Text of editorial headlined "Fighting the militants" published by Pakistani newspaper Dawn website on 4 October Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the foreign minister of Pakistan, has been a largely anonymous figure in the weeks since the US stepped up attacks inside FATA [Federally Administered Tribal Areas] in September.

Text of report by official news agency Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Peshawar 3 September: NWFP [North-West Frontier Province] Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani has condemned the attack by three Afghanistan based coalition Gunship helicopters and commandos on a village in Birmal area of South Waziristan, in which at least 20 innocent citizens of Pakistan including women and children were martyred.

Text of Daily Times Monitor report headlined "'Timber mafia' funding militancy in FATA: minister" published by Pakistani newspaper Daily Times website on 28 July Lahore: The "timber mafia" is responsible for funding militancy in the NWFP [North-West Frontier Province] and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas [Federally Administered Tribal Areas], and the provincial government is devising a strategy to crack down on the covert industry, Environment Minister Hameedullah Jan Afridi said on Sunday [27 July].

Afghan private Ariana TV aired the Haqiqat (The Truth) feature on 20 July to analyse the tense relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Pakistan's tendency to expand its influence over Afghanistan and the impact of the recent suspension of scheduled meetings between Afghan and Pakistani officials.

Text of analytical report by Anisa Shahid, entitled: "Attack on Indian embassy harms the country's political prestige" by independent Afghan newspaper Cheragh on 10 July Three days passed from the attack on the Indian embassy, but discussions are still continuing about it in the media.