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The United States pulled out negotiators from Pakistan after the two sides failed to reach an agreement on resumption of land route for NATO forces battling in Afghanistan, showing fresh signs of plummeting ties between Islamabad and Washington. US Department of Defence spokesperson Commander Bill Speaks while speaking to the media said the dialogue panel […]
Islamabad dismissed US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta’s recent comments on militant hideouts in the tribal region, saying that these statements are unconstructive in bringing about stability in the region. A statement issued by the Foreign Minister observed, “We feel that the Secretary of Defence is oversimplifying some of the very complex issues we are […]
Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman has criticized statements given by US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta, saying these remarks would reduce the space for narrowing differences between the two countries. Embassy of Pakistan issued a statement in reply to the remarks of US Defence Secretary in which strongest language used l to […]
Urging China for greater investment in mega energy projects, President Asif Ali Zardari proposed setting up and Energy Fund for the ventures like hydro-power-projects. The Pakistani president held a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of the SCO summit, discussing the whole gamut of bilateral relations to the recent developments taking place […]
US Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey has said that the Haqqani Network was as big a threat to Pakistan as it was to Afghanistan and the United States. Speaking to the media, the US military chief said they had not been able to find common ground on that and that was frustrating. […]
Pentagon Chief Leon Panetta said Wednesday that the US would continue to attack al Qaeda in Pakistan following the killing of the group’s number two Abu Yahya al-Libi. “We have made it very clear that we are going to continue to defend ourselves,” Secretary of Defence Panetta said when asked about drone strikes in Pakistan […]
In order to wind down its operation in Afghanistan, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) struck an agreement with Central Asian States to remove equipment through their territories. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen while talking to the media observed, “We reached agreement on reverse transit from Afghanistan with three Central Asian partners: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. […]
Reinstating her previous stance, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar urged the United States to apologize for an air strike that killed 24 Pakistani troops last year if it wants Islamabad to resume land route for allied forcing battling in Afghanistan. Pakistan closed the supply line for NATO forces, expressing its annoyance over the lethal November […]
Terming them illegal and violation of Pakistani sovereignty, Islamabad strongly condemned the US drone attacks on its territory. The deadlock between the United States and Pakistan, the two strategic allies, over the strikes remains unresolved. In very recent three days, three drone strikes carried out on suspected insurgents killed 27 people in Pakistan’s tribal areas. […]
At least 15 alleged militants were killed and several others sustained injuries when an unmanned US aircraft fired missiles on two compounds in Mir Ali, the area of North Waziristan on Monday. According to the media reports, the drone attack targeted compounds in Mir Ali, the capital of North Waziristan. The rescue process was delayed […]
Zamir Kabuloy – special Russian envoy to Afghanistan calls on COAS Kayani Rawalpindi – May 31, 2012: His Excellency Zamir Kabulov, Special Envoy of the President of Russian Federation to Afghanistan called on Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at General Headquarters today. The visiting dignitary remained with him for some time and discussed […]
Taliban deny reports regarding the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani The Taliban on Wednesday denied reports of the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of the Pakistani-linked Haqqani network which is regularly blamed for major attacks in Afghanistan. “We strongly dismiss the reports that Jalaluddin Haqqani is dead. He’s alive,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP, […]
