<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><description>Post</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[In a Jail in Cuba Beat the Heart of a Poet]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12399-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12399-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ PESHAWAR, Pakistan  --  Among the old leather volumes in the library of Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost is a black plastic binder full of rumpled  letters he wrote, sent from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.]]></description><author> N.C. Aizenmann</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[India-Pakistan Talks Encourage Both Sides]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60215-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60215-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW DELHI, April 17  --  After a buoyant round of cricket-watching and diplomacy, the leaders of India and Pakistan agreed Sunday to accelerate measures aimed at promoting trade and normal relations and hinted at a narrowing of their differences on the volatile issue of Kashmir.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistani Charged With Export Of Devices With Nuclear Uses]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38757-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38757-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A Pakistani businessman illegally exported devices from the United States that could be used to test, develop and detonate nuclear weapons, the government alleged yesterday.]]></description><author> Lara Jakes Jordan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kashmir Bus Link Boosts Hopes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35839-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35839-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LINE OF CONTROL BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN, April 7  --  Amid threats of violence and tears of joy, India and Pakistan kicked off a historic bus service Thursday across the divided Himalayan province of Kashmir, reuniting relatives who had not seen each other for decades and boosting hopes for a lasting peace between the nuclear-armed rivals.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Militant Raid Targets  Bus Passengers in India]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32448-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32448-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SRINAGAR, India, April 6  --  Islamic militants stormed a government complex that was supposed to be a haven for passengers scheduled to make a historic bus journey across the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir, setting the building ablaze and underscoring the continued threat to peace negotiations between India and Pakistan.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's Place in the World]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17315-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17315-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A common theme unites several new books critiquing the Bush administration's foreign policy: that Washington's go-it-alone tendencies have eroded America's international standing and left the country dangerously isolated. But even as the administration's critics generally agree on the effects of President Bush's foreign policy, they disagree on its origins.]]></description><author> Charles A. Kupchan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Human Rights Report Is Critical of Allies]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7890-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7890-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The annual State Department report says that upholding human rights will be key to assessing relations with other countries, but omits mention of U.S. prison abuse scandals in Iraq and Afghanistan.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan's Order Lifts Lockheed F-16 Plant]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1963-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1963-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration's decision to sell F-16 fighter planes to Pakistan is likely to be as warmly greeted in Fort Worth as it is in Karachi.]]></description><author> Charles R. Babcock and Renae Merle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush: U.S. to Sell F-16s to Pakistan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A800-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A800-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The move rewards a key ally in the war on terrorism and reverses 15 years of policy, but India warns it would destabilize the volatile region.]]></description><author> Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Job Fair Caters to Muslim Immigrants]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2352-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2352-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[His name is Muhammad. The name appears nowhere on his risumi.]]></description><author> S. Mitra Kalita</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Pakistani Rape Victim, Battle Carries On]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1907-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1907-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In an interview, Mukhtar Mai recounts the emotions, attitudes of villagers and family members upon learning the convictions of the three men that had raped her were thrown out.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Falls Woman  Found Slain in Home]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64792-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64792-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A 52-year-old Great Falls woman was found stabbed to death in her home by her husband yesterday afternoon, and Fairfax County police were searching last night for their 20-year-old son.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Misled Allies About Nuclear Export]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50241-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50241-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In an effort to increase pressure on North Korea, the U.S. told its allies earlier this year that Pyongyang had exported nuclear material to Libya.]]></description><author> Dafna Linzer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blast Near Shiite Shrine In Pakistan Kills 24]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50271-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50271-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  QUETTA, Pakistan, March 19  --  A bomb exploded Saturday  in a remote town in southwestern Pakistan as minority Shiite Muslims congregated at a shrine, killing at least 24 people and wounding 16, police said.]]></description><author> Naseer Kakar</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Campus, Ambivalence on U.S.-Pakistan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45007-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45007-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 17  --  Himayat Ullah sat in a drafty cafeteria at Quaid-i-Azam University on Thursday pondering a greasy fried egg and wondering whether the United States would start holding Pakistan to the same democratic standards it has repeatedly called for in the Middle East.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[India Protests Possible Sale Of Fighter Jets to Pakistan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39410-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39410-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 16  --  Indian officials objected Wednesday to the possible U.S. resumption of F-16 fighter jet sales to Pakistan, even as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raised the prospect of selling military aircraft and civilian nuclear technology to India.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musharraf Says Forces Nearly Nabbed Osama]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38078-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38078-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pakistan's president said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that the Pakistani army might have come close to capturing Osama bin Laden near the Afghan border last year.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rice: N. Korea  More Isolated From Neighbors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36524-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36524-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asserted Tuesday that North Korea's "isolation from its neighbors has deepened" as it has bolstered its nuclear stockpile in the past year.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistani Rape Survivor Fearful of Freed Attackers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10417-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10417-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  MULTAN, Pakistan, March 5 -- A Pakistani woman who was gang-raped in a retaliatory "honor" attack said Saturday that she is fearful after several of her suspected attackers were ordered released from prison.]]></description><author> Khalid Tanveer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avalanches Kill 225 in Kashmir]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48371-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48371-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/pakistan/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:07:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Villagers and soldiers in Kashmir searched for victims Wednesday following a series of avalanches that killed 225 people. Nearly 300 people were missing after the heaviest snow in more than 40 years triggered avalanches that swept away hundreds of homes and blanketed the Himalayan region.]]></description><author> Fayaz Kabli</author></item></channel></rss>