attack on Pakistan base

By B.K. Bangash and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

Taliban video shows 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiers

By Ishtiaq Mahsud - Associated Press