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Hours after the announcement of resumption of NATO supplies, the Pakistani Taliban issued threat to attack NATO containers and kill its drivers if they attempted to reopen the supply-line. A media report quoting Ehsanullah Ehsan, the spokesperson of the Taliban, said, “We Will not allow any truck to pass and will attack it,” hours after […]
Welcoming Pakistan’s announcement for resumption of the Ground Lines of Communication (GLOC) to Afghanistan, NATO Secretary General Andres Fogh Rasmussen said it will enhance cooperation among the allied countries. He observed, “The resumption of transit arrangements for ISAF supplies through Pakistan demonstrates strengthened cooperation between ISAF nations and our partner Pakistan”. Commending the participation of […]
Kabul blames Pakistan for shelling its villages along the border Kabul: (Monday, July 02, 2012) Afghanistan has blamed Pakistan for shelling its villages along the border between the two countries and has threatened to report to the UN Security Council over the violation of the Afghan land’s sovereignty. Authorities from Afghanistan’s eastern province Kunar, that […]
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. […]
In order to ease the growing tensions in the region, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf is expected to visit Afghanistan next month. Officials in the Foreign Office informed the media that the newly elected prime minister will discuss host of issues, particularly peace in the region, in his in his first foreign tour since he […]
Pakistan’s special representative to the United Nations (UN), Abdullah Hussain Haroon condemned the cross-border strikes, saying his country’s reaction over beheading of its soldiers in the recent incident should not be taken for granted. Hussain Haroon while speaking to the Security Council debate on Afghanistan urged the authorities to must dissuade safe heavens in the […]
Sherry Rehman, the Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States (US) called on Senate Minority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell, discussed host of issues including stalemate in the bilateral ties and detention of Dr Afridi. The representatives of the two countries showed agreement on the significance of overcoming the current deadlock in the bilateral ties urgently and […]
A day after Pakistan lashed out at Afghanistan over cross-borders strikes, Islamabad asked Kabul to take appropriate steps to tighten its noose around insurgents. The two neighboring countries usually blame each other for violence of militants besetting both sides of their absorbent border. Pakistan formally registered a complaint with Afghanistan over insurgents attacked on Pakistani […]
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it was in the Washington’s interest to keep the cooperative ties with Islamabad. Her statement came at a time when the bilateral ties between Islamabad and Washington are in a troubled spot. While interviewing to an American TV channel, the Secretary of State underscored that severing relationships with […]
Kabul once again blamed Islamabad for strikes inside Afghanistan, saying regional spy agencies were behind a rare suicide blast targeting Shia Muslims that killed more than 80 per cent people in an indirect reference to Pakistani security agencies. Afghan Attorney General Eshaq Aloko while speaking to the media said two men had been apprehended over […]
The country’s top leadership is considering resumption of NATO supplies after the United States appeared to be softening its stance on offering an apology for cross-border incursion that killed 24 Pakistan troops at Salala check-posts. The civilian and military leadership held a sitting on Friday night to decide how Islamabad should respond fresh signals emerging […]
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has sought Google’s help to address the key issue of cross-border movement across the Durand-line; the line divides Pakistan and Afghanistan. His statement comes at a time when relations between Pakistan and the United States remain on a sour note. Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Emerson Schmidt called on Prime […]
