President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the United States was committed to long-term ties with Afghanistan but did not want to keep troops there longer than needed to disable al Qaeda and ensure a modicum of stability as foreign forces withdraw. “President (Hamid) Karzai understands we are interested in a strategic partnership with the Afghan [...]
At least three demonstrators were killed Saturday, medical sources said, as protesters tried to storm a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan in Two American members of the NATO force in Afghanistan were shot dead within the interior ministry in Kabul Saturday, military and government sources said, as anti-U.S. protests raged for a fifth day. “Initial [...]
As many as 67 per cent Pakistanis want the government to take steps for Islamisation, which is a clear indication that they have lost faith in the existing system. According to a survey carried out by Gilani Research Foundation, 31 per cent people want the government to take steps for Islamisation immediately, however, 48 per [...]
A gas plant has been attacked in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where government troops are fighting militants, Press TV reports. The attackers fired rocket propelled grenades and mortar shells at the plant in the town of Karak, which is situated about 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Islamabad, on Saturday evening. A firefight broke out [...]
MULTAN, Pakistan – A bomb blast ripped through a religious procession in eastern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 13 people and wounding at least 20 in the latest sectarian attack in the country, police said. Hundreds of Pakistani Shiites had gathered in the town of Khanpur in Punjab province for a traditional procession to mark the [...]
Pakistan’s prime minister has dismissed the country’s defence secretary in a move likely to escalate tensions between his civilian government and the country’s powerful military. Yousuf Raza Gilani’s decision comes against the backdrop of a scandal involving an unsigned memo that apparently sought US help in reining in Pakistan’s generals. Pakistan’s supreme court has set [...]
BEIJING: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Thursday that as a true and steadfast friend of Pakistan, China would continue to support Pakistan’s efforts to safeguard its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, maintain its national dignity and back the country’s economic growth. Premier Wen Jiabao underlined this message in a meeting with General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, [...]
OKARA, Pakistan – Sultan Mehmood Gujar was a solid supporter of Islamist militants fighting in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India and even donated money to them, until he attended an innovative 40-day lecture series by a moderate cleric aimed at countering violent extremism. The course, given to the public at an Islamic school in a hotbed [...]
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I am sure they take pleasure in their sadistic acts in those lands....
