New York, Jan.2 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has rejected several appeals by the US to take on the North Waziristan based Taliban network run by Sirajuddin Haqqani, who uses the area to stage his insurgency against the American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, but now North West Frontier [...]
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Rehman Malik offers to quit if Blackwater presence in Pakistan proved
Islamabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Pakistan’s interior minister has offered to quit if the presence of US security agency Blackwater in Pakistan is proved — but he could be treading on thin ice for more than one reason.
Talking to reporters here Saturday, Rehman Malik said US logistics company Dyne Corp had a presence in Pakistan since [...]
Include Pakistan’s input in Afghan policy, US urged
Islamabad, Nov 20 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani Friday urged the US to fully share the contours of its road map on Afghanistan and incorporate Islamabad’s input in it.
He made the remarks while speaking to US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Leon E. Panetta, who was on a two-day unscheduled visit here that [...]
Seven out of 10 Brits want their army out of Afghanistan
London, Nov. 15 (ANI): Seven out of 10 British want the UK forces out of Afghanistan within a year, a new poll has found.
According to a poll conducted by ComRes for the Independent, 71 percent of respondents said they would support a phased withdrawal of troops leading to an end of combat operations within 12 [...]
Clinton questions Pakistan’s seriousness in taking on Al Qaeda
Lahore, Oct 30 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has questioned Pakistan’s seriousness in taking on the Al Qaeda terror group, saying she found it ‘hard to believe’ Islamabad didn’t know where its leaders were.
‘Al Qaeda has had a safe haven in Pakistan since 2002,’ Clinton told newspaper editors here Thursday, adding: ‘I find [...]
Can’t believe Pakistanis don’t know Qaeda whereabouts: Clinton
Washington, Oct 30 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said during her trip to Pakistan that she finds it difficult to believe that Pakistani officials do not know the whereabouts of Al Qaeda operatives, reports the New York Times.
‘I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are, [...]
US has no plans to quit AFPAK operations: White House
Washington, Oct 29(ANI): The White House has said that it has no plans to quit its operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan inspite of Wednesday’s blast in a Peshawar bazaar.
Recent reports had suggested that a rapid increase in attacks on US and NATO forces in Afghanistan might force the Obama administration to leave the country, but [...]
Pak Army’s ‘mother of all battles’ might turn futile as Taliban slip away: Locals
London, Oct.18 (ANI): Though Pakistan has announced an all out offensive, a’mother of all battles’, against the Taliban in South Waziristan, local residents see the offensive as futile as they believe many Taliban have slipped away into other neighboring areas.
There were reports of Taliban compounds being bombed by helicopter gunships as troops moved out in [...]
Afghan forces will be ready to take over from NATO by 2013
Kabul, Oct 5(ANI): Afghanistan has said that its army would be ready by 2013 to handle complete responsibilities and to fight the Taliban without the direct help of international forces.
“Within the next four years we will take the [...]
Top Taliban commanders hiding in Quetta: US
Islamabad, Oct.3 (ANI): The United States has reiterated that top Afghan Taliban commanders, including Mullah Omar, are hiding in Quetta and creating trouble for the US led NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Deputy chief of the US mission in Pakistan, Gerald M Feierstein, said Washington has credible information that Mullah Omar is in Quetta and ‘freely [...]
India’s role in Afghanistan appreciated by all: PM
Pittsburgh, Sep 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says people of Afghanistan as also European and American leaders are appreciative of India’s role in Afghanistan where it has invested $1.5 billion to help reconstruction.
‘We have not supplied any arms, we are also helping them in construction and financing of projects in power, health and education [...]
Pak to rake up ‘K’ issue, Indian atrocities in UN General Assembly
Islamabad, Sep.12 (ANI): Pakistan is looking to rake up the Kashmir issue at the United Nations General Assembly which is scheduled to be held later this month.
According to sources, in two separate meetings held at the Foreign Office, concerned officials briefed Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi regarding both the Kashmir and Afghanistan issues.
Sources said that [...]
US will now be seeking ‘quid pro quo’ from Pak after killing Mehsud
Lahore, Aug 8 (ANI): After the killing of dreaded militant commander Baitullah Mehud, the US may now seek to get more cooperation from the Pakistan Government in hunting down Taliban leaders who are based in the country, but conduct most of their attacks in Afghanistan, according to analysts.
The report said the drone strike that [...]
