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Afghanistan and the US at odds over troop deployment Washington and Kabul have hailed breakthroughs towards signing a treaty on relations after 2014 — but it will not cover the crucial issue of the status of any US troops remaining in Afghanistan. “Anything having to do with the continued presence of US forces and the […]
Pakistani jailed in the US for charges of human smuggling A Pakistani national was sentenced on Tuesday in Columbia to 31 months in prison on a human smuggling charge. Muhammad Abid Hussain, 27, was sentenced by US District Judge John D Bates. On January 31, 2012, a federal jury in Washington, DC found Hussain guilty […]
Oslo shooter Anders Behring Breivik deemed sane Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik was sane when he killed 77 people last summer in attacks he saw as punishing pro-immigration “traitors”, a psychiatric team said on Tuesday, contradicting a prior report that found him psychotic. Breivik has insisted he is mentally stable and demanded that his attacks – the […]
Military checkpost in Lower Kurram attacked by militants Several heavily armed militants stormed a security checkpost in Lower Kurram Agency, resulting in a clash which killed two security personnel and injured two others, while four militants were also killed in retaliation, officials said. The attack took place late Sunday night in the village of […]
Pakistan game developer to compete with Atari and Kabam A Pakistani social game developer is poised to join global gaming giants Atari and Kabam after accreditation from 6waves – the largest Facebook game publisher in the world. According to a news release issued here, Islamabad’s White Rabbit Studios is the only Facebook gaming studio from […]
NATO fuel tanker burns, killing seven in Afghanistan Seven people were burnt to death in southern Afghanistan on Friday when a fuel tanker supplying a NATO base crashed and set their vehicle on fire, officials said. Both the security chief of Panjwayi district in Kandahar and the provincial police chief said there was no insurgent […]
After 2014 no US drone strikes into Pakistan from Afghanistan: Zalmay Rasool Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasool said on Thursday that his country would not be used as a launching pad for US drones attacks on neighbouring countries after NATO combat forces leave by the end of 2014. “Afghan soil will not be used against any […]
India commissions nuclear submarine in its navy India returned to the elite club of countries with a nuclear-powered submarine on Wednesday when it inducted a new vessel leased from Russia. Indian Defence Minister AK Antony formally commissioned the INS Chakra II at its base in Visakhapatnam, a naval shipyard on the country’s southeast coast in […]
USA insists India had no role in placing a bounty on Hafiz Saeed’s head Pentagon spokesperson George Little says that groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba remain a threat to people in South Asia and to the US. Speaking to reporters at a press briefing at the Pentagon, Little said that from the US perspective, the Lashkar e Taiba […]
First Guantanamo Bay case taken by An inter-American rights body An inter-American rights body admitted for review Friday the case of a man held at Guantanamo Bay for over 10 years, the first time it accepted jurisdiction over the US naval base in Cuba. Djamel Ameziane’s co-counsel at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Center […]
NATO struggling to control threat from insiders in Afghanistan Nato commanders are struggling to contain the damage from a spike in “fratricidal” attacks by Afghan forces, seeking to protect their troops without rupturing a frayed partnership with Kabul. With Afghan soldiers opening fire on their NATO comrades with alarming frequency, US defense officials on Thursday […]
A fresh drone attack kills suspected terrorists in North Waziristan A US drone launched a missile attack on a suspected militant compound in North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border early Friday, killing four alleged insurgents, security officials said. The missiles targeted a house in a market area of Miranshah, the main town in […]
