Afghanistan
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New ambassador vows efforts towards strong US-Pakistan relations
Ambassador Aizaz Chauhdry with a US Student Ambassador to Pakistan, Photo: Pakistan Embassy in Washington Islamabad’s new ambassador to the United States has said he will focus on winning more friends for Pakistan in the American...March 18, 2017 1577 0 -
Amid Afghan descent, Trump cautioned against troops surge
A 2008 image shows US soldiers watching as two Chinook helicopters fly in to take them back to Bagram Air Field, Photo Credit:Spc. Mary L. Gonzalez, via Wikimedia As the Trump Administration seeks answers to Afghanistan...March 10, 2017 1110 0 -
US views Indian policy to ‘diplomatically isolate’ Pakistan as troubliing
Pakistan-India border at night, Photo: ISS Expedition 28 crew (NASA Earth Observatory) via Wikimedia Commons US Centcom Chief General Joseph L. Votel Thursday told Capitol Hill that India’s policy to ‘diplomatically isolate’ Pakistan hurts prospects for...March 10, 2017 1412 0 -
Pakistan ramps up security along tense Afghan border to combat common enemy
Torkham Border crossing on Pak-Afghan border, Photo by Master Sgt. Michael O’Connor (US armed forces), via Wikimedia Commons After a week of Afghan border tensions arising from a new wave of terrorist attacks in Pakistani cities,...February 20, 2017 877 0 -
Pakistan moves fiercely against militants after a week of deadly bombings
Torkham Gate on Pakistan-Afghanistan border Photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Matson (U.S. Armed Forces) via Wikimedia Commons Pakistan is moving fiercely against militant hideouts both in its mainland and along the Afghan border after a week...February 18, 2017 955 0 -
First Afghan female air force pilot applies for U.S. asylum
Nilofar Rahmani accepting her pilot wings at a ceremony in May 2013 Photo Credit: Senior Airman Scott Saldukas US Air Force via Wikimedia Commons Capt. Nilofar Rahmani, the first female pilot in the Afghan air force,...December 27, 2016 878 0 -
Heart of Asia calls for combined effort to curb terrorism
Composite satellite image of South Asia Photo : Public Domain via Wikimedia The Heart of Asia Conference concluded in Amritsar, the town on the India-Pakistan border on Sunday, calling for increased cooperation among member countries to cope...December 4, 2016 884 0 -
Will India respond positively to Pakistan’s peace overture?
Gold Temple in Amritsar, Photo by Sukanta Pal via Wikimedia Commons Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, faces a peace test this weekend when Pakistan will make a bold move to attend the Heart of Asia conference...December 2, 2016 1077 0 -
Afghan Taliban, FARC biggest drug traffickers: US
Colombia’s guerrilla Organization, FARC and Afghanistan’s militant group Taliban are the biggest organizations, engaged in terror financing through slush money, obtained from drug trafficking, a US Counter Narcotics official said Friday. “Afghan Talban are world’s biggest...October 21, 2016 900 0