LONDON : Some British troops will have to stay in Afghanistan into 2015 to ensure the departure of forces is properly managed, defence minister Philip Hammond said on Tuesday.Combat operations are still due to finish by the end of 2014 but the final tours of duty will be extended to last up to a ...

ISLAMABADThe players’ revolt forced the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) to postpone trial matches for the selection of squad for the World Team Squash Championship starting from June 9 in France.The inside sources have confirmed to this scribe that five players including Sh Saqib, Tayyab ...

KARACHI - The ANP and PPP leaders have said the terrorists and extremists have announced battle against the country’s liberal forces. They said it is need of the hour that all the liberal forces should unite against the elements those are harming the democratic process in the country.ANP ...

manamaNaval forces from more than 41 countries gathered in Bahrain -- across the Gulf from Iran -- on Monday to prepare for a massive minesweeping exercise, the US Fifth Fleet said.The International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) "is the largest exercise of its kind in the region and will ...

Security forces killed at least eight militants during an operation in Upper Orakzai on Saturday.As per details, the operation was carried out in Shin Qamar and Sanga areas.During the aerial attacks Pakistani military aircraft also destroyed three militant hideouts.Orakzai is one of Pakistan's ...

lahore/karachi - PPP leader Senator Rehman Malik has said that pro-Taliban forces want to keep PPP and other liberal forces away from the elections. He called upon the Election Commission of Pakistan to take action against the parties who were violating the election code of conduct. Addressing ...

BEIRUT AFP/Reuters Syrian forces were on Thursday tightening the noose on rebels holed up in a key area of the central city of Homs, the Observatory for Human rights watchdog said.“The Syrian army, supported by back-up forces and expert officers from Iran and Hezbollah, has taken control of ...

KIRKUK,Iraq:  Kurdish security forces deployed near the disputed northern Iraqi city ofKirkuk, a Kurdish official said on Saturday, a move allegedly aimed at combating militants in the area. In the past week, a wave of violence has killed more than 200 people country-wide, including dozens ...

lahore - The presence of American and NATO forces in the areas of Iraq and Afghanistan can give Pakistani businessmen a chance to spread out their businesses by supplying food items like rice, pulses, vegetables, meat, chicken and fruits etc. to these soldiers. “Supply of clothing to the ...

risalpur - Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Khalid Shamim Wynne Friday said the Armed Forces of the country are fully equipped to fight with the extremist elements, which are trying to challenge peace and national harmony.In the recent security scenario, where the extremist ...

Clashes on Tuesday in north Iraq between security forces and anti-government protesters allegedly infiltrated by militants left 27 people dead and about 70 injured, top army officers said.The clashes are just the latest violence between security forces and demonstrators in recent months, and will ...

Eight militants were killed and one soldier was injured after an exchange of fire in Orakzai Agency on Wednesday.According to sources, Taliban militants ambushed a security check-post in Dabori area of Orakzai Agency early in the morning.The security forces retaliated strongly, thwarting the ...

KABUL - Hundreds of Afghan demonstrators on Saturday marched to the parliament complex in the capital Kabul demanding US special forces withdraw from Wardak province after allegations of abuse. President Karzai ordered elite US units to pull out of the strategic province after he alleged that US ...

Pakistani troops backed by Amman Lashkar (Peace militia, local pro-government militia), conducted a joint military operation in a tribal town of Bajaur Agency on the Afghan border, killing at least 28 militants, government sources said on Saturday. The operation was launched Saturday noon in Bajwar ...

Interior Minister, Rehman Malik Saturday claimed that security agencies foiled an attempt to attack the Parliament House during President’s address. Talking to journalists, he said that the plot was disclosed by a suspect who was arrested by security agencies in Islamabad. He said the ...

The Syrian regime’s rocket and shell bombardment of protest hubs has left another 79 civilians dead, activists said, as Washington closed its Damascus embassy and Britain recalled its ambassador. The opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) said the regime was surrounding Homs with tanks on ...

Political forces watching their personal and party interests: Sheikh RashidThe Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that all political parties were busy in protecting personal and party interests and no one cares about public mandate and aspiration.Talking to media persons ...

Tunisian security forces on Thursday killed two members of an armed group and arrested a third after a clash the day before left a policeman and three soldiers wounded, one of them critically, the state news agency reported. The group was caught after a wide-ranging manhunt involving helicopters in ...

Syrian forces have killed at least 7,384 children since March last year in the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, according to a report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef). Rima Salah, acting Unicef deputy executive director said as of January 7, 384 children, most were ...

Security forces on Wednesday targeted suspected militant hide-outs with heavy shelling in upper Orakzai and central Kurram regions, report said. According to government sources, military jets bombed different areas of Mamuzai in upper Orakzai agency, killing at least 11 suspected militants. Six ...

Pakistan has rejected the allegations of German newspaper that Pakistani intelligence agencies are involved in spying on the German security forces in Afghanistan. Its worth mentioned that German weekly Bildam Sonntag, without citing its sources, reported on Sunday that Germany's BND foreign ...

Unmanned Predators and Reapers aircraft are already a scourge in Pakistan's tribal badlands, but soon the US forces will confront the militants with a new weapon, miniaturised "Kamakaze" drones, launched by soldiers in the battlefield itself. Labelled 'switchblade', the mini drones are small enough ...

The security forces raided the house of Bloach leader and former Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Humayun Marri and seized heavy arms and ammunition from the house. According to security personnel, on a tip off, the security forces raided the house but Mir Humayun Marri managed to flee from the scene ...

Nearly two thirds of New Zealanders want the country's special forces to come home after they finish their current tour of duty in Afghanistan, a poll revealed Monday. The New Zealand Herald-DigiPoll survey found 63.3 percent of respondents wanted the country's Special Air Service forces out of ...

Nearly 1,000 residents have fled two villages near an Indonesian volcano that has been erupting this week and has a history of violent explosions. Disaster managment official Warsito said 977 people from Kaskasen and Kinilow villages evacuated Tuesday to a school in the district town of Tomohon. ...

Former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday said it was wrong to say that multi-billion dollar aid coming from the United States was primarily being routed to the country's defence forces for counter-terrorism operations. Speaking in an exclusive interview to a foreign news agency on ...

President PEW Dr. Murtaza Mughal, Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Monday said that country is passing through a critical stage and propaganda against armed forces and ISI at this critical juncture amounts to treason. According to press release issued here on Monday, Dr. Murtaza Mughal, President ...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia was ready to conduct dialog with all political forces in Libya that have future, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday, RIA Novosti reported. Late on Tuesday, Medvedev held a phone conversation with his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma, who ...

The walkie talkies used by the terrorist are used by the NATO forces in Afghanistan. According to the ongoing investigations in the attack on the Pakistan Naval Base Mehran in Karachi, the terrorists were using the LXT 303 walkie talkies made by an American company, Media Reports say. According to ...

Afghan forces are not yet able to take over security responsibilities, Afghan Minister of Interior said. Afghan Minister of Interior, General Besmellah Mohammadi, addressing the House of Representatives on Wednesday said everyone agrees on the transition plan, but warned that the Afghan security ...