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US Central Command urges Pakistan to share maps of its posts near Afghan border The head of the US Central Command is urging Pakistan to share a map of its facilities and installations near the Afghan border to help avert episodes like the one that killed 24 Pakistani forces last month. US Marine Corps General […]
CIA suspends its drone strikes in Pakistan The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has suspended drone missile strikes on gatherings of low-ranking militants in Pakistan due to tensions with that country. The Los Angeles Times reported. Citing unnamed current and former US officials, the newspaper said late Friday the undeclared halt in CIA attacks is […]
US State Department denies cancelation of General Mattis’ trip to Pakistan The US countered an earlier report that General Mattis’ trip to brief Pakistan over the NATO-ISAF investigation report into the November 26 attack, had been cancelled. The trip, had in fact been, US Department of State spokesperson Mark Toner said on Friday, postponed due […]
Lack of communication and mistrust behind NATO attack: US US Air Force Special Operations Command’s Brigadier General and investigating officer into the NATO airstrike Stephen Clark said lack of trust and series of miscommunications contributed to the NATO attack on November 26, that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. While briefing reporters at the Pentagon via phone, […]
US could stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014: General Allen The US commander in Afghanistan said in an interview on Wednesday, December 21 that American troops could stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014, the latest signal of a possible open-ended US military role in the country. General John Allen told the New York Times that negotiations with […]
Pakistan should form Afghan policy without putting India and US in the equation: Karzai Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday urged Pakistan not to forge its policy on Afghanistan based on its rivalries with either India or the United States. “We want Pakistan to have an independent policy towards Afghanistan. It should not look at […]
Pakistan inquiry blames Afghan commander for the NATO attacks A Pakistan-led inquiry into the November 26 NATO air strike on Salala military check post, alleged on Monday that a local Afghan army commander was responsible for orchestrating strike, BBC Urdu reported. This was revealed in parts of an investigation report, conducted and handed over by […]
President Zardari and Gen. Kayani agree to hold country’s interest supreme President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani agreed that the country’s interests were supreme, in a teleconference on Satuday. Kayani had called Zardari to inquire about his health, while he recovers at his residence in Dubai. Earlier on […]
Gilani and Kayani meet to avoid a clash of institutions Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani met behind closed doors at the PM House on Friday over replies filed to the Supreme Court in the memogate scandal. The meeting, which lasted over three hours, was explained as […]
War on Terror to be fought on Pakistan’s terms from here on in: Khar Pakistan will fight the war on terrorism according to its own terms and conditions and not that of the US Congress, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Thursday, December 15, 2011. Speaking to the media outside the Parliament House after […]
USA not to cut civilian aid to Pakistan Amidst deteriorating US-Pakistan relationships, the Obama administration clarified that civilian aid to Pakistan is not being cut and the matter of freezing defence aid to Pakistan is still in the Congress. US State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, during a press briefing in Washington on Tuesday, said: “We […]
Leon Panetta admits USA cannot win in Afghanistan without Pakistan US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta said on Tuesday that it was important to reach out to Pakistan if the United States wants to dismantle Afghan militant havens. “It’s been said a number of times that ultimately we can’t win the war in Afghanistan without […]
