Pakistan’s armed forces have succeeded in destroying the Taliban infrastructure in the country’s northwest, Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar said Monday.
Speaking to Elke Hoff, a member of the German Federal Parliament, who called on him here, Mukhtar said the security forces had successfully defeated the terrorists in Swat and South Waziristan Agency and they were now [...]
Islamabad, Dec.23 (ANI): Troubled Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has blamed the international community for creating the ‘modern militancy and extremism’, and has said that it should help Pakistan to clear the mess.
During a meeting with French Chief of Armed Forces Defence Staff, General [...]
New Delhi, Dec. 4 (ANI): French defence minister Herve Morin, who is India . received a ceremonial Guard of Honour from the three wings of Indian defence forces in New Delhi on Friday.
Herve Morin arrived here on Thursday, on a two-day visit [...]
London, Dec 3 (DPA) Britain and Pakistan were embroiled in a public row Thursday over accusations that the government in Islamabad was not doing enough to ‘take out’ Al Qaeda leaders believed by some to be hiding in Pakistan.
During a visit to London, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani used a joint news conference with [...]
Washington, Nov 25 (IANS) Reaffirming the ‘global strategic partnership between India and the United States’, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama have vowed to implement their landmark nuclear deal to realise its full potential.
‘The two leaders reiterated their intention to realise the full potential of the India-US Agreement for cooperation concerning the peaceful [...]
Tokyo, Nov 9 (ANI): India and Japan today expressed their firm determination to take forward bilateral defence exchanges and cooperation in a meaningful way.
In a joint press statement issued at the end of a comprehensive review of defence cooperation issues at a meeting [...]
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony, who is on his maiden visit to Japan, Monday met his Japanese counterpart Toshimi Kitazawa and in a joint statement said the two countries would step up joint anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.
‘This is the maiden visit of the defence minister to Japan. Recognising [...]
New Delhi, Nov 6 (ANI): Defence Minister AK Antony will be leaving for Japan on Saturday on an official visit at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Toshimi Kitazawa to review the on-going defence related interactions between both the countries and to explore ways to enhance such exchanges to the mutual benefit.
This will [...]
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) India and Russia would be signing two deals to further strengthen bilateral defence cooperation during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Moscow later this year, the defence ministry said Thursday.
The first agreement would be on extending the military technical cooperation for ten years from 2011 to 2020 and the second [...]
New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): India and Russia are likely to sign two major agreements to boost defence cooperation between the two countries during Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s visit to Moscow later this year.
Decks for the signing of the two agreements were cleared [...]
New Delhi, Oct 14 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) will conduct a week-long bilateral exercise codenamed – Eastern Bridge – at the RAFO Base, Thumrait, Oman, from October 22.
This will be the first-ever air [...]
New Delhi, Oct 13 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony will begin his three-day visit to Moscow from today to attend the Ninth meeting of the India-Russia Inter Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC).
The IRIGC-MTC meets annually, alternately in India and Russia, at the level of the Defence Ministers of the two countries [...]
Canberra/New Delhi, Oct.12 (ANI): Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith will undertake a five-day visit of India from October 12 to October 16.
In a statement released ahead of his visit, Smith said that this would be his second visit to India as Foreign Minister and [...]
New Delhi, Oct.9 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony will undertake a three-day visit to Moscow from October 13 to attend the Ninth meeting of the India-Russia Inter Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC). [...]
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) An Indian proposal to have an airbase in Mongolia to increase its strategic outreach in the Central Asian region appears to have been shelved, an official said, amid concerns that it could exacerbate tensions with China.
Mooted in 2004 during the visit of then Mongolian prime minister N. Enkhbayar in January [...]
