New York/Islamabad, Dec. 26 (ANI): Pakistani police have said they plan to pursue terrorism charges against the five American men they have apprehended, putting paid to hopes of their early return to the United States.
The five are Muslims from the Washington, DC area and were picked up in central Pakistan this month after allegedly trying [...]
Washington, Dec.9 (ANI): US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen has suggested that pressure from India on Pakistan’s western border with Afghanistan would eventually help America to destroy and dismantle the terror safe haven present in the lawless tribal region along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
“I look at this, strategically, over the long run that [...]
New York, Dec.9 (ANI): While the United States has been pushing Pakistan to do more against terror organisations such as the Taliban and Al-Qaeda operating from terror safe havens based inside the country, the Pakistani military is hesitant to carry out a defining operation fearing retaliation, but more importantly, because it wants to use the [...]
Washington, Dec. 7 (ANI): The United States has said peace and stability cannot be achieved in Afghanistan unless terror safe havens in Pakistan are not dismantled. The Obama administration is pressurizing Islamabad to move against Taliban and Al-Qaeda sanctuaries on its soil.
US Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke has said that the most important aspect of [...]
Washington, Dec 5 (IANS) The United States has said Pakistan as a ‘nuclear state’ was well aware of its ‘enormous responsibilities’ that included working in ‘close partnership’ with Washington to dislodge, dismantle and destroy terrorist ’safe havens’ in the country,
‘Obviously as a nuclear state Pakistan has enormous responsibilities within the community of nations that have [...]
Washington, Dec.5 (ANI): US National Security Adviser, James Jones has said that Pakistan is a nuclear state, and that it should be aware of its responsibilities in this regard.
Briefing media persons on President Obama’s new Afghan policy here, Jones said being a nuclear power state, Pakistan has huge responsibilities.
“Pakistan is a nuclear state and has [...]
Washington, Dec.4 (ANI): Expressing concern over the deteriorating condition in the AfPak region, US lawmakers have pointed out that the presence of Al-Qaeda in Pakistan and the increasing threat to that country’s nukes were the two most important determining factors regarding the outcome of the ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan.
Addressing a hearing on President Obama’s [...]
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s US visit renewing the two governments’ commitment to the India-US strategic partnership, they will work together to advance global stability, security and sustainable development, according to the Indian envoy here.
The visit last week, ‘we believe, has renewed the commitment of the two governments to this partnership [...]
Washington, Nov.25 (ANI): Stating that the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai was a cause of deep sorrow for him both as India’s Prime Minister and as an ordinary citizen, Dr. Manmohan Singh told the media at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel here on the [...]
Washington, Nov 25 (IANS) As India prepares to mark the first anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked Pakistan to dismantle the terror infrastructure in their country and promised that his government ‘will not rest’ till the perpetrators were brought to justice.
‘The government will not rest till we have brought the [...]
Washington, Nov 25 (IANS) On the eve of the first anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said that his ‘government will not rest’ till its perpetrators are brought to justice, and asked Pakistan to dismantle the terrorism infrastructure.
‘The government will not rest till we have brought the perpetrator of this [...]
Washington, Nov.25 (ANI): Acknowledging the common threat that international terrorism poses to regional and global security, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Obama recognized that the India-U.S. partnership is indispensable for global peace and security.
In a joint statement issued at the White House here after one-to-one and delegation-level meetings, both leaders said the [...]
Kandahar, Nov 22 (DPA) Five Afghan border policemen were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan Sunday, a police official said.
The explosion happened in Spin Boldak, a district in the volatile province of Kandahar bordering Pakistan, said General Abdul Raziq, the border police commander.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, but said their [...]
Washington, Nov.15 (ANI): US Central Command chief General David Petraeus has said that while the Pakistan Army has gained substantial success against the Taliban in South Waziristan, it should make serious efforts to hold onto the captured territories.
“Pakistan should put the cleared territories under a senior Corps Commander for post-conflict vigilance and rebuilding to ensure [...]
Brussels, Nov. 6 (ANI): Britain has emerged as the European capital for online synthetic drug trading, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has warned.
Britain-based websites account for 42 [...]
Guwahati, Nov. 8 (ANI): In an unprecedented move, Bangladesh has deported two top ULFA rebels to through the Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura.
Border Security Force officials said Sashadhar Choudhury, ULFA’s Foreign Secretary and Finance Secretary Chitraban Hazarika have been sent to ten days police custody by a Guwahati court.
“Today he has been produced. Both of them [...]
Srinagar, Nov 2 (IANS) A wild bear mauled to death two militants of the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit in a south Kashmir forest Monday, officials said.
A spokesman of the army said a wild bear entered the forest hideout of the separatist guerrillas and killed two of them in Kulgam district.
‘The bear entered the hideout of the [...]
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) President Barack Obama is expected to sign a defence bill, which includes tough new conditions linking $2.3 billion American military aid to Pakistan to fight against terror and not using it to wage war against India.
The president is likely to sign the $680 billion fiscal 2010 defence authorisation bill passed by [...]
Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) If increasingly bold attacks on well guarded targets in Pakistan remain unchecked, it could help Al Qaeda develop and use a biological weapon or a nuclear device against the US or its allies, a Congressional Commission has warned.
‘Pakistan remains the geographic crossroads for terrorism and weapons of mass destruction,’ the bipartisan [...]
London, Oct 19 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has pressed around 30,000 soldiers against the Tehreek-e-Taliban in South Waziristan, but experts believe the number is inadequate, and warn that if there is a guerrilla war, it will carry on for years without any gains for Islamabad.
Pakistan aims to capture the territory in the next six to [...]
Lahore, Oct. 9 (ANI): As the Obama administration plans to seek a greater cooperation from the Pakistan Army for destroying Al Qaeda’s safe havens in FATA, the difference between the Pakistani military and the Asif Ali Zardari government over the Kerry-Lugar Bill clauses has surfaced.
Recently, US officials had said [...]
Islamabad, Oct.1 (ANI): France has expressed concerns over Pakistan’s anti-terror efforts, saying all the western countries are skeptical regarding Islamabad’s actions.
Chairman of the French Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces, Josselin de Rohan said [...]
Washington, Sep.6 (ANI): Stressing on the need for destroying militant safe havens in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen has said Islamabad is a key ally in the new American strategy to defeat the Taliban.
Terming the joint US-Pak policy against extremism as a ‘pincer approach’, Admiral [...]
Washington, Sep 5 (ANI): The most religious people are more likely to do their college majors in education and the humanities, a new study has revealed.
However, while the teachers-in-training tend to become more religious over their college careers, religiosity fades for those majoring in the humanities.
“Education majors are clearly safe havens for the religious. Highly [...]
