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Pakistan’s nuclear arms secure: US military chief
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are secure, the top US military chief Admiral Michael Mullen said Monday, ruling out that they could fall into the hands of Taliban militants. “I remain comfortable that the nuclear weapons in Pakistan are secure, that the Pakistani leadership, and in particular the military, is very focused on this,” Mullen, the [...]
Top senators unveil Pakistan aid overhaul
Washington: Two top US senators unveiled plans Monday to expand and overhaul civilian US aid to Pakistan, calling it an urgent step to help defeat Islamists who threaten the nuclear-armed ally’s stability. Democrat John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Republican Richard Lugar, the panel’s ranking member, introduced legislation calling for tripling [...]
DoD Requests Supplemental Funding by Memorial Day
WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates asked the Senate today to pass the fiscal 2009 supplemental funding request it’s considering by Memorial Day. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the $83.4 billion budget request today. Most of the request – about $76 billion – would go [...]
Pakistan army pounds Taliban positions
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistan pounded Taliban hideouts for a third consecutive day Thursday and said troops killed 14 insurgents in 24 hours as the president urged the nation to unite behind the offensive. Faced with grave US concerns that rebels threaten Pakistan’s very existence, fighter jets, attack helicopters and tanks this week opened three fronts after [...]
DoD Urges Boosting US Military Support to Pakistan
WASHINGTON: With a deteriorating situation in Pakistan, now is the time to strengthen the U.S.-Pakistan military partnership to help Pakistan in its counterinsurgency efforts, the undersecretary of defense for policy told Congress today. “We believe that right now it is more important than ever to strengthen our military partnership with Pakistan,” Michele Flournoy told the [...]
Extra British Troops to Deploy for Afghan Elections
The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has announced today that the number of British troops in Afghanistan will increase to 9,000 for the duration of the Afghan elections this summer. Following the elections, the number of British personnel in Afghanistan will reduce, in 2010, to an enduring presence of 8,300, the number that is currently in [...]
Petraeus Parallels Iraq, Afghanistan Strategies
WASHINGTON: Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the author of the military’s counterinsurgency manual, yesterday explained the principles that led to success in Iraq and how they apply to the fight in Afghanistan. The commander of U.S. Central Command spoke to a packed stadium at Kansas State University, invited as part of the prestigious Alfred M. [...]
Pakistan retakes key town as Zardari calls for unity
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistan’s military Wednesday said its troops seized control of the main town in the northwest Buner region after fierce fighting with the Taliban that killed more than 50 militants. The fighting came after the military Tuesday launched a ground and air offensive in Buner, near the troubled Swat valley, to flush out militants [...]
Pakistan mounts ground, air offensive in Buner: military
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistani troops backed by war planes launched a new operation in Buner town near the Swat valley Tuesday, as Islamabad intensified its efforts to flush out Taliban militants there. The latest operation by the Pakistani military follows an offensive mounted in nearby Lower Dir over the weekend that has swelled the number of [...]
