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COAS to participate NATO countries meeting

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani left for Brussels Tuesday to participate at NATO countries meeting and to give comprehensive briefing as to how USAF’s drone-fired missile strikes are proving counterproductive in Pakistan. During his 3-day visit General Kayani would participate in the meeting of Chiefs of Defence (CHODs) for discussion [...]

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PM asks NATO forces not to challenge Pak sovereignty

Monday, October 6, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has asked NATO forces not to challenge the sovereignty of Pakistan by saying that no foreign interference would be tolerated at Pakistan’s borders areas. The Prime Minister expressed these views while talking to visiting French Chief of Staff Committee, Admiral Edward Gillard and in a telephonic conversation with the [...]

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Pakistan: An image problem

Saturday, October 4, 2008

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Tariq Al-Maeena Pakistan has become a front for the proxy war being fought by the US and NATO against Al-Qaeda. And in the process, it is in danger of losing its sovereignty. Joseph Biden in his debate with Sarah Palin last Thursday referred to Pakistan as a “dangerous” state along with Iran. The Pakistanis, through [...]

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American Lawyers Conference on rule of law in Pakistan- ‘‘Pakistan and beyond’’

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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I was invited by British Law Society of England to visit Brussels as part of their delegation to attend a rule of law conference on ‘Pakistan and beyond’ organised by American Bar Association (ABA) on 25th September at Hilton (Brussels). Reaching Brussels airport in the morning, I caught a cab and reached Hilton at the [...]

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Pakistan military fires at NATO choppers: ISAF

Thursday, September 25, 2008

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KABUL: Pakistani troops fired at NATO-led helicopters operating in eastern Afghanistan, the international Security Assistance force said, adding that there was no damage or casualties. Amid mounting tensions between Islamabad and foreign forces in Afghanistan over a series of incursions, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stressed that the helicopters had not crossed into Pakistani [...]

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It’s not how we think it is how the US-led NATO forces think about War in Afghanistan

Monday, September 22, 2008

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Question is how we think and how our allies in US-led NATO powers think about ongoing war in Afghanistan; we think that we have to combat the menace of talibanisation in the name of global war against terrorism. The US led NATO forces which has spent millions of Dollars in sucking Soviet Union Afghanistan initially [...]

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Durand Line hottest spot on earth: Arab daily AL-Hayat

Saturday, September 20, 2008

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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 [...]

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US cost over Iraq, Afghanistan wars reaches $752 b

Saturday, September 20, 2008

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WASHINGTON: The direct costs of the seven-year “war on terror”, which includes operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, have reached US$752 billion, if the current year’s appropriation of $188 billion is included, according to the non-partisan US Congressional Budget Office. With the situation in Afghanistan further than ever from being settled, the US response, much like [...]

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Mullen arrives Pakistan to discuss war against terror and to avert incursion by NATO/ISAF

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Top commanders of Pakistan and United Satates will meet in garrison town of Rawalpindi Wednesday when American Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen will be here this evening. Hidhly placed military sources told, The visit comes amid tensions between the two countries due to recent missiles strikes by U.S. drones, which killed [...]

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Is Russia interested in splitting NATO

Sunday, September 14, 2008

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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 [...]

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Pursuing Diplomacy with US is solution for Pakistan

Saturday, September 13, 2008

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Pakistan’s government is quite hopeful that they will convince Washington that the unilateral U.S. attacks on militant dwelling near the Afghan border only arouse sentiment against leaders of both countries. Thus Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gillani very generously and pragmatically has said, “”It is not that we will launch any attack. We will [...]

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Lost war and a lost cause

Thursday, September 11, 2008

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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 [...]

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RAW Creating Trouble for NATO in Afghanistan

Friday, September 5, 2008

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WASHINGTON: A USA report says that Indian intelligence agency RAW is creating trouble for Nato in Afghanistan to malign Pakistan by funding and supporting terrorists. The report said that the U.S. intelligence community is well aware of the covert support by the Indian Government and its intelligence services — principally RAW — for the jihadist [...]

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US confirms raid inside Pakistan

Friday, September 5, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: American forces launched a raid inside Pakistan Wednesday, a senior U.S. military official said, in the first known foreign ground assault in Pakistan. The government of Pakistan condemned an incursion that it said killed at least 15 people. Talking to newsmen, the American official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of [...]

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Two top Taliban commanders killed, Bloodbath continued in Kurram and Swat

Thursday, September 4, 2008

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Carnage of innocent civilians and hardcore militant is continued second day of Ramadan despite the announcement of ceasefire dory the holy month of fasting. While Pakistan has summoned US ambassador in foreign office lodged a formal protest over indent of killing of more than twenty innocent civilians by US led NATO forces inside Pakistan. More [...]

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NATO troops Kill 15 Pakistanis in SWA; Pakistan condemns ISAF attack

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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WANA: At least 15 people including two women and two children were killed in a NATO forces operation in a tribal village of the South Waziristan Agency. Local resident said the attack involved helicopters was launched close to the Afghan border. BBC quoting witnesses reported that NATO troops in three helicopters landed in the Musa [...]

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Void in U.S. strategy for Afghanistan:WSJ

Friday, August 29, 2008

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WASHINGTON: Senior defense officials are debating how many troops they can send to Afghanistan and how soon they can do it to improve the deteriorating security situation there. But even as political pressure mounts to do more to stop the violence in that region, there is increasing fear in the Pentagon that sending in more [...]

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Karzai urges military action in Pakistan

Sunday, August 17, 2008

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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 [...]

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Worsening security affecting Afghan aid groups

Sunday, August 17, 2008

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KABUL: Deteriorating security in Afghanistan is making it more difficult for aid organizations to carry out their work, the director of a group that lost four workers in a Taliban attack said. Ciaran Donnelly, director of operations in Afghanistan for the International Rescue Committee, said the entire aid community has been affected by worsening security.”We’re [...]

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An interesting dialogue between me and BabyChen Mathew

Sunday, August 10, 2008

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We usually start like this Hi, can I have a favor from you, other person says SURE and we start I need this, by the way did you see this etc etc.. So this the story of the day When a Courageous Pakistani student Samad Khurram refused to receive an award from [...]

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