WASHINGTON - Putting terrorists on notice, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday night pledged to eliminate al-Qaeda from "safe havens" along the Pak-Afghan border. "With our friends and allies, we will forge a new and comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan to defeat al-Qaeda and combat ...

President Barack Obama's administration was quick to appoint a special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan as it looks at the border areas between them as a source of instability for the two countries and far beyond their borders. "We are engaged very vigorously in trying to assess what has been ...