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Medical practitioners attend to a boy who was injured in a grenade ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:40:32 GMT

(Reuters) - Medical practitioners attend to a boy who was injured in a grenade attack, at a hospital in Quetta, located in Pakistan's Baluchistan Province November 7, 2009. At least six people, including security officials, on Monday were injured in a grenade attack at a checkpoint in Meezan Chowk, local media reported. REUTERS/Rizwan Saeed (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier surveys the site of a grenade ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:38:14 GMT

(Reuters) - A Pakistani paramilitary soldier surveys the site of a grenade attack at Meezan Chowk in Quetta, located in Pakistan's Baluchistan Province November 7, 2009. At least six people, including security officials, on Monday were injured in a grenade attack at a checkpoint in Meezan Chowk, local media reported. REUTERS/Rizwan Saeed (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT CRIME LAW)

Pakistani security officials survey the site of a grenade attack ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:34:56 GMT

(Reuters) - Pakistani security officials survey the site of a grenade attack at Meezan Chowk in Quetta, located in Pakistan's Baluchistan Province November 7, 2009. At least six people, including security officials, on Monday were injured in a grenade attack at a checkpoint in Meezan Chowk, local media reported. REUTERS/Rizwan Saeed (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children attend ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:16:15 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children attend a class in a school in Qutbal, Pakistan. Pakistan is seeing a surge in private schools, a trend some find hopeful in a country where the government education system is decrepit and the other alternative is the madrasas, religious schools which offer little education beyond memorizing the Quran and are seen as one source of Islamic militancy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, a girl attends ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:15:51 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, a girl attends a class in a school in Qutbal, Pakistan. Pakistan is seeing a surge in private schools, a trend some find hopeful in a country where the government education system is decrepit and the other alternative is the madrasas, religious schools which offer little education beyond memorizing the Quran and are seen as one source of Islamic militancy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, a girl attends ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:15:32 GMT

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children attend ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:14:44 GMT

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children prepare ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:14:09 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children prepare to sing the Pakistan National Anthem prior to the start of classes in a school in Qutbal, Pakistan. Pakistan is seeing a surge in private schools, a trend some find hopeful in a country where the government education system is decrepit and the other alternative is the madrasas, religious schools which offer little education beyond memorizing the Quran and are seen as one source of Islamic militancy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children prepare ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:13:57 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children prepare to the start of classes in a school in Qutbal, Pakistan. Pakistan is seeing a surge in private schools, a trend some find hopeful in a country where the government education system is decrepit and the other alternative is the madrasas, religious schools which offer little education beyond memorizing the Quran and are seen as one source of Islamic militancy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children relax ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:12:47 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children relax during a break in a school in Qutbal, Pakistan. Pakistan is seeing a surge in private schools, a trend some find hopeful in a country where the government education system is decrepit and the other alternative is the madrasas, religious schools which offer little education beyond memorizing the Quran and are seen as one source of Islamic militancy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children attend ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:12:20 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children attend a class in Qutbal, Pakistan. Pakistan is seeing a surge in private schools, a trend some find hopeful in a country where the government education system is decrepit and the other alternative is the madrasas, religious schools which offer little education beyond memorizing the Quran and are seen as one source of Islamic militancy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children wait ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:10:22 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children wait to use the washroom in a school in Qutbal, Pakistan. Pakistan is seeing a surge in private schools, a trend some find hopeful in a country where the government education system is decrepit and the other alternative is the madrasas, religious schools which offer little education beyond memorizing the Quran and are seen as one source of Islamic militancy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children leave ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:10:07 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children leave their school after classes in Qutbal, Pakistan. Pakistan is seeing a surge in private schools, a trend some find hopeful in a country where the government education system is decrepit and the other alternative is the madrasas, religious schools which offer little education beyond memorizing the Quran and are seen as one source of Islamic militancy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Pakistani security officials survey at the site of a grenade ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Pakistani security officials survey at the site of a grenade attack in a school in Quetta, located in Pakistan's Baluchistan Province November 7, 2009. Two female teachers were wounded when a grenade was thrown into a school in the southwestern city of Quetta, police said. REUTERS/Rizwan Saeed (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT CRIME LAW)

