ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's powerful military has played a central role in convincing Afghanistan's Taliban rebels to hold talks with the United States, U.S. and Pakistani officials said, a shift from widely held views in Washington that it was obstructing peace in the region.Full story
VIENNA (Reuters) - Some states appear to be skeptical about letting nuclear-armed India into an influential body regulating sensitive atomic trade, diplomats said on Thursday, suggesting Indian membership may not be imminent. Full story
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Years before he became Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rohani spoke approvingly about concealing his nation's nuclear program and said that when Pakistan got atomic bombs and Brazil began enriching uranium, "the world started to work with them." Full story
Six people were killed as militants assaulted a NATO supply convoy near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Shahzad Akbar, a lawyer for Pakistani drone victims, explains that he expects the new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to "act" against U.S. drone strikes.
NBC News' Richard Engel joins Morning Joe to discuss his latest report that the CIA did not always know who it was targeting and killing with drone strikes in Pakistan.
Journalist and producer Jeremy Scahill talks about his documentary "Dirty Wars" and exposing the parts of modern war being conducted in the shadows.
The U.S. government has not confirmed the strike that Pakistani officials said killed the deputy leader of the Pakistani Taliban. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
Refugees who recently arrived from Pakistan, wait during a registration process at an United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees camp on the outskirts of Kabul June 20, 2013. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY)
Pakistani firefighters extinguish a blaze which gutted a historical building in Ziarat, 80 kilometres southeast of Quetta, on June 15, 2013. Militants blew up a historic building in violence-plagued southwest Pakistan after shooting dead a guard in a predawn attack on June 15, officials said. The co
Rescue workers carry the casket of a victim of a suicide bomb attack at a hospital in Mardan, northwest Pakistan June 18, 2013. A suicide bomber killed 30 people, including a provincial legislator, gathered for the funeral of a businessman in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, police said. REUTERS/Fayaz
ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURYMen who were injured in a suicide bomb attack lie on beds after they were brought to a hospital for treatment in Mardan, northwest Pakistan June 18, 2013. A suicide bomber killed 30 people, including a provincial legislator, gathered
