In the midst of a tense standoff with Islamabad, a Congressional panel has agreed to freeze $700 million in US aid to Pakistan unless it helps in the fight against homemade bombs in Afghanistan.

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Arguing that disengagement with Pakistan is not an option, the US has said its civilian aid to Islamabad would continue despite unease in bilateral ties. "As our commanders on the ground will attest,

US General David Petraeus admitted on Wednesday there was no option but to work on troubled relations with Pakistan, days after standing down from his job at the helm of coalition forces in Afghanista

Washington: The United States has indicated that it could indeed cancel a high-level meeting involving Pakistan here amid a diplomatic row over continued detention of a US official who shot dead two m