NEW YORK - India views John Kerry, the new US secretary of state, as friendly to Pakistan and his recent pronouncements favouring strengthened ties with Islamabad has New Delhi worried, according to an Indian academic."The Massachusetts senator is widely viewed in Indian circles as sympathetic to ...

After almost nine years of insurgency, the Taliban are approaching the Afghan government and foreign forces about laying down arms, the commander of foreign troops in the country said Tuesday. US General David Petraeus, who commands more than 150,000 NATO and US troops in Afghanistan, said many ...