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Top American military commanders want to move beyond Salala A day after Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani met US President Barack Obama on the margins of a nuclear security summit in Seoul, top American military commanders flew in to meet Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday. The meeting between Kayani and the American commanders – Centcom […]
Man accused of Xinjiang attack sentenced to death by China A man accused of plotting a deadly knife and hatchet attack last month in China’s restive Xinjiang region has been sentenced to death, judicial authorities said. The man’s name – Abudukeremu Mamuti in Chinese – suggested he was from the mainly Muslim Uighur minority that populates […]
Pakistan seeks to use Nuclear Technology to meet energy needs Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday urged the international community to give Pakistan access to nuclear technology for peaceful uses on a non-discriminatory basis. Speaking at the dinner on the first day of the two-day second Seoul Security Summit here, the prime minister […]
US, Pakistan and Afghanistan all set to revive trilateral forum The United States of America, Pakistan and Afghanistan are set to revive trilateral talks after a nearly seven-month deadlock, Afghan diplomats and foreign ministry officials said on Friday. Officials from the three countries last met in Islamabad in September last year, few days before the […]
US soldier formally charged for murdering Afghan civilians The US soldier implicated in the deaths of 17 civilians in a village in southern Afghanistan, was formally charged Friday with the “premeditated murders”, US forces said in a statement released in Kabul. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry, was also accused of […]
Pakistan added in the list of countries who might be subjected to US sanctions for purchasing oil from Iran A US State Department official said on Wednesday that 12 countries that buy Iranian oil could be subject to US sanctions unless they significantly cut purchases. The list includes China, India and Pakistan. The department released […]
France terror attack: Self-declared al Qaeda militant claims to have been trained in Waziristan French police laid siege Wednesday to an apartment block where a self-declared al Qaeda militant who boasted of having “brought France to its knees” with a wave of deadly attacks was holed up. Prosecutors said suspect Mohamed Merah, a 23-year-old Frenchman […]
US military has little evidence against US serviceman behind the Afghan massacre US authorities lack proof of what occurred the night a US soldier is suspected of killing 16 villagers in Afghanistan, the lawyer representing the serviceman said on Tuesday. “I’m very concerned now they don’t have much proof of anything,” attorney John Henry Browne told Reuters after […]
Pakistan’s security forces and terrorists fight pitched battles in Miranshah At least eight people were killed and 15 others wounded in clashes between troops and militants in the restive tribal belt, officials said Monday. Four militants and one soldier were killed when militants stormed a security forces check point late Sunday in Miranshah, bordering Afghanistan. The […]
A Turkish military helicopter goes down in Afghanistan A Turkish helicopter crashed into a house on the outskirts of Kabul on Friday, killing 12 Turkish soldiers and two Afghan civilians in what appeared to be Ankara’s deadliest incident in Afghanistan. The bodies of two women were recovered from the rubble after the crash in Bagrami district, […]
Pakistan all set to take a decision regarding its policy towards the United States of America A joint session of Pakistan’s parliament tasked with reviewing and formally resetting troubled relations with the United States could start as early as Monday, an official said. “I think that this particular subject will be considered by the parliament […]
USA flies out the soldier behind Kandahar massacre According to Reuters, United States of America (USA) has flown its soldier who killed 16 Afghan civilians out of the troubled country in a bid to ease tensions that rose after incident. Underscoring the instability in Afghanistan, an Afghan man in a stolen pickup truck sped onto […]
