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Poor weather kept a U.S. team of experts from reaching Siachen Glacier to help Pakistani officials search for 135 people buried by an avalanche, officials said.
Rescue teams Sunday sought possible survivors at a Pakistan army base in the Kashmir region where up to 135 people were buried by a massive avalanche.
An avalanche at a Pakistan army base in the Kashmir region Saturday buried more than 100 troops under snow and a rescue is under way, officials said.
A Swiss couple, abducted in Balochistan by the Pakistani Taliban last July, were free Friday, and in the care of the Swiss Embassy in Islamabad, officials said.
Afghan: NATO bombing followed attack
Afghan security officials said Monday a joint U.S.-Afghan raid preceded a deadly NATO attack that left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead.
The United States and NATO are in a new row with Pakistan after coalition aircraft killed as many as 28 Pakistani soldiers along the Pakistan-Afghan border.
A senior Pakistani military officer is being detained for questioning on suspicion of having unauthorized contact with a proscribed terrorist organization, a television station reported.
Pakistan says a senior member of its military has been detained and interrogated about alleged contacts with an outlawed militant group.
Floods delay Pakistan anti-insurgent fight
Pakistani military officials say the country's recent devastating floods have delayed and interrupted the offensive against the Taliban.
The Pakistani Army says it is still searching for troops missing since Taliban forces attacked their Afghan border checkpoint Monday.
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Greek national flags fly over Tiananmen Square during Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras state visit to Beijing on May 16, 2013. Samaras is in China seeking investment and trade deals to help revive his country's recession-battered economy. UPI/Stephen Shaver