Pakistan not to attend Bonn conference on Afghanistan Pakistan on Tuesday decided to boycott next week crucial Bonn Conference on Afghanistan’s future in a protest against cross-border NATO air attack last weekend that killed 24 Pakistan troops, including two officers, and left 13 injured. Pakistan’s decision to stay away from the important conference to be held in the […]
KABUL – A US-led investigation into a NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani troops near the Afghan border will report its initial findings by December 23, officials said Tuesday. The chief of US Central Command, which oversees US forces in Afghanistan and the Middle East, appointed Brigadier General Stephen Clark, a one-star air force general, to […]
Nov 29 2011 | Posted in
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Pakistan promptly sealed its border with Afghanistan to NATO supplies after allied strikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers near the border on Saturday. “The war effort continues,” press secretary George Little told reporters. Asked how long U.S and coalition forces could operate without supplies from routes running through Pakistan, he said: “I don’t have a time […]
Athar Abbas warns Nato attack could hurt Afghanistan cooperation The Director General of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Athar Abbas on Monday warned that the latest cross-border attack by Nato and ISAF, that killed two dozen Pakistan troops, could hurt Pakistan’s cooperation on terrorism stricken Afghanistan. “This could have serious consequences in the […]
Nov 28 2011 | Posted in
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Over the death of 24 Pakistani Soldiers in the National Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO) forces attack in the Mohmand tribal region along the Afghan Border on Saturday, the Pakistani Army has strongly condemned and rejected the regrets from the U.S. and NATO officials on Monday. Pakistani Army spokes person Major General Athar Abbas said the […]
Wali Khan wants UN action on Nato attack The President of Awami National Party, Asfandyar Wali Khan has urged the United Nations to take notice of the unprovoked Nato attack on two Pakistan military posts on Saturday morning, stressing that the Nato forces had violated the UN charter. Wali Khan, who is also the chairman […]
Nov 27 2011 | Posted in
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Pak Army and our national integrity Pakistan has passed through many critical phases during its 65 years of independence. Every phase has left undeletable effects on our social, economic and geographical conditions. After every debacle, national leadership has tried hiding the facts from public which has often made the situation even adverse situation as the […]
Nov 27 2011 | Posted in
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The army spokesman, Major-General Athar Abbas, has told the press reporters that Pakistan anticipates lowering down its extensive military expenditure for the coming fiscal year. The Pakistan army eats up 16 per cent of the state’s annual budget every year and is hoping to lower its costs in the near future to help the cash-strapped […]
Nov 21 2011 | Posted in
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With an important conference on regional security amongst Afghanistan and her neighbours set to take place in Bonn in the first week of December, German foreign minister has come out and stated that he is looking forward to working with Pakistan in Afghanistan after Hina Rabbani Khar made it clear in her latest statement that […]
Top militant leader in North Waziristan threatens to break peace pact with Pakistan government The most powerful militant leader in the North Waziristan border region Hafiz Gul Bahadur has threatened to tear up a peace accord and turn his fighters against the government. Bahadur has an unofficial non-aggression pact with the military, focusing instead on […]
US issues confidence in Pakistan Nuclear security State Department spokesman from the Democratic Administration in Washington, Mark Toner, spoke to the press on Wednesday, November 9, about the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear assets. The news developed out of the country in light of growing tensions across the Atlantic as Pakistan and Afghanistan are locked down […]
Three Haqqani militants killed in a US drone strike A US drone strike killed at least three militants and destroyed a compound in Darpakhel Sarai, just outside Miramshah the main town of North Waziristan on Thursday, officials said. “A drone fired two missiles on a militant compound. At least three militants were killed,” a senior […]