Pakistani villagers carry a coffin wrapped with a national flag ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:38:38 GMT

(AP) - Pakistani villagers carry a coffin wrapped with a national flag of a paramilitary soldier who was killed during a gun-battle with militants in Hangu district, during his funeral prayers on the outskirts of Bannu, a town on the edge of Waziristan region, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)

Pakistani police officers sit next to weapons confiscated during ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:37:03 GMT

(AP) - Pakistani police officers sit next to weapons confiscated during a search operation in an area on display for media at a police station in Bannu, a town on the edge of Waziristan region, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)

Pakistani tribesmen, who fled from South Waziristan due to military ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:45:14 GMT

(AP) - Pakistani tribesmen, who fled from South Waziristan due to military offensive, wait for their turn to receive relief supplies in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. The operation in South Waziristan, the main Taliban and al-Qaida sanctuary in Pakistan, has sparked a wave of retaliatory attacks that have killed about 300 civilians and security forces in the past month.(AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

Pakistani tribesmen, who fled from South Waziristan due to military ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:45:02 GMT

(AP) - Pakistani tribesmen, who fled from South Waziristan due to military offensive, receive relief supplies in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. The operation in South Waziristan, the main Taliban and al-Qaida sanctuary in Pakistan, has sparked a wave of retaliatory attacks that have killed about 300 civilians and security forces in the past month.(AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

Pakistan girl Azeemat Shan Bibi (R), waits for her medical check-up ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:50:23 GMT

(Reuters) - Pakistan girl Azeemat Shan Bibi (R), waits for her medical check-up with a doctor (L) at an army field camp hospital for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 7, 2009. Security forces consolidated their positions in the Pakistani Taliban's main base of Makeen, in South Waziristan, killing eight militants there and four in a clash in another part of the region, the military said. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT)

A man with henna-dyed beard, fleeing a military offensive in ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:44:49 GMT

(Reuters) - A man with henna-dyed beard, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, waits with others for handouts at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 7, 2009. Security forces consolidated their positions in the Pakistani Taliban's main base of Makeen, in South Waziristan, killing eight militants there and four in a clash in another part of the region, the military said. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT)

Men, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, stand ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:41:29 GMT

(Reuters) - Men, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, stand in a queue to wait for their turn for food handouts at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 7, 2009. Security forces consolidated their positions in the Pakistani Taliban's main base of Makeen, in South Waziristan, killing eight militants there and four in a clash in another part of the region, the military said. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT)

Men, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, sit on ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:29:27 GMT

(Reuters) - Men, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, sit on the ground while they wait for food handouts at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 7, 2009. Security forces consolidated their positions in the Pakistani Taliban's main base of Makeen, in South Waziristan, killing 8 militants there and four in a clash in another part of the region, the military said. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Ghawar Khan, 60, who is fleeing a military offensive in South ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:27:19 GMT

(Reuters) - Ghawar Khan, 60, who is fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, lies on ground after a road accident as people help to carry him to an army field camp hospital for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 7, 2009. Security forces consolidated their positions in the Pakistani Taliban's main base of Makeen, in South Waziristan, killing 8 militants there and four in a clash in another part of the region, the military said. REUTERS/Mustansar Baloch (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT)

Men, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, sort ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:21:51 GMT

(Reuters) - Men, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, sort out tents at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 7, 2009. Security forces consolidated their positions in the Pakistani Taliban's main base of Makeen, in South Waziristan, killing 8 militants there and four in a clash in another part of the region, the military said. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT)

Hazrat Ali, 80, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:04:37 GMT

(Reuters) - Hazrat Ali, 80, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, lies under an X-Ray machine at the army field camp hospital for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 7, 2009. Security forces consolidated their positions in the Pakistani Taliban's main base of Makeen, in South Waziristan, killing 8 militants there and four in a clash in another part of the region, the military said. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT HEALTH)

Rabiya, 6, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:02:25 GMT

(Reuters) - Rabiya, 6, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, waits with her father at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 7, 2009. Security forces consolidated their positions in the Pakistani Taliban's main base of Makeen, in South Waziristan, killing 8 militants there and four in a clash in another part of the region, the military said. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A man is silhouetted while cleaning a hotel window with Karachi's ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:30:01 GMT

