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Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Thursday acknowledged that there were disappointments vis-a-vis relations with India including unfortunate and hostile statements that emanated from that country on cross-LoC incidents. Speaking at her last press conference as Foreign Minister, she said Pakistan wants resolution of Kashmir dispute but pointed out that there was not required level […]
Five foreign troops have been killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force said on Tuesday. The cause of the crash is under investigation, however initial reporting indicates there was no enemy activity in the area at the time of the incident, the ISAF said in a statement. […]
The U.S. ambassador in Islamabad, Richard Olson, on Wednesday said that the United States will not leave Afghanistan and will not repeat the mistake of late 80s. “Let me be clear, the United States is not leaving Afghanistan. The terms of engagement might change, but the commitment will not,” the envoy said in a […]
Six employees of the Afghan Defence Ministry and one civilian were injured in the suicide attack on the vehicle of employees of the Defence Ministry in Kabul on Wednesday, Afghan media reported. The Defence Ministry said in a statement that a suicide attacker attacked the vehicle of the employees of the Defence Ministry by […]
Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman says that Pakistan will not opt for favourits in Afghanistan, saying the immediate impact of 2014 NATO draw-down from Afghanistan is on everyone’s mind in Islamabad. Referring to imminent transitions in Afghanistan in her speech at the Atlantic Council, she said, “there is a bandwidth of […]
Gunmen in Mardan district Tuesday shot dead a policeman, who was providing security to a polio vaccination team, police said. A polio team, guarded by police, was busy to administrate drops to children in the outskirts of Mardan when unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate fire at them, killing a police man at the scene. […]
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan’s armed conflict decreased for the first time in six years, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said today in releasing its 2012 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict prepared in coordination with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. UNAMA documented […]
U.S. President Barack Obama has said in his State of the Union address that over the next year, another 34,000 U.S. troops will withdraw from Afghanistan. “Tonight, I can announce that over the next year, another 34,000 American troops will come home from Afghanistan,” Obama said in his prime-time State of the Union address […]
The United States has started withdrawal of military equipment from Afghanistan as at least 25 containers crossed the Torkham border point and heading to the Karachi for shipment, a cargo company said on Sunday. Pakistani custom officials said that the first convoy containers, carrying U.S. military equipment from a key NATO base in Afghanistan, […]
One doesn’t know who is at Tahirul Qadri’s back. His support for the role of army and judiciary in setting up of the Election Commission and the caretaker setup had raised many eyebrows. As the SC has all along maintained that the elections must be held on time, it is generally understood that it […]
The Pentagon’s inspector general has cleared the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan of wrongdoing following an investigation into whether he exchanged inappropriate e-mails with the same Tampa socialite involved in the scandal that prompted David H. Petraeus to resign as CIA director, says media reports. The FBI uncovered messages from Marine Gen. John R. […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the elected government is completing its tenure despite challenges and the nation is poised for general elections‚ a defining moment in our history. Speaking on the occasion of National Security Policy Presentations by Participants of National Security and War Course at the National Defence University in […]
