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# Islamabad

Last year
2022
# Islamabad
Ireland to open Embassy in Pakistan alongside Consulate Generals in Milan and Munich
It’s part of the Global Ireland programme which aims to ‘double Ireland’s global footprint by 2025′.
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Sep 7th 2022, 2:47 PM
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# Islamabad
Pakistan hosts US, Russia and China for talks on Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, did not attend the meeting.
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Nov 12th 2021, 9:13 AM
# safe havens
Pakistan summons US ambassador over Trump tweet
The US President used his first tweet of 2018 to tear into Islamabad.
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Jan 2nd 2018, 7:38 AM
# Islamabad
Trump: 'Pakistan has given nothing but lies and deceit in return for billions in funding'
He said Pakistan thinks of US leaders as ‘fools’.
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Jan 1st 2018, 5:29 PM
# Horrific
Teenage Pakistani girl burnt alive after she refused a suitor's marriage proposal
19-year-old Maria Sadaqat was attacked by a group of people on Monday near the country’s capital Islamabad.
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Jun 1st 2016, 9:52 PM
# Islamabad
Two die and 400 injured in bloody Pakistan clashes
The clashes between police and protesters took place outside the prime minister’s residence.
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Aug 31st 2014, 11:00 AM
# Islamabad
Death toll continues to rise following suicide bombing at Pakistan military HQ
At least 13 people died, with 18 others wounded, just a day after one of the deadliest bomb attacks in recent years.
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Jan 20th 2014, 10:49 AM
# Terrorism
Taliban kills nine foreign tourists in the Pakistani Himalayas
The attackers struck at the foot of one of the world’s highest mountains, killing Chinese and Ukrainian climbers.
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Jun 23rd 2013, 12:07 PM
# Journalism
Irish journalist Declan Walsh ordered to leave Pakistan
The former Sunday Business Post journalist has been Pakistan bureau chief for the New York Times since January 2012.
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May 11th 2013, 3:51 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Good morning. Here’s the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
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Nov 22nd 2012, 8:42 AM
# Suicide Attack
Pakistan suicide attacks kill 35 as leaders meet for summit
The suicide attacks were the deadliest assault in the country for five months.
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Nov 22nd 2012, 7:19 AM
# Pakistan
Pakistani girl who was accused of blasphemy released from jail
The girl, believed to be 14, was arrested last month for allegedly burning pages of the Koran. An imam was later accused of having planted the pages in the girl’s bag.
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Sep 8th 2012, 2:42 PM
# Crash
Pakistani passenger jet with 127 on board crashes
A government minister has said there is little hope of finding survivors.
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Apr 20th 2012, 6:18 PM
# Afghan War
US vows full probe into Pakistan border incident
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered America’s deepest condolences for the loss of 25 Pakistani soldiers.
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Nov 27th 2011, 9:14 AM
# Pakistan
Pakistan: 25 troops dead in NATO helicopter attack
Pakistan has blamed NATO for the attack on the Afghanistan border last night.
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Nov 26th 2011, 12:27 PM
# Pakistan
US admiral's comments on murdered journalist "extremely irresponsible"
Islamabad’s relationship with the US won’t be helped by Adm Mullen’s remarks the the Parkistan government ‘sanctioned’ journalist’s killing.
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Jul 8th 2011, 3:16 PM
# Pakistan
Shocking video emerges of boy being shot dead by Pakistani security forces
Pakistani security forces are under pressure to explain the video of an unarmed 18-year-old being shot at point-blank range. He later bled to death.
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Jun 11th 2011, 12:58 PM
# Abbottabad
Obama: bin Laden raid “longest 40 minutes of my life”
The US president says the risks of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden outweighed the risks – but it was a tense time.
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May 9th 2011, 6:41 PM
# Pakistan
Pakistani PM denies being part of moves to 'hide' bin Laden
Yousuf Raza Gilani tells parliament that the state was not hiding Osama – and says his killing is ‘justice done’.
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May 9th 2011, 5:23 PM
# Pakistan
US missiles kill 25 people 'including women and children' in Pakistan
The attack, aimed at targeting Taliban militants, is unlikely to improve already strained and deteriorating relations between Washington and Islamabad.
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Apr 22nd 2011, 5:43 PM
# Pakistan
Car bomb kills 20 people in eastern Pakistan
The bombing is said to underscore the reach of Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants who normally target Pakistan’s northwest.
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Mar 8th 2011, 10:10 AM
# Pakistan
Pakistan declares national day of mourning
The country remembers the 152 victims of Wednesday’s plane crash.
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Jul 29th 2010, 11:34 AM
# Airblue Crash
No survivors of Pakistan plane crash
Pakistan suffers its biggest ever air disaster after a passenger jet crashes into a mountainside near Islamabad.
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Jul 28th 2010, 1:43 PM