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News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 5 months ago
South Waziristan is a barren, mountainous region in Pakistan's tribal belt. It is home to several Pashtun tribes: principal among them is the Mehsud tribe, which has a reputation for courage and ferocity in battle. The area was never fully absorbed...
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News Source: Pak Tribune
| 5 months ago
President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday again made it clear to United States to stop drone attack on Pakistan's soil urging a negative impact is being created on the mindset of the people. President Zardari expressed these views while talking to US...
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News Source: United Press International
| 5 months ago
Visiting U.S. national security adviser Gen. James Jones praised the Pakistani government's anti-terrorist campaign, the state-run news agency said. Jones said the campaign launched by the government of President Asif Ali Zardari was particularly...
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News Source: Los Angeles Times
| 5 months ago
The arms assistance is aimed at helping Somali leaders fend off Islamic militants...June 26, 2009 "We are concerned," said Ian Kelly, the State Department spokesman, referring to the Somali government's stability. The money will help "repel the...
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News Source: Epoch Times
| 5 months ago
The United States has been pouring thousands of troops this year into southern Afghanistan, the heartland of the Taliban movement and scene of the heaviest fighting, to prepare for an effort to regain the initiative from the insurgents. De Kruif said...
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News Source: BBC
| 5 months ago
President Obama's national security adviser has concluded talks in Pakistan by reiterating US support for Islamabad's battle with the Taliban. Gen James Jones met senior leaders including the president, prime minister and army chief. Pakistan...
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News Source: Voice of America
| 5 months ago
National Security Adviser James Jones says the United States is committed to a long-term partnership with the Pakistani government and people. Jones spoke Thursday in Islamabad after meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to discuss...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 5 months ago
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday urged the United States to provide drones technology to Pakistan for boosting its indigenous capacity to eliminate the militants from its soil, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported.
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News Source: South Africa News
| 5 months ago
James Jones held talks with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as part of a short regional tour that has already taken in neighbouring Afghanistan to assess the United States' new strategy in the region. The Barack Obama administration has put...
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News Source: NewKerala
| 5 months ago
Speaking at a conference of Defence Chiefs of 11 Gulf countries here, Gates warned that the middle-east countries cannot afford to neglect the threat posed by different extremist organizations breeding inside Pakistan and Afghanistan. "The serious...