Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani will discuss the Pakistan’s stance with the Gulf state’s leaders on the issue of peace talks with the Afghan Taliban during his visit to Qatar, expected by next week. Media reports quoting Pakistani officials reported that the Pakistani premier will leave for Qatar next week to meet Gulf state’s […]
Pakistan foreign ministry rubbishes Nato secret report’s allegations Foreign ministry of Pakistan has promptly rubbished the allegations of assisting Afghan Taliban secretly, as claimed in a leaked Nato document. Calling the accusations "ridiculous", Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman Abul Basit has said that his country was committed to non-interference in Afghanistan as a stable and peaceful […]
Taliban kill three cops in Lakki Marwat In what appeared to be a fresh wave of militancy in the country, the Taliban killed three policemen while injured another in the Shahbazkhel area of Lakki Marwat, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The province has seen a rise in militant activities since the start of the 2012, with the […]
Pakistan, Afghanistan for joint peace efforts Pakistan on Wednesday said it had not hidden agenda in Afghanistan and aimed at enhancing bilateral goodwill and all-round cooperation between the two brotherly states. After a leaked-out NATO report that accused Islamabad of secretly supporting Taliban in Afghanistan, top level talks held in Kabul between top Pakistani officials […]
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Taliban refute holding talks with Afghan govt Kabul: (Wednesday, February 01, 2012) The Taliban militia in Afghanistan today denied the news about holding talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Saudi Arabia. Refuting the sources claiming the grounds were set for the negotiations, Taliban stated through their website, “There is no truth in these published […]
Islamabad assisting Afghan Taliban, secret Nato report Nato has once again alleged Pakistan security services of assisting Afghan Taliban. Islamabad’s secret links with the Taliban’s have been claimed by Nato in a leaked secret document which was seen by BBC and The Times. In the secret “State of the Taliban” report, Nato has claimed that […]
A spokesman for the NATO-led coalition on Wednesday confirmed the existence of a report that summarizes the views of Taliban detainees who said that they are winning the war thanks to cooperation from some Afghan government officials and soldiers with active support from Pakistan’s intelligence service. But the official, Lt. Col Jimmie E. Cummings of […]
The Pakistani security services are directly aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan and have direct influence over its top leadership, a leaked out NATO report claimed on Tuesday. The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) revealed the confidential NATO report that was derived from thousands of interrogations of insurgents captivated by allied forces. The report alleged that Pakistan’s […]
The State Department raised no resistance Friday to France’s announcement to pull its troops from Afghanistan in 2013, a year ahead of schedule. The move was not abrupt and been coordinated with NATO, the Afghan government and the United States, a State Department spokeswoman said. “What we are gratified by is that this was not […]
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America officially acknowledges US drone strikes in Pakistan President Barack Obama offered a dynamic defense of the use of drone strikes to kill Al Qaeda operatives and other militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas, officially confessing the CIA drone program, which had not been publically acknowledged before this. Obama said he believed that they had to be judicious in how they […]
Afghanistan Govt and Taliban planning to hold talks in Saudi Arabia Afghan government officials and representatives of the country’s former Taliban rulers are to hold peace talks in Saudi Arabia, a Riyadh-based Afghan diplomat revealed on Monday. “An Afghan government delegation and a Taliban delegation will hold talks in Saudi Arabia,” he said without giving […]
No peace talks with the Taliban this week: That was the short message on Sunday from the American envoy charged with starting those negotiations. Stopping here in Kabul this weekend on his way to Qatar, where the insurgents are in the process of opening an office, the envoy, Marc Grossman, implicitly rejected reports that he […]