RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, June 5 (UPI) -- Pakistani Army Chief Ashfaq Kayani says the monthslong military offensive in the Swat Valley in the country's northwest has blunted Taliban resistance there.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff thanked Pakistani military and intelligence officials Monday for their efforts to fight terrorism.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Pakistani army chief Ashfaq Kayani appointed Lt. Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha to be the head of the powerful spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- In Afghanistan, the future of NATO is at stake. In Pakistan, the survival of a unitary state is at stake. Pakistanis face an existential crisis. And Pakistani-U.S. relations are headed for a major showdown.

MANIPAL, India, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- After Pervez Musharraf himself, the individual who will be most nervous at the resignation of Pakistan's president is the Pakistan People's Party co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari. For it was Musharraf -- admittedly with repeated prodding from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice -- who offered Benazir Bhutto's widower amnesty from the numerous corruption cases against him in exchange for his party's support for his presidency.

WASHINGTON, Conn., May 31 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf still has the support of U.S. President George W. Bush in his battle to retain his post, a White House official said.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf reportedly refused to lift his emergency rule, telling a senior U.S. envoy it is needed to hold peaceful elections.