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USA wants a serious dialogue with Pakistan and move ahead in the relationship: Munter US Ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter said on Thursday that the United States would accept the recommendations of Pakistan’s Parliament and respects the decisions of the representative government. Talking to Pakistan Television, he said that the US and Pakistan wanted to work together […]
No evidence to suggest Kabul attacks were planned in Pakistan: General Martin Dempsey US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey says that they do not have any intelligence yet on whether the Kabul attack was planned in Pakistan. Taliban insurgents mounted spectacular synchronised attacks on government buildings, Western embassies and Nato headquarters […]
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 […]
‘Not guilty’ former CIA operative released on bail by a US federal court A former CIA official accused of leaking secret information to journalists, including the names of US intelligence agents, pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court and was released on bail. John Kiriakou, who had previously revealed the CIA’s use of waterboarding of […]
Afghanistan and the US at odds over troop deployment Washington and Kabul have hailed breakthroughs towards signing a treaty on relations after 2014 — but it will not cover the crucial issue of the status of any US troops remaining in Afghanistan. “Anything having to do with the continued presence of US forces and the […]
Military checkpost in Lower Kurram attacked by militants Several heavily armed militants stormed a security checkpost in Lower Kurram Agency, resulting in a clash which killed two security personnel and injured two others, while four militants were also killed in retaliation, officials said. The attack took place late Sunday night in the village of […]
After 2014 no US drone strikes into Pakistan from Afghanistan: Zalmay Rasool Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasool said on Thursday that his country would not be used as a launching pad for US drones attacks on neighbouring countries after NATO combat forces leave by the end of 2014. “Afghan soil will not be used against any […]
US, Pakistan and Afghanistan all set to revive trilateral forum The United States of America, Pakistan and Afghanistan are set to revive trilateral talks after a nearly seven-month deadlock, Afghan diplomats and foreign ministry officials said on Friday. Officials from the three countries last met in Islamabad in September last year, few days before the […]
The top commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan has once again reiterated old mantra that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) continues to support the Taliban and the Haqqani network. In reply to a question asked by Senator John McCain about any change in the ISI’s relationship with the Haqqani network and the Taliban he […]
It is quite a welcoming gesture that Parliament will decide new terms of engagement with the United States in light of the recommendations prepared by Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS). Since last four decades, a military dominated establishment used to formulate foreign policy exclusively. Without taking political leaderships and foreign office into confidence, the […]
France terror attack: Self-declared al Qaeda militant claims to have been trained in Waziristan French police laid siege Wednesday to an apartment block where a self-declared al Qaeda militant who boasted of having “brought France to its knees” with a wave of deadly attacks was holed up. Prosecutors said suspect Mohamed Merah, a 23-year-old Frenchman […]
Certain circles believe militancy is being brought under control, as the security forces are making claims that the battle against extremists is meeting with success, in Northwestern areas, bordering with Afghanistan. However, the ground situation is not looked like and false sense of security should give way to a pragmatic outlook. The coordinated attacks on […]
