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Lack of communication and mistrust behind NATO attack: US US Air Force Special Operations Command’s Brigadier General and investigating officer into the NATO airstrike Stephen Clark said lack of trust and series of miscommunications contributed to the NATO attack on November 26, that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. While briefing reporters at the Pentagon via phone, […]
US could stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014: General Allen The US commander in Afghanistan said in an interview on Wednesday, December 21 that American troops could stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014, the latest signal of a possible open-ended US military role in the country. General John Allen told the New York Times that negotiations with […]
Pakistan should form Afghan policy without putting India and US in the equation: Karzai Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday urged Pakistan not to forge its policy on Afghanistan based on its rivalries with either India or the United States. “We want Pakistan to have an independent policy towards Afghanistan. It should not look at […]
Pakistan inquiry blames Afghan commander for the NATO attacks A Pakistan-led inquiry into the November 26 NATO air strike on Salala military check post, alleged on Monday that a local Afghan army commander was responsible for orchestrating strike, BBC Urdu reported. This was revealed in parts of an investigation report, conducted and handed over by […]
Explosion leaves three Pakistani Soldiers dead Peshawar (December 17), a bomb blast in the northwestern tribal area left three Pakistani soldiers dead today. According to the officials, the bomb was planted on a roadside. The blast took place at Katasarai village in restive Kurram tribal district bordering Afghanistan where Pakistani army and paramilitary forces have […]
Gilani and Kayani meet to avoid a clash of institutions Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani met behind closed doors at the PM House on Friday over replies filed to the Supreme Court in the memogate scandal. The meeting, which lasted over three hours, was explained as […]
War on Terror to be fought on Pakistan’s terms from here on in: Khar Pakistan will fight the war on terrorism according to its own terms and conditions and not that of the US Congress, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Thursday, December 15, 2011. Speaking to the media outside the Parliament House after […]
USA not to cut civilian aid to Pakistan Amidst deteriorating US-Pakistan relationships, the Obama administration clarified that civilian aid to Pakistan is not being cut and the matter of freezing defence aid to Pakistan is still in the Congress. US State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, during a press briefing in Washington on Tuesday, said: “We […]
Leon Panetta admits USA cannot win in Afghanistan without Pakistan US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta said on Tuesday that it was important to reach out to Pakistan if the United States wants to dismantle Afghan militant havens. “It’s been said a number of times that ultimately we can’t win the war in Afghanistan without […]
US military vacates Shamsi Air Base before the deadline The last cargo aircraft to take back American personnel and equipment from Shamsi airbase sits on the tarmac in Washuk district, watching the Balochistan Frontier Constabulary takeover the vacated guard positions as the clock ticks down to the eviction deadline, now only hours away. Pakistani security […]
Pakistan army terms NATO incursion deliberate Pakistan Army has termed the NATO/ISAF attack on Pakistani military check-posts pre-planned and deliberate, saying that the coalition forces intentionally intruded in the country and attacked two military border points, which led the martyrdom of 24 troops. Briefing the Senate Standing Committee on Defence, Director General Military Operations (DGMO), […]
Karzai blames Lashkar-e-Jhangvi for Kabul bomb blast Afghan President Hamid Karzai Wednesday blamed the the sectarian militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) for a bomb at a Kabul shrine which killed 55 people, demanding justice from Pakistan, his spokesman said. The comments are likely to antagonise further already tense relations with Islamabad, which boycotted Monday’s Bonn conference […]
