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Five Killed in US Drone Strike in NWA
MIRAN SHAH: At least five people including three foreigners were killed and six others injured in a U.S. missile attack that destroyed a house in North Waziristan Agency on Saturday. The missile attack was carried out in Ali Khel town where the home of a local tribal Khaliq Noor was destroyed. Pakistani security personnel have confirmed [...]
Continue reading...Pak spies hear Al-Qaeda celebrating
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The Islamist group that has claimed responsibility for bombing the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad was up till now unheard of, but Pakistani intelligence eavesdropper heard Al-Qaeda operatives celebrating the attack. The group calling itself Fedayeen Islam (Partisans of Islam) made the claim of responsibility for Saturday’s suicide truck bombing that killed at least 60 people [...]
Continue reading...US to work with Pakistan against terrorism
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday vowed to work with Pakistan in combating terrorists along the country’s border with Afghanistan as it acknowledged the need for all anti-terrorism allies to redouble their efforts. Robert Wood, Deputy State Department Spokesman stressed terrorism is a threat to stability and democracy in the region. He also underscored Washington’s [...]
Continue reading...Suspected terrorists involving in Marriot blast arrested
Monday, September 22, 2008
GUJRANWALA: In connection to Marriot hotel blast that left at least 60 dead and 250 injured, five suspected terrorists were arrested in separate raids late on Sunday night. A private TV channel reported that the two suspected persons were apprehended in Gujranwala. It was reported that one of the men was the Imam Qari of a local [...]
Continue reading...Marriott blast: an Update
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Pakistan has released security camera video footage of a suicide attack The attacker blew himself before the big blast and no other attack was made at the Marriot hotel here Saturday evening. Sources revealed that this has been revealed in close circuit TV footage during the investigations that the suicide attacker driving the truck blown himself [...]
Continue reading...Durand Line hottest spot on earth: Arab daily AL-Hayat
Saturday, September 20, 2008
LONDON: One of the most explosive spots on earth today is the so-called Durand Line, the 2,640 kilometre border, much of it in harsh mountain country, between Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is where the United States and its NATO allies are battling the Taliban — and are facing the possibility of military defeat. Of all the [...]
Continue reading...Afghanistan frees son of Pak scientist held by US
Monday, September 15, 2008
ISLAMABAD: After two days of hectic negotiations between officials of the US Embassy in Islamabad and family members of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, the Afghan government finally handed over the son of the Pakistani neuroscientist allegedly linked to Al-Qaeda, and held in US custody. “We did receive some officials from the US Embassy’s legal section and [...]
Continue reading...Is Russia interested in splitting NATO
Sunday, September 14, 2008
After Georgian venture men at Kremlin have started having second thoughts. They are now not following dollar-dominated world economy rather pursuing Euro-oriented territories with a multi-pronged policy. Many do not believe but some do. The Russians have not forgotten their 10 years in Afghanistan and how their armies were bleeding in the mountains [...]
Continue reading...Lost war and a lost cause
Thursday, September 11, 2008
On the anniversary of tragic events of September 11, the statements of both Pakistan and US armed officers are frightening for Asia. New York Times reported today that ‘President Bush secretly approved orders in July that for the first time to allow American Special Operations forces to carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without the [...]
Continue reading...Al Qaeda Pakistan chief killed in Miranshah attack
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Geo News quoted sources close to Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani as saying that Al Qaeda Pakistan chief Abu Haris was among 26 people killed in Monday’s missile strike by the United States in Miranshah. Among those killed in the strike were at least three low-level Qaeda operatives, including an Arab and an Azerbaijani, Pakistan [...]
Continue reading...Karzai urges military action in Pakistan
Sunday, August 17, 2008
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that air strikes carried out in Afghan villages by U.S. and NATO troops are only killing civilians and that the international community should instead go after terror centres in Pakistan. International forces serving under NATO and the separate U.S.-led coalition insist that the vast majority of those [...]
Continue reading...Senior Al-Qaeda leader killed on Pak-Afghan border
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Senior al Qaeda commander Abu Saeed al-Masri has been killed in recent clashes with Pakistani forces in a Pakistani region near the Afghan border, a security official said on Tuesday. “He was believed to be among the top leadership of al Qaeda,” the senior security official said on condition of anonymity. Al-Masri, which means Egyptian, [...]
Continue reading...Dr. Afia Siddiqui-is she really Al-Qaida terror suspect
Sunday, August 10, 2008
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Continue reading...EU and US terms Musharraf’s impeachment as Pakistan’s internal matter
Friday, August 8, 2008
WASHINGTON: Any impeachment of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is unlikely to hamper US “war on terror” efforts, experts say, as Washington quietly hopes the military will remain on the fringes amid political tensions in Islamabad. The US State Department reacted cautiously to the move Thursday by Pakistan’s ruling coalition to impeach Musharraf, saying it was [...]
Continue reading...UNSC renews sanctions against al-Qaida, Taliban
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council has extended by 18 months the mandate of the monitoring team concerned with sanctions against al-Qaida and the Taliban. In the resolution, the 15-member body reaffirmed that “terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to peace and security and that any acts [...]
Continue reading...Afghanistan crisis worse than Iraq
Friday, June 20, 2008
TORONTO: There’s a lot we know about Afghanistan and a lot more we don’t. An expert who knows much more than most of us – whose prescient insights I have benefited from for a decade and whom the John Manley commission consulted last year – says Afghanistan will get worse in the coming months. Last [...]
Continue reading...Pentagon worries about havens of Al-Qaeda in FATA
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Al-Qaeda and other violent extremists continue to hide out in the FATA, where they are able to recruit, train, and target US and western interests, including plots against Europe and the US homeland. WASHINGTON: A report by Pentagon has stated that the growth of Al-Qaeda safe havens in Pakistan’s tribal areas is “troubling” and warned it [...]
Continue reading...Experts concerned about US Approach on Pakistan
Friday, May 9, 2008
WASHINGTON: American Experts appearing before a congressional panel have voiced concerns about U.S. policies toward Pakistan and Afghanistan. The testimony before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee by former State Department and military officials came as lawmakers in wake of findings of the [U.S.] Government Accountability Office (GAO) about the impact of more than [...]
Continue reading...Pentagon rejects some Pakistan aid requests
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has rejected or deferred millions of dollars in military aid requests from Pakistan amid criticism that the Islamabad government has squandered U.S. funding and allowed Al Qaeda to rebuild a haven in its western tribal regions. In February, the Defense Department turned down or delayed more than $81 million requested by Pakistan, [...]
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