The Pentagon has had longstanding contacts with India on missile defense issues but is not in talks to sell it missile defense systems, a defense spokesman said. "The United States and India currently are not discussing the sale of any

The 2009 Defense Authorization Act, which included a host of improvements in military pay and benefits, capped by a 3.9 percent raise, and was signed into law by President Bush. The pay raise, which takes effect on Jan. 1, marks the eighth

Defense Minister, Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has said that holding talks with Taliban was in the interest of the country; talks with the Taliban leaders were held earlier and were being held now also. Talking to newsmen at the PIA head office