Marc Grossman

The US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan is stepping down, an official said, in yet another shake-up of President Barack Obama's foreign policy team.

The US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan is stepping down, an official said Tuesday, in yet another shake-up of President Barack Obama's foreign policy team.

A senior US diplomat on Saturday denied his visit to Pakistan was to push for a military offensive in the restive border region of North Waziristan which Washington regards as a militant haven.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday reiterated demand for ending US drone attacks on militants in its tribal areas and called for removing a "trust deficit" with the United States.

Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Saturday said that his country regarded its relations with the United States as "very important" and that Pakistan valued it as a major development partner.

Top Pakistani leaders will on Tuesday discuss ending a blockade of foreign military supply routes into Afghanistan and repairing US relations, signalling a rapprochement ahead of a NATO summit.

Top Pakistani leaders will on Tuesday discuss ending a blockade of foreign military supply routes into Afghanistan and repairing US relations, signalling a rapprochement ahead of a NATO summit.

Pakistan said Monday it was time to "move on" and repair ties with the United States and NATO, the strongest sign yet that it may reopen supply routes into Afghanistan closed for nearly six months.

Pakistan said Monday it was time to "move on" and repair relations with the United States and NATO, the strongest sign yet that it is ready to reopen supply routes into Afghanistan closed for nearly six months.

US lawmakers from both parties Friday urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to declare the Pakistan-linked Haqqani network a foreign terrorist organization for its "indiscriminate attacks" on US interests.

A US drone attack targeting a militant compound killed at least 10 insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal district along the Afghan border early on Saturday, security officials said.

A US drone attack targeting a militant compound killed at least 10 insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal district along the Afghan border early Saturday, according to security officials.

A US drone attack targeting a militant compound early on Saturday killed at least six insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal district along the Afghan border, security officials said.

Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States agreed Friday to look at ways to provide safe passage to Afghan Taliban who are willing to join the peace process, officials said.

Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States agreed Friday to look at ways to provide safe passage to Afghan Taliban who are willing to join the peace process, officials said.

The United States on Thursday voiced hope that Pakistan would resolve a row centered on its prime minister, which has heated up just as the two nations look to repair an uneasy partnership.

Islamabad on Thursday reiterated its opposition to US drone attacks in its territory as Washington's point man on Pakistan and Afghanistan arrived amid efforts to mend fractured relations.

A US envoy headed Wednesday to Pakistan in a new bid to ease months of severe strains between the war partners, after lawmakers in Islamabad called for steps including an end to drone strikes.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on regional powers Sunday to unite against "aggression" as he gathered with his counterparts from Afghanistan and Pakistan for security talks.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Tajikistan on Saturday for regional security talks with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai.