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Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان‎), is a country located in South Asia and the Greater Middle East. It has a 1046 kilometer coastline along the Arabian Sea in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and the People's Republic of China in the far northeast.

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Pakistani policemen display pictures of arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to the media in Karachi on March 20, 2010. Pakistan police arrested three Taliban militants planning 'big terror attacks' amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said. Taliban
Pakistani supporters of accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui, celebrate her birthday in Karachi, Pakistan Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Aafia Siddiqui, 37, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, though the jury found the crime wasn't premeditated. She was also convicted of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of U.S. officers and employees. Al-Qaeda
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Map locates Karachi, Pakistan. Karachi
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Pakistani tribesmen participate in traditional dance, after a tribal jirga or meeting in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, March 20, 2010. Hundreds of tribesmen from the semiautonomous regions near the Afghan border ended a rare tribal council meeting Saturday with a declaration saying that democracy is the only way to fight terrorism.

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Pakistani tribesmen participate in traditional dance, after a tribal jirga or meeting in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, March 20, 2010. Hundreds of tribesmen from the semiautonomous regions near the Afghan border ended a rare tribal council meeting Saturday with a declaration saying that democracy is the only way to fight terrorism.

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Pakistani policemen display pictures of arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to the media in Karachi on March 20, 2010. Pakistan police arrested three Taliban militants planning 'big terror attacks' amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said.

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Pakistani policemen display pictures of arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to the media in Karachi on March 20, 2010. Pakistan police arrested three Taliban militants planning 'big terror attacks' amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said.

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Pakistani policemen display pictures of arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to the media in Karachi on March 20, 2010. Pakistan police arrested three Taliban militants planning 'big terror attacks' amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said.

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Pakistani policemen display pictures of arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to the media in Karachi on March 20, 2010. Pakistan police arrested three Taliban militants planning 'big terror attacks' amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said.

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Pakistani policemen display pictures of arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to the media in Karachi on March 20, 2010. Pakistan police arrested three Taliban militants planning 'big terror attacks' amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said.

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Pakistani policemen display pictures of arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to the media in Karachi on March 20, 2010. Pakistan police arrested three Taliban militants planning 'big terror attacks' amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said.

AFP 

A plainclothes Pakistani police officer shows the images of detained three Taliban militants in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Police arrested the militants Saturday and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi, a counter terrorism official said.

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A plainclothes Pakistani police officer shows the images of detained three Taliban militants in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Police arrested the militants Saturday and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi, a counter terrorism official said.

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A plainclothes Pakistani police officer shows confiscated material to make explosives in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Police arrested three Taliban militants Saturday and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi, a counter terrorism official said.

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A plainclothes Pakistani police officer shows confiscated material to make explosives in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Police arrested three Taliban militants Saturday and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi, a counter terrorism official said.

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Pakistani students and mourners sit with bodies in ambulances at a hospital receiving victims from a shooting in Quetta on March 20, 2010. Gunmen shot dead seven people in separate incidents in Pakistan's restive southwest on March 19 and 20, police said. Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources.

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Pakistani students and mourners sit with bodies in ambulances at a hospital receiving victims from a shooting in Quetta on March 20, 2010. Gunmen shot dead seven people in separate incidents in Pakistan's restive southwest on March 19 and 20, police said. Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources.

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Pakistani students and mourners sit with bodies in ambulances at a hospital receiving victims from a shooting in Quetta on March 20, 2010. Gunmen shot dead seven people in separate incidents in Pakistan's restive southwest on March 19 and 20, police said. Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources.

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Pakistani students and mourners sit with bodies in ambulances at a hospital receiving victims from a shooting in Quetta on March 20, 2010. Gunmen shot dead seven people in separate incidents in Pakistan's restive southwest on March 19 and 20, police said. Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources.

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Pakistani students and mourners gather at a hospital receiving victims from a shooting in Quetta on March 20, 2010 and chant slogans against the deadly attack. Gunmen shot dead seven people in separate incidents in Pakistan's restive southwest on March 19 and 20, police said. Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources.

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Pakistani students and mourners gather at a hospital receiving victims from a shooting in Quetta on March 20, 2010 and chant slogans against the deadly attack. Gunmen shot dead seven people in separate incidents in Pakistan's restive southwest on March 19 and 20, police said. Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources.

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A plainclothes Pakistani police officer, third from left, briefs to the media about confiscated material to make eplosives in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Police arrested three Taliban militants Saturday and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi, a counter terrorism official said.

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A plainclothes Pakistani police officer, third from left, briefs to the media about confiscated material to make eplosives in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Police arrested three Taliban militants Saturday and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi, a counter terrorism official said.

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Pakistani students and mourners gather at a hospital receiving victims from a shooting in Quetta on March 20, 2010 and chant slogans against the deadly attack. Gunmen shot dead seven people in separate incidents in Pakistan's restive southwest on March 19 and 20, police said. Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources.

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Pakistani students and mourners gather at a hospital receiving victims from a shooting in Quetta on March 20, 2010 and chant slogans against the deadly attack. Gunmen shot dead seven people in separate incidents in Pakistan's restive southwest on March 19 and 20, police said. Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources.

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Pakistani students and mourners gather at a hospital receiving victims from a shooting in Quetta on March 20, 2010 and chant slogans against the deadly attack. Gunmen shot dead seven people in separate incidents in Pakistan's restive southwest on March 19 and 20, police said. Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources.

