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In what appeared to be a positive step to cope the threat of terrorism, Pakistan and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been agreed on cross-border cooperation. General John R Allen, Commander of the ISAF, held a meeting with Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and discussed issues of bilateral cooperation. […]
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar urged the United States for an unconditional apology for a cross-border attack that killed 24 Pakistani troops last year before it considered resumption of supply-line for allied forces. She made these remarks on the sidelines of a Ministerial Conference in Kabul, aiming at building greater regional cooperation on Afghanistan and […]
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 […]
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. […]
At least four alleged militants were killed and several others injured when a US drone fired missiles on a compound in North Waziristan, Pakistan’s tribal area bordering Afghanistan. According to the media reports, the attack took place early Saturday, at a house in Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan. This region is a famous hideout […]
Senator John McCain, the prominent US Republican expressed disappointment at Pakistan’s spy agency’s continued cooperation with Haqqani network, saying it is reprehensible that Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) maintains a close relationship with the militant outfits. Addressing at an American think-tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, Senator McCain said he had sympathy for Pakistan’s […]
In quick response of Sunday’s Kabul attacks, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the United States will continue to press Pakistan to launch an operation against the Haqqani network, as signs emerged it might be behind the assaults. According to a statement issued by the State Department on Monday, Hillary Clinton spoke to […]
Rejecting the capacity of Afghan Taliban of holding a strike like Sunday, Ryan Crocker, the United States (US) envoy to Afghanistan speculated that Haqqani network were involved in the incident. While speaking to the media, he pointed-out fingers on Haqqani network, whose fighters are based in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area. In his view, the Afghan […]
Saudi Arabia lays down conditions for Taliban A senior Saudi official on Saturday called on the Taliban to lay down their arms and renounce al Qaeda as preconditions for Saudi-mediated peace talks with the Afghan government. “Saudi Arabia’s conditions for mediation … are that the Taliban lay down their weapons, engage in the political process […]
Senior Al-Qaida leader was killed in the recent Drone strikes in Pakistan – US officials According to US officials Al-Qaida’s senior operations organizer, Aslam Awan, a Pakistani national from Abbottabad was targeted and killed in one of two US drone strikes last week in Pakistan. Awan was from the same town where US Special Forces […]
US Senator blames ISI for supporting Haqqani Network Adopting a tough stance against Pakistan, a top Republican senator has charged its intelligence agency with continuing to support the Haqqani network and other terrorist groups. "Pakistan’s intelligence agency continues to support the Haqqani Network and other terrorist groups that are killing US and Afghan forces in […]
