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Pakistan Double Suicide Blast

By The World ⋅ May 13, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Aleem Maqbool in Pakistan about Friday’s deadly attacks against a military training academy in the northwest of the country. Download MP3

In Pictures: Pakistan Bomb Attacks

US-Pakistan relations remain tense

By The World ⋅ May 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

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The United States was not going to win any popularity contests in Pakistan, even before May 2nd. Then, US Navy Seals conducted a raid in Abbottabad that killed al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden. The operation heightened tensions between Washington and Islamabad. Marco Werman talks with The Guardian’s correspondent for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Declan Walsh.
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PBS Frontline’s “Kill/Capture”

US-Pakistan tensions ratchet up

By The World ⋅ May 9, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

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Speculation that Pakistan’s intelligence service was in cahoots with al-Qaeda has only intensified after the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Shoaib Hasan in Islamabad. Download MP3

‘There goes the neighborhood’

By The World ⋅ May 6, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

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Sohaib Athar, a resident of Abbottabad, Pakistan, live-tweeted the raid on Osama bin Laden compound. His reaction to bin Laden’s death, on Twitter, was “there goes the neighborhood.” The World’s Marco Werman explores the various possible meanings of that phrase. Download MP3
Storify: Athar’s tweets during the raid

US drone attack in Pakistan heightens tensions

By The World ⋅ May 6, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

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US tensions with Pakistan rose further Friday after Pakistani officials said a new US drone attack killed several people in Waziristan. Relations between Washington and Islamabad were already frayed after the death of Osama Bin Laden in a Pakistani city. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Lyse Doucet in Islamabad. Download MP3

What did Pakistan know?

By The World ⋅ May 4, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅

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Pakistanis are now debating what their military authorities really knew about Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts. The army claims not to have known that America’s most wanted terrorist was living less than a half mile from Pakistan’s country’s main military academy. Madiha Tahir reports from Karachi. Download MP3

Video: Around the perimeter of Bin Laden’s compound

Osama Bin Laden’s hideout

By The World ⋅ May 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

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Two days after the raid on Osama Bin Laden’s fortified compound, questions are being asked over how he was able to live in Pakistan without being detected by security forces. Host Lisa Mullins talks with BBC correspondent Aleem Maqbool who has been at the compound where Bin Laden was killed by American special forces. Download MP3
At the compound: Aleem Maqbool’s video report

The complex relationship of US,Pakistan intelligence agencies

By The World ⋅ May 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

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David Ignatius, a columnist for the Washington Post and an authority on Pakistan’s spy agency, ISI, tells anchor Lisa Mullins the US and Pakistan intelligence agencies are locked in a tangled, inter-dependent relationship. Download MP3

David Ignaitus’s latest blog: The pursuit of bin Laden

Egypt and the death of Bin Laden

By The World ⋅ May 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

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The death of Osama bin Laden comes at a time of continued upheaval in the Arab world. The World’s Matthew Bell has the view from Cairo, Egypt. Download MP3
Egypt coverage on The World

US forces kill Osama Bin Laden

By The World ⋅ May 2, 2011 ⋅ 4 comments ⋅

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Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US forces in Pakistan, President Barack Obama has said. Bin Laden was shot dead at a compound near Islamabad, in a ground operation based on US intelligence, the first lead for which emerged last August. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Haroon Rashid in Islamabad. Download MP3

Live updates from the BBC
President Obama’s statement
Reactions on the death of Osama Bin Laden posted at BBC Arabic
Add your voice: What does the death of Osama Bin Laden mean to you?

The impact on US strategy in Afghanistan

By The World ⋅ May 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

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The World’s Jason Margolis looks at how the death of Osama Bin Laden might impact US strategy in Afghanistan. Download MP3

Washington Post: Afghanistan reaction

Many in Pakistan suspicious of US

By The World ⋅ May 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

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Pakistan has described the killing of Osama Bin Laden as a major setback for terrorist organizations while an Indian government minister suggested that the fact that Bin Laden was found just 40 miles from Pakistan’s capital raised concern that terrorists could find sanctuary in Pakistan. Madiha Tahir reports that there is a great deal of suspicion in Pakistan about the US and its motives. Download MP3
Graphic: Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan

Sohaib Athar tweets raid on Osama’s compound

By The World ⋅ May 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

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The World’s Clark Boyd has the story of the Pakistani IT professional who, unknowingly, live-blogged the raid on Osama bin Laden. Download MP3
See Athar’s tweets

Pakistan skirts Mideast revolution fever

By The World ⋅ April 8, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

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Pakistan appears to be immune to the unrest sweeping the Muslim world. Anchor Marco Werman asks Anatol Lieven, author of “Pakistan: A Hard Country”, why Pakistan is different. Download MP3

Video: Anatol Lieven at Cross Talk

Pakistan to learn how to get to Sesame Street

By The World ⋅ April 8, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅

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Sesame Street is seen in 30 different versions around the world. Beginning this summer, with the help of USAID, Pakistani kids also get the chance to fall in love with Elmo. Download MP3