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NATO admits mistakenly bombing Afghan civilians NATO-led forces in Afghanistan said on Wednesday they killed eight young Afghans in eastern Kapisa province last week in an air strike that enraged the Afghan government, and came soon after a United Nations report showed civilian casualties of the decade-long war rose again in 2011. “Eight young Afghans […]
NATO admits bombing Afghan children in an air strike On Monday, February 13, 2012 NATO-led forces in Afghanistan admitted that they had mistakenly killed a group of children in an air strike that has enraged the government, and said their deaths may have been linked to an anti-insurgent operation in the area. The air strike […]
US drone strike kills al Qaeda’s chief in Pakistan US missiles on Thursday, February 09, 2012 killed al Qaeda’s chief in Pakistan, one of Americans’ main targets and wanted for attacks that killed scores of people. Badr Mansoor, who according to sources used to send fighters to Afghanistan and ran a training camp in North […]
US Army Colonel bashes US claims of success in Afghanistan A US Army officer has accused the American military of painting a misleading picture of progress in the war in Afghanistan while glossing over the Kabul government’s many failings. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis deliberately broke ranks with the official portrayal of the war after spending […]
US praises Pakistan Foreign Minister Khar’s visit to Afghanistan Welcoming Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar’s visit to Afghanistan, the State Department said the United States supports efforts towards improved ties between the two South Asian countries in wide-ranging areas. “It seems to have been a good and well-timed visit,” State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said […]
Pakistan fighter jets pound Taliban in Orakzai On Wednesday, February 01, 2012 fighter jets from the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pounded Taliban compounds in northwestern tribal area, killing at least 20 Taliban, sources revealed. The jets targeted hideouts in the tribal Orakzai district and at least four compounds were hit, in the latest surge of […]
Hina Rabbani Khar all set to visit Moscow as Pakistan seek a shift in decades-old foreign policy Pakistan’s foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, is expected to visit Russia in the first half of February to formally invite the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to visit Pakistan. Pakistan is extending a hand of renewed relations with Moscow […]
Taliban release 17 Pakistani boys after months of captivity Pakistani Taliban on Thursday released 17 people after over three months of captivity who mistakenly crossed the border from the country’s lawless northwest into Afghanistan, officials said. More than 30 young people aged between 20 and 30 were kidnapped from Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal region during celebrations […]
Pakistan Security Forces kill 10 Militants in Kurram Agency Security forces killed 10 militants and injured five others during an operation in the central Kurram Agency on Wednesday, said sources. Gunship helicopters pounded militant hideouts in the Jogi area of central Kurram destroying four militant hideouts. According to sources, the house of Haji Muhammad Saleem, […]
NATO seeks normal relations with Pakistan Nato wants to get relations with Pakistan back on track “as quickly as possible” to reopen its key supply route for foreign troops fighting in Afghanistan, a coalition spokesman said Monday. Pakistan closed Nato supply route to Afghanistan in November, choking supply line for the 130,000-strong US-led force, following […]
India not ready to remove heavy guns from the Line of Control (LOC) India has rejected Pakistan’s proposal to move heavy artillery and mortars away from the Line of Control, citing frequent ceasefire violations, Indian newspaper The Economic Times has reported. India has also asked Islamabad to come clear on its nuclear policy, including command […]
Taliban supreme commander Mullah Omar out of the FBI most wanted list The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reportedly removed the name of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar from the list of "most wanted terrorists." The report came following Washington’s secret meetings with the Taliban after one decade of war, Pakistani media reported. […]
