Bush approves ground assaults inside Pakistan
Published: September 12, 2008NEW YORK - President George W Bush secretly approved orders in July allowing US special forces for the first time to carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without the approval of Pakistan government, The New York Times reported on Thursday. The classified orders reflect concern about safe havens for Al-Qaeda and the Taliban inside Pakistan, as well as an American view that Pakistan lacks the will and ability to combat militants, the newspaper said in a dispatch from Washington. “The situation in the tribal areas is not tolerable,” said a senior US official who spoke to the Times
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Brown, Karzai endorse new US strategy
LONDON/KABUL (Agencies) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Afghan President Hamid Karzai have endorsed new US strategy to target militants safe havens in Pakistan's border areas. Brown said he’ll discuss a new approach to policing Read full story »
Nato to stay away from Pak border
NATO will not take part in a proposed US strategy of conducting raids into Pakistan from Afghanistan against Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants, a spokesman said on Thursday, reported a private TV channel. “The NATO policy, that is our Read full story »
Zardari-Brown meeting on 16th
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Zardari will meet British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London on September 16 during what is ostensibly a private visit for two days, it is learnt. The meeting has assumed considerable significance amid talk of Read full story »
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