Chaudhry Zulfikar, chief prosecutor in the criminal case against Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting on his way to a hearing.
Opium cultivation in Afghanistan is expected to increase for a third straight year, expanding even to new areas of the country, warns the UN Office of Drugs and Crime.
Pakistan strongly condemned a US drone attack in North Waziristan region that killed four. The US promptly responded with a new drone strike on a village in South Waziristan.
A Pakistan court extended by six days the bail granted to former president Pervez Musharraf, who faces charges related to human rights abuses during his time in office.
Human Rights Watch said Pakistan should hold former military ruler Pervez Musharraf accountable for alleged human rights abuses upon his return to the country.
The US turned over full control of Bagram Prison to Afghanistan, after long maintianing a special secretive wing for high-level Taliban and al-Qaeda detainees.
A car bomb exploded at the Jalozai displaced persons camp outside Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 15 and leaving some 50 injured.
Hamid Karzai barred US Special Forces from two strategic provinces following reports of atrocities, as US Marines level similar charges against Afghan police they are training.
One of Afghanistan’s top airlines has been officially blacklisted by US authorities for allegedly trafficking opium on civilian flights. The Kabul regime is demanding evidence.
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Ben Emmerson announced that he will begin investigating the legality of the use of drone strikes.
Prisoners in Afghan-run detention facilities are still being beaten and tortured, according to an annual report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar condemned US drone attacks as a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and international law, “counter-productive” to fighting terrorism.
