London  - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Sunday condemned North Korea's rocket launching and accused Pyongyang of pursuing a "hostile policy" towards the world.

Miliband said that the launch was part of North Korea's "ballistic missile programme" and so it violated a UN Security Council resolution

"While Pyongyang continues to pursue a hostile policy towards the rest of the world, it cannot hope to take its rightful place within the international community.<

London - The British government is to hold an independent comprehensive inquiry into the planning and conduct of the Iraq war once the bulk of combat troops have come home by the end of July, Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced Wednesday.

A full inquiry would be set up "as soon as practical" after July 31 when British troop levels will have been reduced to 400 from the current 4,100 troops still stationed in southern Iraq.

Lahore, Mar. 25 : UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that Pakistan's history has proven that maintaining links with terrorists in the hope that they could be used as an instrument was a total failure.

In an interview with a British TV station, Miliband urged Pakistani leaders to unite against the common enemy of terrorism.

He also said that Pakistan must direct its attention to the threat posed by domestic terrorism, the Daily Times reports.

London, Mar. 21: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that the Taliban has achieved a "strategic stalemate" in Afghanistan.

His statement came as he refused to say whether he wanted to reduce the number of British forces in the country.

London - The US and their allies face a "strategic stalemate" in parts of Afghanistan, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband warned Friday.

He said a "bigger and more effective" security force was needed to stop the Taliban controlling more territory and repeated the call for other European nations to increase troop levels in Afghanistan.

"In parts of the country there is a strategic stalemate," Miliband said in a BBC interview.

Lahore, Mar. 14 : The British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband called the former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif to discuss the current political turmoil in the country, and to broker talks between the government and the PML-N.

According to The Daily Times, during the telephonic conversation between the two leaders, issues such as the current political situation and the scenario emerging out of the country wide lawyers' protest were discussed.