Karachi: Highly wanted TTP commander killed
Karachi- The rangers killed a Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commader, Zuhair alias Salman, during a joint operation of police and the rangers in the metropolis area of Musharraf Colony.Disclosing the details,…
Karzai says Afghanistan will not be a repeat of Iraq
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has dismissed suggestions that his country could descend into the same chaos as Iraq when US-led troops pull out and leave the national police and army…
U.S. focus shifts away from airstrikes in Iraq
President Barack Obama is not expected to approve imminent airstrikes in Iraq, in part because there are few clear targets that could blunt a fast-moving Sunni insurgency, U.S. officials said…
Oil majors cut staff in Iraq on fears violence will spread
Some oil companies are pulling foreign staff from Iraq, fearing Sunni militants from the north could strike at major oilfields concentrated in the Shi'ite south despite moves by the Baghdad…
Militants lay siege to Iraq’s largest oil refinery
BAGHDAD: Militants laid siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery Wednesday, threatening a facility key to the country's domestic supplies as part of their ongoing lightning offensive across the country, a…
Operation Zarb-e-Azb : 17th June Developments
Casualties The third day of the ongoing military operation Zarb-e-Azb, witnessed a lot of action, as the PAF jets and gunship helicopters pumped up militant hideouts in Kushali Torikhel Wazir…
North Waziristan operation fully led by Pakistan: US spokesperson
Washington- United States has said Pakistan's operation against militants in North Waziristan is fully led and executed by the country.The US State Department spokesperson, Jen Psaki said this is a…
US hikes surveillance on Pak-Afghan border
WASHINGTON: The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the US has increased its surveillance over the Pak-Afghan border since Pakistan began pounding North Waziristan with airstrikes, but so far…
Second US guided-missile destroyer arrives in Europe
The USS Ross, the second of four US Navy destroyers considered to be the cornerstone of NATO’s European missile defense shield, has arrived at the Spanish naval port of Rota.…
Sharif urges Karzai to seal Pak-Afghan border
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai to help stop militants escape a major military offensive, as jets pounded Taliban hideouts in North Waziristan tribal…