Posts tagged afghanistan
Kabul says Pakistan ”important” to Bonn conference
Nov 29th
KABUL: Afghanistan said Tuesday that Pakistan had an “important” role to play at the Bonn conference and expressed
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Nov 27th
KARACHI: Hundreds of enraged Pakistanis took to the streets across the country Sunday, burning an effigy of President Barack Obama and setting fire to US flags after 24 soldiers died in NATO air strikes.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Pak FM conveys rage over NATO strike
Nov 27th
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Sunday telephoned her US counterpart Hillary Clinton to convey Pakistan’s deep sense of rage over cross-border NATO air strikes, the foreign office said.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...NATO says "likely" it caused Pakistan casualties
Nov 26th
KABUL: A spokesman for NATO-led troops in Afghanistan confirmed that NATO aircraft had been called in to support troops during an incident near the border with Pakistan, and its forces were “highly likely” responsible for deaths of Pakistani soldiers.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...NATO to ”thoroughly investigate” Pakistan border incident
Nov 26th
KABUL: The US commander in Afghanistan on Saturday promised a full investigation after Pakistan said a NATO air st
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Pakistan condemns unprovoked NATO attack
Nov 26th
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Foreign Office vehemently condemned the NATO forces’ unprovoked attack on Pakistani security post located in Mohmand Agency near Pak-Afghan border, which claimed lives of 25 security personnel, SAMAA reports Saturday. Meantime, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) also voiced concerns over the attack by US forces stationed in Afghanistan; however, it said the elaborate statement will be issued later on after the details of the attack are received, according to the foreign Office
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...NATO attacks in Pak areas: Several security men killed
Nov 26th
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The US-led NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan have been attacking Pakistan’s security check posts in tribal areas in Pak-Afghan border, as the US forces killed at least 25 Pakistani security personnel in attack conducted overnight, SAMAA reports Saturday. The spell of attacks on security check posts in Pakistani areas began in 2008, when NATO in sync with Afghan Army as well as terrorists from neighboring Afghanistan conducted various activities in the Pakistani border areas. The forces pounded Pakistani border areas and launched ground offensive as well
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Government orders to stop NATO supplies
Nov 26th
PESHAWAR: The political administration of Khyber Agency has halted supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan after th
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Success of Afghan war may not be known until 2020: Military chief
Nov 25th
LONDON: Britain will eventually be proud of its role in the Afghanistan war but it could be another decade before its gains are realised, the head of Britain”s armed forces said in an interview published in Thursday”s Times…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Afghan team to Pak in Rabbani probe
Nov 21st
KABUL: Afghanistan is sending an official delegation to Pakistan “soon” to investigate the killing of Kabul”s peace envoy Burhanuddin Rabbani, a presidential spokesman said Monday… Pakistan has agreed to accept the delegation, spokesman Aimal Faizi told reporters, adding that it could leave as early as Tuesday…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Nato supply three containers torched in Mastung
Nov 20th
MASTUNG: Some unknown persons torched three Nato supply containers here, Geo News reported… Levies sources said that Nato supply three containers were on way from Karachi to Afghanistan, when some unknown persons targeted them by opening fire at Dasht area here… Later, they sprinkled petrol and chemical over them and
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Hussain Haqqani meets Marc Grossman
Nov 18th
WASHINTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to US Husain Haqqani met US special representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman at state department here on Friday, sources said… According to the sources, both the dignitaries discussed Pak-US relationship and current situation…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sikh pilgrims arrive in Nankana Sahib
Nov 9th
SYED WALA, Nankana Sahib: The three-day celebrations of 543rd birth anniversary of spiritual leader of Sikh community, Baba Guru Nanak began at Nanaka Sahib on Tuesday…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Gilgit glacier chunk crushes three
Nov 8th
GILGIT: Three persons were crushed to death by a falling chunk of glacier at Chopurson area of Gojal here, Geo News reported… Those killed were on way from Afghanistan to their native places in Pakistan in a caravan of 17 persons for Eid celebrations, when the unfortunate incident of a chunk of glacier fall occurred
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Afghan camps responsible for terrorism in Balochistan: IG FC
Oct 7th
QUETTA: IG Frontier Corps (FC) Major General Obaidullah Khan said Friday that camps in Afghanistan were responsible for terrorism in Balochistan, Geo News reported… Speaking to the media in Quetta, Khan said vehicles from Afghanistan were being used in terrorist activity in the province and officials from Afghan, ISAF and NATO had been info
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...NATO presses Pakistan on terrorist safe havens
Sep 30th
BRUSSELS: NATO”s chief piled pressure on Pakistan on Friday to step up the fight against “terrorists” enjoying safe havens in the border region with Afghanistan… Amid growing US pressure for Pakistan to take action against Al-Qaeda-linked extremists, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen called for a “positive engagement” from Isl
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