The Bush administration is willing to send a small number of US combat troops to Pakistan to help fight the insurgency there if Pakistani authorities ask for such help, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said any unilateral action by US-led coalition forces against militants in the border region with Afghanistan will be regarded as an invasion.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi Saturday called for an international investigation into the assassination of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto before providing any more aid to the country.
The Chinese government on Friday sent a message of condolence to Pakistan on the death of its opposition leader and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Lebanese leaders on Friday strongly condemned the assassination of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai issued an order Friday morning that the national flag be flown at half mast across the country and abroad for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, said a statement from the presidential office.
The Nepali government and major political parties have condemned the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister and Pakistan People's Party leader Benezir Bhutto Thursday evening.
Uganda has condemned the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, the state-owned New Vision reported Friday.
The Chinese government Friday sent a message of condolences to Pakistan over the death of the country's opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
China has strongly condemned the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, describing it as an "act of terror".
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned Thursday the killing of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto as "cowards afraid of democracy."
US President George W. Bush called his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf on Thursday to discuss the situation following the killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said.
