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The State Department raised no resistance Friday to France’s announcement to pull its troops from Afghanistan in 2013, a year ahead of schedule. The move was not abrupt and been coordinated with NATO, the Afghan government and the United States, a State Department spokeswoman said. “What we are gratified by is that this was not […]
Iran is ready to revive talks with the world powers, President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said, as toughening sanctions aim at forcing Tehran to sharply scale back its nuclear program. Even so, he insisted that the pressures will not force Iran to give up its demands, including to continue enriching uranium that led to the collapse of […]
Police fired guns and used batons on crowds of stone-throwing opposition activists in several Bangladeshi towns Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 100, a news report and doctors at two hospitals said. The opposition party said 1,200 of its activists were arrested, but the figure could not immediately be confirmed. The […]
Obama verifies US drone attacks in Pakistan On Monday, President of the United States Obama verified that the US drones have hit Taliban and Al Qaeda members in Pakistan. Previously, these attacks were not officially accepted. He confirmed that most of these attacks took place in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). “For the most […]
In what appeared to be a response to President Asif Ali Zardari’s speech on December 27, 2011, in which he criticized the judiciary, the Supreme Court Tuesday said it will form a larger bench to hear the Benazir Bhutto assassination case. The apex court also issued notices to Interior Minister Rehman Malik, former law minister, […]
Barrack Obama admits conducting drone attacks in Pakistan President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama has officially admitted for the first time that the US is involved in drone attacks in Pakistan and said that these focussed and targeted attacks are absolutely crucial to fight against Al-Qaida. US started a so-called war against […]
Pakistan terms drone strikes unlawful and counterproductive Despite acknowledging tactical advantages of the US unmanned attacks in the tribal region, Pakistan appeared to shrug off the unexpected confirmation by Washington on its strikes, terming them unlawful, counterproductive and hence intolerable. According to the media reports, Foreign Office spokesperson, Abdul Basit said, “Notwithstanding tactical advantages of […]
America officially acknowledges US drone strikes in Pakistan President Barack Obama offered a dynamic defense of the use of drone strikes to kill Al Qaeda operatives and other militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas, officially confessing the CIA drone program, which had not been publically acknowledged before this. Obama said he believed that they had to be judicious in how they […]
Afghanistan Govt and Taliban planning to hold talks in Saudi Arabia Afghan government officials and representatives of the country’s former Taliban rulers are to hold peace talks in Saudi Arabia, a Riyadh-based Afghan diplomat revealed on Monday. “An Afghan government delegation and a Taliban delegation will hold talks in Saudi Arabia,” he said without giving […]
I-LAP distributes food items among 2,000 flood affectees in KPK Islamabad: (Monday, January 30, 2012) Interfaith League against Poverty (I-LAP), an Islamabad based non-government organization, distributed food items among 2,000 floods affected families in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province today. The food packs included 20kg rice, 40kg wheat flour, 4kg split peas, 2kg sugar, 2.5kg cooking oil, […]
Husain Haqqani to fly to the US by tomorrow: Sources Islamabad: (Monday, January 30, 2012) Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani is expected to fly out of Pakistan by tomorrow morning after getting permission from the Supreme Court. According to the well placed sources, Haqqani is expected to travel to Doha tomorrow […]
Zardari to salvage party image in Sindh, stresses ministers to reach out to the people Karachi (Monday, January 30, 2012) It seems President Asif Ali Zardari has finally realized the fact that the day is not far when his party will have to face the people again for their votes as during a meeting here […]