(Reuters) - A man is silhouetted while cleaning a hotel window with Karachi's Frere Hall (L) seen in the background November 7, 2009. The building, used as a town hall during the days of the British Raj, now hosts a library and art gallery. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (PAKISTAN SOCIETY CITYSCAPE)

A man and a girl along with sheep walk past men, fleeing a military ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:29:12 GMT

(Reuters) - A man and a girl along with sheep walk past men, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan while they waiting for handouts at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 6, 2009.Pakistani soldiers have entered an important militant bastion in South Waziristan, security officials said on Friday, as gunmen wounded an army brigadier and his driver in a drive-by shooting in the capital. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT)

Pakistani villagers who fled their areas in the Pakistani tribal ...

(AP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:17:25 GMT

(AP) - Pakistani villagers who fled their areas in the Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan due to fighting between security forces and militants, wait for relief supplies in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The operation in South Waziristan, the main Taliban and al-Qaida sanctuary in Pakistan, has sparked a wave of retaliatory attacks that have killed about 300 civilians and security forces in the past month.(AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

A Pakistani villager who fled tribal area of Waziristan due ...

(AP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:17:05 GMT

(AP) - A Pakistani villager who fled tribal area of Waziristan due to fighting between security forces and militants, carries medicine provided at relief center in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The operation in South Waziristan, the main Taliban and al-Qaida sanctuary in Pakistan, has sparked a wave of retaliatory attacks that have killed about 300 civilians and security forces in the past month.(AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

Pakistani villagers, who fled their areas in the Pakistani tribal ...

(AP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:11:09 GMT

(AP) - Pakistani villagers, who fled their areas in the Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan due to fighting between security forces and militants, wait for relief supplies in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The operation in South Waziristan, the main Taliban and al-Qaida sanctuary in Pakistan, has sparked a wave of retaliatory attacks that have killed about 300 civilians and security forces in the past month.(AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

Pakistani officials prepare to remove a vehicle of a Pakistan ...

(AP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:04:51 GMT

(AP) - Pakistani officials prepare to remove a vehicle of a Pakistan Army officer which came under fire by unknown gunmen in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier in the capital. (AP Photo/M. Javed)

Pakistan Army soldiers patrol in the area where unknown gunmen ...

(AP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:04:10 GMT

(AP) - Pakistan Army soldiers patrol in the area where unknown gunmen opened fire on vehicle of army officer in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier in the capital. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan troops seize a Taliban militant during an ongoing military ...

(AFP/ISPR/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:44:52 GMT

(AFP/ISPR/File) - Pakistan troops seize a Taliban militant during an ongoing military offensive in the tribal district of South Waziristan, November 2. A Pakistani brigadier has escaped assassination in the third gun attack targeting army officers in the capital since the military launched a major offensive against the Taliban in the northwest.(AFP/ISPR/File)

A Pakistani motorcyclist rides past shattered glass at the site ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:44:52 GMT

(AFP) - A Pakistani motorcyclist rides past shattered glass at the site where gunmen attacked an army officer in Islamabad. A Pakistani brigadier has escaped assassination in the third gun attack targeting top brass in the capital as the army claimed further gains in a major anti-Taliban offensive in the northwest.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)

Map locating Islamabad. A Pakistani brigadier has escaped assassination ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:44:52 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Map locating Islamabad. A Pakistani brigadier has escaped assassination in the third gun attack targeting top brass in the capital as the army claimed further gains in a major anti-Taliban offensive in the northwest.(AFP/Graphic)

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers guard the site where gunmen ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:44:52 GMT

(AFP) - Pakistani paramilitary soldiers guard the site where gunmen attacked an army officer in Islamabad. A Pakistani brigadier has escaped assassination in the third gun attack targeting top brass in the capital as the army claimed further gains in a major anti-Taliban offensive in the northwest.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)

Hospital workers carry the body of a militant at a hospital ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:36:24 GMT

(Reuters) - Hospital workers carry the body of a militant at a hospital in the town of Mansehra, 90 km (56 miles) north of Islamabad, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province November 6, 2009. Police killed two militants in a clash after they refused to stop their vehicle at a checkpoint in the town of Mansehra. Two policemen were wounded. Police recovered bomb-laden jackets normally used by suicide bombers,along with detonators and explosives, said senior police official Waqar Ahmed. REUTERS/Abrar Tanoli (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT)

