Robert Gates

Gates wants military to focus on scuffles around the planet

WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates believes preparing the US military to fight two major conventional wars is “out of date” and wants the top brass to start planning for multiple operations in the US and scuffles around the planet.

9/11 terror strikes

9/11 attackers still in Af-Pak region: US officials

WASHINGTON: Those behind the 9/11 terror strikes are still in the Af-Pak region and planning more attacks against the United States, country's top officials said on Sunday.

NATO

NATO diplomacy adript in Afghan valley of death

UZBEEN: In the Uzbeen valley, scene of the deadliest ambush on NATO troops in Afghanistan, Western commanders struggle with a new mindset that diplomacy, not massive firepower can beat the Taliban.

South Korea

Korea refutes Taliban statement

NEW DELHI: The South Korean Embassy in New Delhi has refuted a recent statement by Taliban that its pledge to send a provisional reconstruction team (PRT) to Afghanistan is an act against the independence of the war torn nation.

India and Pakistan

India, Pakistan have nothing to fear from each other: US

WASHINGTON: The Obama Administration is in discussion with both India and Pakistan trying to reassure the South Asian neighbours that they have nothing to fear from each other, a top US official has said.

Osama bin Laden

'Qaeda cannot be defeated until Osama is captured or killed'

WASHINGTON: America's top military commander in Afghanistan believes that al-Qaeda cannot be defeated until Osama bin Laden,

Afganitan and Amrican Flag

Show results or we will find someone else: US to Karzai

WASHINGTON: In a stern message to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the United States has warned him to act fast against corruption and governance failing which it will find someone else for the job.

Barack Obama

Obama to update PM on his Afghan strategy

WASHINGTON: The US President Barack Obama will brief Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with other world leaders about his new policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan, the White House said on Tuesday.

Pakistan's nuclear weapons

Pakistan nuclear facilities at risk: Security expert

Toronto: A Taliban insurgency and the war in neighbouring Afghanistan have put Pakistan's nuclear arsenal at risk giving rise to a "troubling" situation,

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Pakistan has nothing to fear from India: Manmohan

WASHINGTON: Terming as "tragic" Pakistan's use of terror as state policy,