Pakistan–United States relations

At least two Pakistani policemen and three suicide bombers were killed during an attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi on Friday, a doctor told Reuters.

Eighteen men of Pakistani origin were detained in Istanbul over allegedly raping another Pakistani man.

A senior aide to U.S. President Donald Trump said during a visit to Pakistan that Washington wants a “new relationship” with Islamabad, the U.S. embassy said yesterday, amid worsening ties between the two nations.

Pakistan's military said Friday the suspension of U.S. assistance will undermine bilateral security cooperation and regional peace efforts but will not deter the Pakistan's counterterrorism resolve.

"Pakistan never fought for money but for peace," army spokesman Major-General Asif Ghafoor told VOA.

The US authorities have decided to withhold $255 million in military aid to Pakistan after US President Donald Trump's critical remarks about the south Asian country, local media reported.

Ties between Pakistan and the US were at very dangerous low in 2011 after the special American forces killed al-Qaeda supremo Osama bin Laden during a raid in Abbottabad.

An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three young children have been released after years of being held captive by a network with ties to the Taliban, U.S. and Pakistani officials said Thursday.

Afghan negotiators said July 9 their next round of talks with the Taliban would focus in detail on ways to end bloodshed in the country, wracked by nearly 40 years of war.

Pakistan condemns the first US drone strikes on its soil this year despite suspicions the two countries coordinated over the attack in the aftermath of a Taliban siege of Karachi airport Missiles from U.S. drones slammed into militant hideouts overnight in northwestern Pakistan, killing