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Malik finally confirms death of Ilyas Kashmiri
Jun 7th
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has confirmed the death of Al-Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri, the mastermind of PNS Mehran, in US drone strike, Geo News reported.
Talking to newsmen outside the Parliament House, he said that investigation into…
Obama meets with advisers to discuss Afghanistan
Jun 6th
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama convened his national security team Monday to weigh in on the war in Afghanistan, as he mulls a long-term plan that could see more US troops withdraw sooner. Senior administration officials and military commanders met in the White House Situation Room starting at 10:00 am for their monthly meeting on Afghanistan [...]
Burhanuddin aides met Quetta Shura
Jun 6th
KABUL: Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani said that his members had held preliminary talks with the main Taliban group led by Mullah Mohammad Omar and the so-called Quetta Shura, a US newspaper reported
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is callin…
U.S. seeks direct talks with Taliban’s Mullah Omar
Jun 6th
WASHINGTON: With America expected to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in July, Washington has stepped up the pace of talks with Taliban leaders. During a visit to Islamabad last month, Marc Grossman, Washington’s special envoy …
US mulls larger troop pullout from Afghanistan
Jun 6th
WASHINGTON: Top White House national security advisers are considering much more significant troop reductions in Afghanistan than those discussed even a few weeks ago, The New York Times reported late Sunday.
The newspaper said some officials were arg…
Afghan Dynamics: Talks with Taliban, Warlords and NATO
Jun 6th
Wedded to the warlords: NATO’s unholy Afghan allianceGRAEME SMITH, From Saturday’s Globe and Mail, Jun. 03, 2011
Smoke billows above coils of razor wire after an earth-shaking explosion kills one of Afghanistan’s most powerful generals. The next day, a young officer with a neatly trimmed beard accepts a new job during a brief ceremony in the wood-panelled office of a southern governor.
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US weighs timeline on Afghan surge force pullout: Gates
Jun 6th
FORWARD OPERATING BASE DWYER: A looming US decision on troop drawdowns in Afghanistan could include a timeline for pulling out 30,000 “surge” forces deployed last year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.
In a farewell visit to Afghanistan bef…
Last interview of Saleem Shahzad
Jun 6th
This is the last interview slain journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad gave. He negated the theory that Taliban will negotiate with America after Osama Bin Laden is gone.
Action after Kharotabad tribunal verdict: Malik
Jun 6th
QUETTA: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Sunday said the responsible of Kharotabad firing tragedy would be dealt with iron hand adding that there is no evidence of Taliban presence in the city and the propaganda in this regard was baseless.
“The prop…
Plot to assassinate Zardari in Pims foiled
Jun 6th
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police have foiled a plot to assassinate President Asif Ali Zardari, police officials said. Senior officials disclosed to The News that the plot involved a 52-member squad. Several members of the squad have been arrested. Currently, they are being interrogated while the police are making hectic efforts to apprehend the others. A [...]
