The United States is touting high-level and wide-ranging talks here on Wednesday with Pakistan, a frontline ally in the war on extremism, as a "major intensification of our partnership." President Barack Obama's administration has promised to engage more deeply with Pakistan, which has long seen Washington as interested only in securing its military cooperation in the fight against the ...

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles into an al Qaeda and Taliban hideout in northwest Pakistan on the Afghan border on Sunday, killing eight militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The identity of the militants killed in the Lowari Mandi area of the North Waziristan tribal region was not known. The United States has stepped up ...

Missiles fired from US drones Sunday killed at least four militants in a restive Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, security officials said. "A US drone fired two missiles on a militant compound near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Four militants were killed," a senior security official told AFP. "It is not immediately clear if there was any important target," he added ...