Sebastian Abbot

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An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Amnesty criticizes US drone program in Pakistan

Sebastian Abbot · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this Monday, May 13, 2013 file photo, former prime minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N party, Nawaz Sharif, gestures while speaking to members of the media at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan. Over a decade ago, the man now set to become Pakistan's next prime minister stood at this border crossing with archenemy India to inaugurate a "friendship" bus service connecting the two countries. There is widespread hope on both sides of the border that Nawaz Sharif will take similarly bold steps to improve relations with India following his election victory, thus reducing the chance of a fourth major war between the nuclear-armed foes. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Sharif’s win sparks hope for Pakistan-India ties

Sebastian Abbot · May 15, 2013 4:00 am

Pakistani women line up to enter a polling station and cast their ballots, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday to vote in a historic election pitting a cricket star-turned-politician against an unpopular incumbent and a two-time prime minister, but twin bombings killing nine people and wounding dozens underlined the dangers voters face. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Pakistan’s Sharif declares election victory

Rebecca Santana, Sebastian Abbot · May 11, 2013 4:00 am

Pakistani election workers wait for transport after collecting polling material from an election office in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, May 10, 2013. Pakistan is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on May 11, the first transition between democratically elected governments in a country that has experienced three military coups and constant political instability since its creation in 1947.(AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan set for historic, unpredictable election

Sebastian Abbot · May 10, 2013 4:00 am

$Rescue workers rush Imran Khan, Pakistan's cricket star-turned-politician to hospital in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. One of Pakistan's most prominent politicians, former cricket star Imran Khan, fell from a stage at a political rally Tuesday, leaving him with two hairline skull fractures and uncertainty hanging over his ability to campaign ahead of Saturday's general election.(AP Photo/M.S. Shah)$

Pakistan’s Imran Khan has 3 fractured vertebrae

Zaheer Babar, Sebastian Abbot · May 8, 2013 4:00 am

In this Monday, May 6, 2013 photo, People from the Baluch Bugti tribe who were evicted from their villages after their leader was killed by the regime of Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf, rally demanding repatriation to their native towns to take part in May 11 polls in Islamabad, Pakistan. The graffiti on walls around this Pakistani provincial capital hold a dire warning ahead of this weekend's national elections, "Voting means death." It's a very real threat: Over recent weeks at least six people have been killed and nearly 40 wounded in bombings and grenade attacks targeting candidates. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Violent separatists seek to derail Pakistan vote

Sebastian Abbot · May 6, 2013 4:00 am

Supporters of Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf chant slogans against the court decision at the High Court in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, April 18, 2013. Musharraf and his security team pushed past policemen and sped away from a court in the country's capital on Thursday after his bail was revoked in a case in which he is accused of treason. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan’s Musharraf flees court to avoid arrest

Munir Ahmed, Sebastian Abbot · April 18, 2013 4:00 am

Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf arrives to present party manifesto leaflets to candidates at his residence in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 15, 2013. Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League APML, party will take part in the upcoming elections scheduled on May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan’s Musharraf disqualified from election

Riaz Khan, Sebastian Abbot · April 16, 2013 4:00 am

China takes control of strategic Pakistani port

China takes control of strategic Pakistani port

Sebastian Abbot · February 18, 2013 3:03 pm

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers stand guard during a night patrol near international border fencing at Suchet Garh in Ranbir Singh Pura, about 27 kilometers (17 miles) south of Jammu, India, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The Pakistani army accused Indian troops of firing across the disputed Kashmir border and killing a soldier Thursday, the third deadly incident in the disputed Himalayan region in recent days. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Pakistan, India seek to ease tension over Kashmir

Aijaz Hussain, Sebastian Abbot · January 12, 2013 5:00 am

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - The bodies of two dead men lie in the street at the site of a bomb blast that targeted paramilitary soldiers in a commercial area of Quetta, Pakistan, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 40 others, according to police, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. A series of bombings in different parts of Pakistan killed 115 people on Thursday in one of the deadliest days in the country in recent years. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Bombings kill 115 people in Pakistan

Abdul Sattar, Sebastian Abbot · January 10, 2013 5:00 am

In this picture taken on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, Pakistani fans receive Muhammad Shahid Nazir, center, who sings "One Pound Fish," upon his arrival from London at Lahore airport in Pakistan. The 31-year-old Pakistani fishmonger catapulted to fame in recent weeks in the unlikeliest of circumstances: while hawking frozen snapper and mackerel for one British pound ($1.61) at Queens Market in London. âOne Pound Fish changed my whole life,â said Nazir, who returned to Pakistan to a heroâs welcome and has been inundated with requests to perform and do advertisements. âI am so happy now.â(AP Photo/Hamza Ali)

Whale of a tale: Pakistani fishmonger now pop star

Sebastian Abbot · December 29, 2012 1:33 pm