Pakistani police inspect the suicide jackets recovered from ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:30:39 GMT

(Reuters) - Pakistani police inspect the suicide jackets recovered from a car after a shootout that killed two militants in the town of Mansehra, 90 km (56 miles) north of Islamabad, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province November 6, 2009. Police killed two militants in a clash after they refused to stop their vehicle at a checkpoint in the town of Mansehra. Two policemen were wounded. Police recovered bomb-laden jackets normally used by suicide bombers, along with detonators and explosives, said senior police official Waqar Ahmed. REUTERS/Abrar Tanoli (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT)

Pakistani police inspect the suicide jackets recovered from ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:30:14 GMT

Pakistani soldiers take their positions at the site of a drive-by ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:25:43 GMT

(Reuters) - Pakistani soldiers take their positions at the site of a drive-by shooting where gunmen fired and injured two people in Islamabad November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

A policeman is seen through the bullet-shattered glass window ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:25:07 GMT

(Reuters) - A policeman is seen through the bullet-shattered glass window of a vehicle at the site of a shooting in the town of Mansehra, 90 km (56 miles) north of Islamabad, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province November 6, 2009. Police killed two militants in a clash after they refused to stop their vehicle at a checkpoint in the town of Mansehra. Two policemen were wounded. Police recovered bomb-laden jackets normally used by suicide bombers, along with detonators and explosives, said senior police official Waqar Ahmed. REUTERS/Abrar Tanoli (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

REFILE - CORRECTING BYLINE Workers are silhouetted as they ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:15:30 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING BYLINE Workers are silhouetted as they prepare a makeshift tent for the storage of food items, for those fleeing the military offensive in South Waziristan at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs), in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 6, 2009. Pakistani soldiers have entered an important militant bastion in South Waziristan, security officials said on Friday, as gunmen wounded an army brigadier and his driver in a drive-by shooting in the capital. REUTERS/Mustansar Baloch (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT)

Pakistani security officials remove a vehicle from the site ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:02:52 GMT

(Reuters) - Pakistani security officials remove a vehicle from the site of a drive-by shooting where gunmen fired and injured two people in Islamabad November 6, 2009. Pakistani soldiers have entered an important militant bastion in South Waziristan, security officials said on Friday, as gunmen wounded an army brigadier and his driver in a drive-by shooting in the capital. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT TRANSPORT)

A policeman points a gun at an unruly crowd, comprising of people ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A policeman points a gun at an unruly crowd, comprising of people uprooted by the military offensive in South Waziristan, as they gather at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 6, 2009. Pakistani soldiers have entered an important militant bastion in South Waziristan, security officials said on Friday, as gunmen wounded an army brigadier and his driver in a drive-by shooting in the capital. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT)

A man, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, is ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:13:41 GMT

(Reuters) - A man, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, is beaten up by the police after breaking the queue at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 6, 2009. Pakistani soldiers have entered an important militant bastion in South Waziristan, security officials said on Friday, as gunmen wounded an army brigadier and his driver in a drive-by shooting in the capital. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT)

A man, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, is ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:57:27 GMT

Pakistani girl Azra, 6, fleeing a military offensive in South ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:43:49 GMT

(Reuters) - Pakistani girl Azra, 6, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, is treated for a head injury at an army field camp hospital for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 6, 2009. Pakistani soldiers have entered an important militant bastion in South Waziristan, security officials said on Friday, as gunmen wounded an army brigadier and his driver in a drive-by shooting in the capital. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT HEALTH IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks at members of her delegation ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:14:31 GMT

(Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks at members of her delegation before the start of a meeting in Islamabad, October 28, 2009. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

Pakistani police officers search Muslim devotees arrived to ...

(AP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:54:38 GMT

(AP) - Pakistani police officers search Muslim devotees arrived to attend the three-day World Islamic congregation, in Raiwind near Lahore, Pakistan on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims from the countries including Great Britain, the United States and Saudi Arabia, took part in the three-day religious congregation. (AP Photo/K. M. Chaudary)