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Pakistani students and mourners gather at a hospital receiving victims from a shooting in Quetta on March 20, 2010 and chant slogans against the deadly attack. Gunmen shot dead seven people in separate incidents in Pakistan's restive southwest on March 19 and 20, police said. Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources.

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Pakistani students and mourners gather at a hospital receiving victims from a shooting in Quetta on March 20, 2010 and chant slogans against the deadly attack. Gunmen shot dead seven people in separate incidents in Pakistan's restive southwest on March 19 and 20, police said. Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources.

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Pakistani students and mourners gather at a hospital receiving victims from a shooting in Quetta on March 20, 2010 and chant slogans against the deadly attack. Gunmen shot dead seven people in separate incidents in Pakistan's restive southwest on March 19 and 20, police said. Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources.

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Supporters of Pakistani religious party Ahlay Sunnat wal Jamat rally in Karachi, Pakistan to protest killing of their colleague by unidentified gunmen, in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, March 19, 2010.

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Supporters of Pakistani religious party Ahlay Sunnat wal Jamat rally in Karachi, Pakistan to protest killing of their colleague by unidentified gunmen, in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, March 19, 2010.

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Supporters of Pakistani religious party Ahlay Sunnat wal Jamat, rally in Karachi, Pakistan, to protest the killing of their colleague by unidentified gunmen, in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, March 19, 2010.

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Supporters of Pakistani religious party Ahlay Sunnat wal Jamat, rally in Karachi, Pakistan, to protest the killing of their colleague by unidentified gunmen, in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, March 19, 2010.

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A security officer stands alert during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, March 19, 2010. Violence erupted in the capital's outskirts when police tried to fight a mob of students protesting the hike in public transport fares.

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A security officer stands alert during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, March 19, 2010. Violence erupted in the capital's outskirts when police tried to fight a mob of students protesting the hike in public transport fares.

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Protesters throw rocks as police fire rubble bullets at crowd in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, March 19, 2010. Violence erupted in the capital's outskirts when police tried to fight a mob of students protesting the hike in public transport fares.

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Protesters throw rocks as police fire rubble bullets at crowd in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, March 19, 2010. Violence erupted in the capital's outskirts when police tried to fight a mob of students protesting the hike in public transport fares.

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Police officers help a protester injured by a rubber bullet police fired to disperse angry crowd in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, March 19, 2010. Violence erupted in the capital's outskirts when police tried to fight a mob of students protesting the hike in public transport fares.

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Police officers help a protester injured by a rubber bullet police fired to disperse angry crowd in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, March 19, 2010. Violence erupted in the capital's outskirts when police tried to fight a mob of students protesting the hike in public transport fares.

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Protesters throw rocks at police in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, March 19, 2010. Violence erupted in the capital's outskirts when police tried to fight a mob of students protesting the hike in public transport fares.

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Protesters throw rocks at police in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, March 19, 2010. Violence erupted in the capital's outskirts when police tried to fight a mob of students protesting the hike in public transport fares.

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A protester throws back a teargas shell towards police during a clash in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, March 19, 2010. Violence erupted in the capital's outskirts when police tried to fight a mob of students protesting the hike in public transport fares.

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A protester throws back a teargas shell towards police during a clash in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, March 19, 2010. Violence erupted in the capital's outskirts when police tried to fight a mob of students protesting the hike in public transport fares.

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"Pakistan was in a state of denial for many months after the (Mumbai) attacks"


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"communication picked up when the election process was over, and it continued to pick up until a certain moment a few weeks ago"


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"We have a very broad and complex agenda in these talks... and we're going to listen carefully to whatever the Pakistanis say"


Richard Holbrooke Mar 20 2010 2:13 PM from Times of India

"If we have a strategic dialogue in our country, we're going to include the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or some other representative. So we are very pleased that General Kayani is part of this delegation. We think that..."


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Pakistani tribesmen participate in traditional dance, after a tribal jirga or meeting in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, March 20, 2010. Hundreds of tribesmen from the semiautonomous regions near the Afghan border ended a rare tribal council meeting Saturday with a declaration saying that democracy is the only way to fight terrorism.

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Pakistani tribesmen participate in traditional dance, after a tribal jirga or meeting in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, March 20, 2010. Hundreds of tribesmen from the semiautonomous regions near the Afghan border ended a rare tribal council meeting Saturday with a declaration saying that democracy is the only way to fight terrorism.

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Pakistani policemen display pictures of arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to the media in Karachi on March 20, 2010. Pakistan police arrested three Taliban militants planning 'big terror attacks' amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said.

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Pakistani policemen display pictures of arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to the media in Karachi on March 20, 2010. Pakistan police arrested three Taliban militants planning 'big terror attacks' amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said.

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Pakistani policemen display pictures of arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to the media in Karachi on March 20, 2010. Pakistan police arrested three Taliban militants planning 'big terror attacks' amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said.

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Pakistani policemen display pictures of arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to the media in Karachi on March 20, 2010. Pakistan police arrested three Taliban militants planning 'big terror attacks' amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said.

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Pakistani policemen display pictures of arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to the media in Karachi on March 20, 2010. Pakistan police arrested three Taliban militants planning 'big terror attacks' amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said.

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Pakistani policemen display pictures of arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to the media in Karachi on March 20, 2010. Pakistan police arrested three Taliban militants planning 'big terror attacks' amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said.

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A plainclothes Pakistani police officer shows the images of detained three Taliban militants in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Police arrested the militants Saturday and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi, a counter terrorism official said.

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A plainclothes Pakistani police officer shows the images of detained three Taliban militants in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Police arrested the militants Saturday and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi, a counter terrorism official said.

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