Washington, Sep 9: There is no quick way to wiping out militancy along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas, British envoy Rory Stewart has said.
Stewart, who is an expert on Pakistan and Afghanistan, also warned anti-terrorism coalition forces against pursuing any aggressive military policy in the Tribal Areas.
He said that “there is no silver bullet out there” to enforce full security and stability in a stipulated timeframe.
Lahore, Sep 9: Civilian deaths in US and NATO air strikes in Afghanistan have nearly tripled between 2006 and 2007 with new deadly strikes fuelling a public backlash, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
According to AAJ TV, foreign forces were guilty of causing civilian deaths by using civilians as ‘human shields’, by deploying troops in villages, the rights group said in a report.
“Mistakes by the US and NATO have dramatically decreased public support for the Afghan government and the international forces (in the country),” a statement accompanying the report said.
Washington - The United States plans to bring another 8,000 troops home from Iraq by February while expand its military presence in Afghanistan, President George W Bush was to announce Tuesday.
The Iraq force reductions were recommended by General David Petraeus, commander of US forces in Iraq, due to a sharp drop in violence in Iraq over the last several months, Bush will say, according to prepared remarks released late Monday.
Islamabad, Sept. 8 : A suspected missile strike, launched allegedly by US troops in Afghanistan, has claimed the lives of at least nine people in Pakistan''s volatile North Waziristan region.
According to reports from Dera Ismail Khan, missiles from a suspected U. S. drone aircraft struck a house and seminary linked to a key Taliban commander on Monday.
Officials and witnesses were quoted as saying that the attack took place in a village in North Waziristan.
Washington, Sep 9: There is no quick way to wiping out militancy along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas, British envoy Rory Stewart has said. 
The United States plans to bring another 8,000 troops home from Iraq by February while expand its military presence in Afghanistan, President George W Bush was to announce Tuesday.
Kandahar, Sept 8 : At least six people were killed and two injure
Berlin - Germany is to increase aid to Afghanistan by 30 million euros (43 mill
Islamabad, Sept. 8 : A suspected missile strike, launched allegedly by US troops in Afghanistan, has claimed the lives of at least nine people in Pakistan''s volatile North Waziristan region.
