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Taliban bomber strikes near US base in Kabul...Sadiqi, chief of staff of the western border police region. In neighbouring Pakistan, around two dozen suspected Taliban gunmen torched five trucks carrying fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan, killing a driver, police said. © 2009 AFP In this article: Taliban, US, Kabul, NATO, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Gordon Brown, and Barack Obama |
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FT.com - Comment and analysis | October 28, 2009
The west's strategic options in Afghanistan
...corrupt and incompetent rulers. Mr Rashid paints a bleak picture of Pakistan's predicament, with the civilian government too weak to stand up to the army - still obsessed with India - and the economy in freefall. Mr Rashid suggests a danger of...
In this article: Ahmed Rashid, NATO, Taliban, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Islamic, and Al-Qaeda
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Charlotte Observer | October 21, 2009
UN: Afghan drug flow wreaks global havoc
...strategic yet volatile regions," Costa said. "The perfect storm of drugs, crime and insurgency that has swirled around the Afghanistan/Pakistan border for years is heading for Central Asia." While Central Asian countries such as...
In this article: Opiate, Opium, Heroin, Afghanistan, U.N., Tax, Opium poppy, and Central Asia
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Seattle Times | October 08, 2009
Afghanistan, Pakistan: 1 war, 2 fronts
...in Kabul, roads and power plants. "Pakistan views India's growing influence in Afghanistan as a threat to its own interests in the region," wrote Jayshree Bajoria of the Council on Foreign Relations. "Afghanistan holds strategic...
In this article: Afghanistan, Taliban, India, Al-qaida, United States, Suicide, Kabul, and Islamabad
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Pakistan–Turkmenistan relations - Wikipedia, the free ...
Pakistan–Turkmenistan relations. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... · Diplomatic missions of / in Turkmenistan · This Pakistan-related article is a stub. ...
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Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Pakistan, Turkmenistan ...
17-05-02 Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan are expected to sign a ... Pakistan has been pursuing four-import projects from Iran, Qatar, Turkmenistan and UAE. ...
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www.pak-times.com
First meeting of Pakistan-Turkmenistan Joint Ministerial ...
ISLAMABAD: The first session of the Pakistan-Turkmenistan Joint Ministerial Commission was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on August 3-4, 2009. The Pakistani
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www.pakistaneconomist.com
PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AND TURKMENISTAN GAS PIPELINE
PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AND TURKMENISTAN GAS PIPELINE. THE INCREASE IN NON-PERFORMING LOANS ... Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have signed a two billion dollars ...
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Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan Sign Pipeline Deal
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan. Sign Pipeline Deal. 6-1-2 ... He said Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan would form three working groups, ...
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Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to ... a b c "Gas pipeline project Turkmenistan-Afghanistan<wbr>-Pakistan-India approved" ...
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Pakistan (), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It has a 1,046 kilometre (650 mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and the People's Republic of China in the far northeast. Tajikistan also lies very close to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. Thus, it occupies a crossroads between South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East.
The region forming modern Pakistan was at the heart of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and then later was the recipient of Vedic, Persian, Indo-Greek, Turco-Mongol and Islamic cultures. The area has witnessed invasions and/or settlements by the Indo-Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Afghans, Mongols, Sikhs and the British.
In addition to the Indian independence movement which demanded an independent India, the Pakistan Movement (led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah of the Muslim League), which also sought an independent India, sought an independent state for the majority Muslim populations of the eastern and western regions of British India. The British granted independence and also the creation of the Muslim majority state of Pakistan that comprised the provinces of Sindh, North-West Frontier Province, West Punjab, Balochistan and East Bengal. With the adoption of its constitution in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic. In 1971, a civil war in East Pakistan resulted in the creation of Bangladesh.
- Name:
- Pakistan
- Conventional Long Name:
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Local Name:
- Islāmī Jumhūrī-ye Pākistān
- Capital:
- Islamabad
- Language:
- Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi,
- Urdu (National)
- English (Government)
- Motto:
- اتحاد، تنظيم، يقين مُحکم
- Largest City:
- Karachi
- Government type:
- Parliamentary republic federal
- Founding Date:
- March 23, 1956
- Formations:
- Independence
- Area:
- 803,940
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $422.392 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 133rd
- GDP (nominal):
- $164.557 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 142nd
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 48th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $1,022
- Time Zone:
- PST
- Currency:
- Pakistani Rupee (Rs.)
- Demonym:
- Pakistani
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- PKR
- Country Calling Code:
- +92
- ccTLD:
- .pk
- Anthem:
- "Qaumi Tarana"
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