Islamabad, Feb. 11: Pakistan expects more from the United States in return for its cooperation against al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and this message was amply conveyed to President Obama's Special Envoy on Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke during his meetings with the leadership here.
Lahore, Feb. 10: US Central Command officials are planning to rope in even more capable drones to support their Afghanistan operations. Already, unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flight hours in Afghanistan have doubled every three months, Aviation Week & Space Technology reports.
The magazine claims that Pentagon's UAS fleet is growing and providing new capabilities for war efforts as planners weigh options for even more sophisticated systems.
New Delhi - A top al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan warned India in a videotape broadcast Tuesday of "Mumbai-style strikes" if it tries to attack Pakistan.
Mustafa Abu al-Yazid said in the video shown on Indian news channels that Indians suffered "humiliation" in the November assault and more was in store if India decided to retaliate against Pakistan.
"India should know that it will have to pay a heavy price if it attacks Pakistan," al-Yazid said in the 20-minute video in Arabic that was received by the BBC in Islamabad. "The mujahedin will sunder your armies into the ground like they did to the Russians in Afghanistan."
Kabul - Two soldiers under NATO command were killed and another was wounded Tuesday in a roadside bombing in south-eastern Afghanistan, the alliance said.
The attack happened in Khost city, the capital of the province of the same name, when a convoy of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was coming out of its base in the Sarbagh area.
"The attack killed two soldiers and wounded another," said an ISAF media officer in Kabul who declined to be named.
In accordance with ISAF rules, the media officer did not reveal the nationalities of the soldiers. Most of the forces deployed in the eastern and south-eastern provinces are US soldiers.
Washington, Feb. 10: In his first news conference after assuming office as the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama on Monday called for the rooting out of all safe havens for terrorists in Afghanistan and other states.
Laying stress on his concerns about a lack of progress on the political front in this respect, Obama said Afghanistan lags behind Iraq.
Islamabad, Feb. 11: Pakistan expects more from the United States in return for its cooperation against al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and this message was amply conveyed to President Obama's Special Envoy on Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke during his meetings with the leadership here.
Washington - expects that President Barack Obama will decide in the coming days over the final number of troop reinforcements for Afghanistan.
Lahore, Feb. 10: US Central Command officials are planning to rope in even more capable drones to support their Afghanistan operations. Already, unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flight hours in Afghanistan have doubled every three months, Aviation Week & Space Technology reports.
Washington, Feb. 10: In his first news conference after assuming office as the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama on Monday called for the rooting out of all safe havens for terrorists in Afghanistan and other states.
