The Hague - The United States' special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, held talks with Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Akhunzadeh at a conference on Afghanistan in The Hague on Tuesday.
"During the course of the conference today, our special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, had a brief and cordial exchange with the head of the Iranian delegation," US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in The Hague.
London, Mar. 31 : The frequency and magnitude of terror strikes within its geographical territory has increased manifold in recent times proving one thing for sure that the extremists groups once nurtured by Pakistan to act against the Soviets in Afghanistan, and carry out the holy war ‘Jihad’ against India to set Kashmir free have now also turned against Pakistan.
The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which has been charged of carrying out the Novenber 2008 terror attack on Mumbai, is considered to have a strong hold in Lahore.
The Hague - The European Commission said Tuesday it was providing 60 million euros (80 million dollars) in additional funds to Afghanistan to support the country's elections, its police force and its farmers.
The money is being added to the commission's existing 700-million-euro fund for the 2007-10 period, External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said at a UN conference in The Hague.
About a third of this extra money will go to help Afghanistan hold elections in August, in which President Hamid Karzai is vying for a new term in office.
The Hague - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was Tuesday due to outline her administration's new strategy for Afghanistan at a conference in The Hague attended by more than 70 countries, including Pakistan and Iran.
The so-called "big tent" meeting, organized by the Dutch government and co-hosted by the United Nations, was taking place amid tight security in the Netherlands' administrative capital.
Brussels - European members of NATO must not slacken their military efforts in the struggle against the radical Islamic Taliban in Afghanistan, outgoing NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Monday.
"Afghanistan is not US President Barack Obama's war. It's our war, the international community's," de Hoop Scheffer said in Brussels during an interview.
The Hague - The United States' special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, held talks with Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Akhunzadeh at a conference on Afghanistan in The Hague on Tuesday.
London, Mar. 31 : The frequency and magnitude of terror strikes within its geographical territory has increased manifold in recent times proving one thing for sure that the extremists groups once nurtured by Pakistan to act against the Soviets in Afghanistan, and carry out the holy war ‘Jihad’ against India to set Kashmir free have now also turned against Pakistan.
The Hague - The European Commission said Tuesday it was providing 60 million euros (80 million dollars) in additional funds to Afghanistan to support the country's elections, its police force and its farmers.
Kabul, Mar. 31 : Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has signed a law which "legalises" rape, women''s groups and the United Nations warn.
The Hague - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was Tuesday due to outline her administration's new strategy for Afghanistan at a conference in The Hague attended by more than 70 countries, including Pakistan and Iran.
Brussels - European members of NATO must not slacken their military efforts in the struggle against the radical Islamic Taliban in Afghanistan, outgoing NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Monday.
