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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is wrapping up a week-long trip oversees. The final stop in Cairo was added at the last minute, to try to smooth over concern in the Arab world that the Obama administration is easing pressure on Israel over settlements. Clinton reiterated U.S. policy that Washington does not accept Israeli settlements as legitimate.
In Morocco for a meeting with Arab foreign ministers, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to ease concerns that the United States is not pressuring Israel to stop all construction of Jewish settlements. Her task continues Wednesday in Cairo, where she meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wraps up her trip to Pakistan Friday, and she's been causing a stir. On Thursday, she suggested the Pakistani government was not doing enough to root out al-Qaida. Her remarks were the strongest suggestion yet by the Obama Administration that the Pakistanis could find al-Qaida leaders, but aren't really going after them.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is spending the day selling America to one of its key allies: Pakistan. In addition to meeting with businessmen and religious leaders, she appeared before more than 400 students gathered at Government College of Lahore. Among the questions, they asked about the $7.5 billion aid package for Pakistan that was signed recently by President Obama.
A deadly car bomb exploded Wednesday in Peshawar, Pakistan, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in the capital, Islamabad, about 100 miles away. She hopes to build and repair fragile relations with a country seen as a critical U.S. ally in the fight against Islamist extremism.
A car bomb tore through a busy market place Wednesday in northwestern Pakistan. Nearly 100 people were killed. The bombing in Peshawar occurred as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was visiting Islamabad. She is pledging U.S. support for Pakistan's campaign against Islamist militants.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Pakistan at a critical time for that nation's government. It is conducting a major military offensive against the Taliban in one of the most forbidding regions of the country. Her visit also comes at a time when relations between the U.S. and Pakistan have had their difficulties.
A U.N. backed panel moved Monday to throw out a significant numbers of ballots cast for President Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan's disputed presidential election. The findings were sent to the country's electoral commission, which will decide whether to hold a runoff between Karzai and his main rival, Abdullah Abdullah.
There has been a political vacuum in Afghanistan since the disputed presidential election in late August. An investigation into allegations of widespread election fraud has wrapped up. The probe indicates President Karzai did not get more than 50 percent of the vote, which means there should be a runoff election. Diplomats have been trying to persuade Karzai to accept a runoff or power-sharing agreement.
A U.N.-backed electoral complaints commission again delayed an announcement of its findings about fraud in the August 20th presidential election. NPR's Jackie Northam discusses the negotiations going on in the capital and about a possible power-sharing deal that could help stabilize the country.
The U.S. debate over increasing the force size in Afghanistan resonates on the streets of Kabul.
The results of the audit could drop incumbent Hamid Karzai's vote total below 50 percent, triggering a second round of voting. Officials in Kabul also say a resolution of the election could come in a loya jirga, a political assembly traditionally used in Afghanistan to decide political matters.
Nearly two months after Afghans went to the polls in the country's presidential election, the outcome has still not been decided. Initial results give President Hamid Karzai a slim majority, but a recount is under way; it is widely agreed the elections were tarnished by fraud.
The head of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan has acknowledged widespread fraud in the country's August presidential elections. But Kai Eide said any figures on fraudulent votes would be speculative until the recount is complete. Eide was responding to charges made by his former deputy, Peter Galbraith, that he had covered up the fraud.
Many analysts say Pakistan, not Afghanistan, is the most critical component of U.S. strategy in the region. Amid the current Washington debate over whether more U.S. troops should be deployed to Afghanistan, Pakistan is getting relatively little attention.
