DUBAI: American al-Qaeda militant Adam Gadahn in an Internet video posted on Saturday said Pakistan’s new leaders is US puppets in a war against militants. ‘The Pakistan Army … and the professional spreaders of lies at their service are trying to make us believe that the state of Pakistan has turned a new leaf (after US-allied [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 2, 2008
Rumors about the death of Taliban leader in Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, late on Monday after suffering kidney failure made Chaand Raat lugubrious for some and cheered few in Pakistan. Mehsud is the head of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella organization for Islamist militant groups operating across Pakistan’s northwest. Based in the restive tribal agency of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 29, 2008
NEW YORK: Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that the new government of Pakistan is on his side in fighting terrorism and it deserves the support of the international community in that struggle. “We should all help President Zardari because he has the right intentions and the right policy for Pakistan and for the region, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 25, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 24, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army on Wednesday confirmed that US spy plane had crashed in Angoor Adda area on Tuesday night. In a statement issued today, ISPR said US predator drone has crashed in Angoor Adda area of South. The ISPR said that plane crashed apparently due to mal-functioning. The wreckage of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has [...]
Continue reading...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...Friday, September 19, 2008
LONDON: The International Institute for Strategic Studies in its annual review of the world affairs has noted that President Asif Ali Zardari’s major challenge will be to gain the trust of stakeholders and build a consensus against terrorism. At the release of the Strategic Survey 2008, the IISS Director-General Dr.John Chipman noted that to pursue the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 17, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The top US military officer, Adm. Mike Mullen, reiterated yesterday a US commitment to respect Pakistan’s sovereignty after a flurry of US strikes on militants in Pakistan strained relations between the allies. Mullen said this month he was not convinced Western forces were winning in Afghanistan and he was “looking at a new, more [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 4, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 4, 2008
DAMASCUS: France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday that pulling out of Afghanistan, where 10 French troops were killed by the Taliban last month, would amount to abandoning nuclear-armed Pakistan. “If we abandon Afghanistan we will be abandoning Pakistan, which doesn’t need that. I want to remind you of one thing: that Pakistan has the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 4, 2008
KABUL, Sept 04 (SANA): Conflicting accounts of a Taliban ambush of an elite French military unit in the Surubi district of Kabul province on August 18 have raised new concerns about the future of France’s politically unpopular deployment in Afghanistan. Ten soldiers were killed and 21 wounded in one of the largest Taliban operations since [...]
Continue reading...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...Saturday, August 9, 2008
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will endorse a $20 billion plan to substantially increase the size of ANA and will also restructure the military command of American and NATO forces in response to the growing Taliban threat, senior Pentagon and military officials said. Popularity: 21% [?]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 5, 2008
KABUL: Six years after being driven from power, the Taliban are demonstrating a resilience and a ferocity that are raising alarm here, in Washington and in other NATO capitals, and engendering a fresh round of soul-searching over how a relatively ragtag insurgency has managed to keep the world’s most powerful armies at bay. Popularity: 17% [?]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 5, 2008
WASHINGTON: The American officials have committed many mistakes in Afghanistan including the decision to eschew “nation building” and rely on Afghan warlords to keep order in the hinterlands and the declaration of victory in the country too son. “U.S. officials committed mistakes. One was the decision to eschew “nation building” and rely on Afghan warlords [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 1, 2008
KABUL: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said “anti-government elements” have been trying to blow up a major hydro-electric power plant, the Naghlu Dam, to the east of Kabul, which supplies electricity to over three million people. “We have received credible intelligence reports indicating that insurgents are trying to demolish the Naghlu power dam,” said [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 31, 2008
Thirty three people have been killed in the ongoing operation in Swat while more forces have been called in on the requisition of the provincial government. According to sources, 21 citizens were killed and more than 50 injured when mortar shells fell on houses. Those dead also included 5 women and 9 children. Ten Taliban [...]
Continue reading...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...Monday, June 30, 2008
Pak Army approves govt strategy to counter militancy Operation to be launched in Peshawar too: CCPO Bara operation is not against Taliban: Bashir Ahmad Bilour Popularity: 11% [?]
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