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Samjhota Express bombing: India files case against 5 accused
NEW DEHLI: The Samjhota Express case took a major turn on Monday when India filed charges against five Hindu activists for their involvement in the 2007 bombing of the Pakistan-bound train that killed 68 people. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, two of the accused were in custody while one was dead and two others [...]
Continue reading...Haqqani defends decision to detain CIA informants
20. June 2011
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani on Sunday defended Pakistan’s decision to detain five informants who aided the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in tracking down Osama bin Laden. Haqqani was speaking during a media interview. The ambassador said 30 people had been rounded up in investigations concerning Osama bin Laden’s compound. He [...]
Continue reading...Pakistan-India talks to focus on terrorism – SM Krishna
20. June 2011
NEW DEHLI: Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna says upcoming talks between the foreign secretaries of Indian and Pakistan will focus on terrorism, reported on Monday. Speaking to the media in New Delhi, Krishna said trust deficit between the two countries needed to be reduced. He said that India had asked Pakistan to speed up [...]
Continue reading...Indian foreign secretary due in Pakistan to discuss Kashmir
15. June 2011
India’s Foreign Secretary is due to visit Pakistan this month to discuss the Kashmir issue, a Pakistani official said on Tuesday, the first formal talks between the two countries on their core dispute since the Mumbai attacks in 2008 froze their peace process. “She (Nirupama Rao) is expected here later this month to discuss peace [...]
Continue reading...US establishes contact with Mullah Omar
14. June 2011
The United States has established contacts with elusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar to negotiate an end to the conflict in Afghanistan. A former Afghan Taliban spokesman has played a key role in the US-Taliban communication. Abdul Haqiq, who was operating under the alias of Dr Mohammad Hanif as an Afghan Taliban spokesman, is said to have [...]
Continue reading...Future strategy: Military brass in huddle to discuss new US wish list
31. May 2011
ISLAMABAD: Top military commanders are expected to hold a “special meeting” this week to consider the latest US demands, including the initiation of a full-scale operation against the Haqqani network, allegedly based in the North Waziristan Agency. The meeting of the corps commanders, which is to be chaired by Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, [...]
Continue reading...Pak-India talks to begin amidst calls to fight monster of terrorism
29. May 2011
NEW DEHLI: Pakistan’s Defence Secretary Syed Athar Ali arrived in New Delhi on Sunday to hold talks with his counterpart, even as India’s top leadership continued to mount pressure regarding terrorism within Pakistan. The 12th round of talks between Pakistan and India, being held after a gap of four years on May 30th and 31st, [...]
Continue reading...China denies citizens held hostage in Pakistan base attack
25. May 2011
BEIJING: China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denied that any of the country’s citizens was held hostage in an attack by Taliban militants on a Pakistani naval base, although it said Chinese technicians were moved to safety because of the assault. The hostage issue is the latest episode of uncertainty in a Sino-Pakistani relationship that is [...]
Continue reading...Afghanistan says Mullah Omar has disappeared
23. May 2011
KANDAHAR: Afghanistan’s intelligence services said Monday that Taliban leader Mullah Omar had “disappeared from his hideout” in Pakistan, but could not confirm that he had been killed despite an earlier claim. He is said to have vanished up to five days ago. “We can confirm that he has been disappeared from his hideout in Quetta, [...]
Continue reading...Pakistan protests with NATO on Afghan border incursion
17. May 2011
DATTA KHEL: Pakistan’s army on Tuesday lodged a “strong protest” with Nato after two of its helicopters intruded into its airspace at the Afghan border, the military said. The “Pakistan army has lodged a strong protest and demanded a flag meeting,” the military said in a statement. Two security personnel were injured when a Nato [...]
Continue reading...Clinton to visit Pakistan for ‘strategic’ talks
17. May 2011
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Pakistan for “strategic” talks following the US raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, but no date has been set, a spokesman said. Clinton “does plan to visit Pakistan in order to have an in-depth strategic discussion about our cooperation and to convey the [...]
Continue reading...Pakistan, US try to smooth Bin Laden row
16. May 2011
Pakistan and the United States sought Monday to smooth a damaging row caused by Osama bin Laden’s killing, hailing each other as partners with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poised to visit. US Senator John Kerry flew in as the most senior American official to visit Pakistan since the raid, as US lawmakers demand [...]
Continue reading...Saudi diplomat shot dead in Karachi
16. May 2011
A Saudi diplomat was killed in a hail of bullets on his way to the country’s consulate in Karachi on Monday, the second attack on Saudi interests in the city in less than a week. The Tehrik-i-Taliban denied carrying out the assassination and authorities said they were investigating possible links to sectarian groups or the [...]
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20. June 2011
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