Posts Tagged ‘Afghanistan’
Shivraj Patil said law will take its course in Afzal Guru case
Posted by: karthik007 on: January 4, 2009
Reacting to the renewed demand to give effect to the death sentence awarded to Afzal Guru, former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil today (January 3) said that the demand was “politically motivated.”
“There are 30-35 files (mercy petitions) pending. Why to single out Guru for expeditious disposal of them?”, he countered the media while on a personal [...]
US missile strikes kill 5 in Pakistan
Posted by: karthik007 on: January 1, 2009
Five persons were killed today when suspected US drones carried out a fresh missile strike in Pakistan’s troubled South Waziristan tribal region, known to be a stronghold of Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorists.The drone fired three missiles at Karikot village in South Waziristan.
Security officials said that one of the missiles had targetted a moving vehicle killing [...]
Pak to stop war drama: India tells
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 28, 2008
In a strong clarification from India, it has informed Pakistan that it has not engaged in any sort of troop build-up along the frontier and sought firm action against terrorist camps and militant groups operating from the Pakistani soil.
In fact, New Delhi has also told Islamabad that it has no plans for a military action, [...]
Stop war like hysteria: India to Pak
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 27, 2008
India has slammed Pakistan for its war rhetoric, demanding categorically that it stop creating a war like hysteria.External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said India was closely watching the developments across the border, and asked Pakistan to tone down the war rhetoric and act against those responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks. Pranab once again asked [...]
Sonia, SRK as ranked among the 50 most powerful people in the world
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 21, 2008
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan have been ranked among the 50 most powerful people in the world.
Pakistan army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who controls the the country’s nuclear weapons, is placed 20th on the list of the global “power elite” at the beginning of 2009 .
Obama, who scripted history by becoming [...]
U.S. send 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 20, 2008
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has signed a deployment order to move an additional 3,000 troops to Afghanistan next year, U.S. military officials said.
he troops will be part of a combat aviation brigade, the latest approved by Gates for the expected build-up of U.S. troops in Afghanistan throughout next year.
Earlier this year, the U.S. commander [...]
Sorely
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 13, 2008
Mr Gates, a former CIA director, told delegates he brought a “message of continuity and commitment to our friends and partners in the region”.
“Anyone who thought that the upcoming months might present opportunities to test the new administration would be sorely mistaken.
“President Obama and his national security team, myself included, will be ready to defend [...]
Destroy NATO trucks by Militants
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 12, 2008
It was the fifth attack on NATO supply lines through Pakistan since November.
One of those attacks took place November 11, when as many as 200 Taliban fighters hijacked a convoy carrying NATO supplies from Karachi to Afghanistan via the border at Peshawar. The militants took two Hummers and paraded them in front of the media [...]
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