This afternoon, Senator Kerry issued an apology for the killing of two Pakistanis in an incident on January 27 in Lahore, Pakistan. According to U.S. officials and Raymond Davis, the American who killed the two men, the deaths occurred as … read more
Yesterday, the State Department recognized Jundallah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). This designation comes nearly 18 months after reports surfaced indicating that the administration was considering an FTO designation for Jundallah. The delay is of a piece with the … read more
Yesterday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that he would travel to New York City for the UN General Assembly meeting in September. As part of the trip, Ahmadinejad renewed his challenge to President Obama for a public debate on “who … read more
On Tuesday, U.S. Senators Charles Schumer, Kay Hagan, Kirsten Gillibrand, Robert Menendez, and Frank Lautenberg issued a press release urging the State Department to add the Pakistani Taliban, or the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), to the State Department’s Foreign Terrorist … read more
