In quite an odd move, the Foreign Office expressed its lack of knowledge that Pakistan has been used as safe hideaway by Al-Qaeda and its ally outfits. In reply to the allegations leveled by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who said she believed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri is somewhere in Pakistan, the Foreign Office […]
Islamabad dismissed US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s allegations Al-Qaeda chief, asking Washing to share intelligence information about Ayman al-Zawahiri’s presence in Pakistan. Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Khan while replying to a query observed, “These are all conjectures. If the US has any evidence, information or actionable intelligence, they should share it with us”. Earlier, […]
Cameron Munter, the US ambassador to Pakistan, is likely to be replaced with Richard Oslo in the upcoming summer season after the former refused to take extension for another term. According to the media reports, Cameron Munter will quit his post in the coming summer. The US is mulling to appoint Richard Oslo, who has […]
May 8 2012 | Posted in
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The self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four co-accused were due to be arraigned Saturday at Guantanamo Bay, with all facing the death penalty if convicted. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants will be formally charged in a military tribunal with planning and executing the September 11, 2001, attacks that killed 2,976 people in […]
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Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, the self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four co-accused were due to be charged formally at Guantanamo Bay, the US detention center in Cuba. A military tribunal will formally charge Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants for planning and executing the September 11, 2001, attacks that killed 2,976 people in New […]
A suicide bomber blew himself on Friday in Khar Bazaar, Bajaur Agency, a tribal district along the Pak-Afghan border, killing at least 17 people including security officials and injuring over 40. Officials while speaking to the media said the target of the attack were tribal police personnel where were patrolling Khar, the headquarters of Bajaur […]
May 4 2012 | Posted in
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The Taliban militia announced their “spring offensive” would begin across Afghanistan on Thursday. Code-named al Farouq, the primary targets of the offensive would be “foreign invaders, their advisors, their contractors, all those who help them militarily and in intelligence”, the militants said on their website. “Al Farouq spring offensive will be launched on May 3 […]
May 2 2012 | Posted in
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On May 2, 2011, the US Special Forces attacked a compound of Al-Qaeda’s top leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, the Garrison town of Pakistan, killing him and taking his body away. Pakistan faced reactions triggered in result of killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, inside the Pakistani territory. Many felt that they had […]
US President Barrack Obama paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan, seeking fresh talks with Taliban insurgents to bring peace in the region. While addressing the first anniversary of the killing of Al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, Obama laid a path of peace before the Taliban fighters, saying they could be part of the future setup […]
In quite a categorical stance, President Asif Ali Zardari has said told the United States that progress towards re-engagement would not be possible without a public apology. Islamabad is repeatedly asking Washington to offer official apology over the last year NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani troops at Salala check-posts, Mohmand Agency. A statement issued […]
At last, the family of Osama bin Laden, who was killed in a US Navy Seals raid on May 02, 2011, has been deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia, in the early hours of Friday. The three widows of Osama bin Laden and their children, who masterminded the 9-11 attacks, were in custody of Pakistani […]
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 […]