In southern Afghanistan a senior Taliban commander and nine other suspected militants killed by NATO strike. The violence highlighted the deadly insurgency raging in the south as the U.S. prepares to deploy thousands of additional troops to reverse Taliban gains in recent years. NATO said on Saturday Maulawi Hassan, the Senior Taliban commander and his […]
US asks India to pull back troops from Pak border
NDTV has exclusive details of how Foreign Secretary Shivshanker Menon was categorically told by the US that India must lower troop levels on the border with Pakistan as a first step to restarting the peace process. An outraged India has ruled this out completely though it seems America’s demand was made to encourage Pakistan to […]
Gerry Adams attacks police & Army unit after Ulster killings
Gerry Adams today condemned the "huge mistake" of deploying an undercover British army surveillance unit to Northern Ireland to watch dissident Republicans, as the fallout continued from the shooting dead of two soldiers outside their barracks in County Antrim. The Sinn Fein leader stopped short of saying that sending in the covert army unit was […]
Drone ‘shot down’ in S Waziristan
PESHAWAR: Another US spy plane crashed in the mountainous Shakeen area near Angoor Adda of the South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on Saturday afternoon. The military and political administration officials based in Angoor Adda — a border town between SWA and Afghanistan’s restive Paktika province — told this correspondent that they had received reports about a […]
US is training Pakistani troops to encounter terrorists
Washington: The US army Special Forces soldiers are training the Pakistani troops in their fight against Al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgents in Tribal areas of north western Pakistan, the New York Times reported. The US secret task force provides the Pakistanis with intelligence and advice on combat tactics but it does not participate in the […]
Pakistanis in Swat ‘Peace March’
Pakistanis in Swat ‘Peace March’ On Wednesday Hundreds of Pakistani peoples in Swat valley have joined a "peace march" led by a Muslim religious leader Maulana Sufi Mohammad. Before meeting Taliban leaders in Pakistan, Mohammed led Taliban supporters through Mingora, the main town in Swat. Maulana Sufi Mohammad said"I ask you to remain peaceful. We have reached an […]
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