According to a UN report, a significant clan of the Al-Qaeda leadership resides in the Afghanistan and Pakistan border region, including the group’s elusive leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who is “probably alive but too frail to be featured in propaganda,”. A huge portion of Al-Qaeda fighters and other extremist elements aligned with the Taliban are located in […]
Haqqani Network
Haqqani network, other terrorist havens destroyed: DG ISPR
RAWALPINDI: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor has on Sunday said that Pakistan Army has destroyed all terrorist havens including those of the Haqqani network. “Pakistan has gained tremendous success in its war against terrorism. We have successfully destroyed all terrorist havens from the country including those of the Haqqani network,” […]
Votel dismisses the apprehension that Pakistan and US are at conflict
WASHINGTON: General Joseph Votel, responsible for all US military operations in Pakistan-Afghan region, told a congressional panel on Tuesday that the United States (US) had always valued the military-to-military relationship with Pakistan and had made efforts to sustain transparency and communication with military leaders. US shows great concerns about Pakistan’s alleged provision of locale and […]
Afghan interior minister, intelligence chief land in Islamabad after Kabul attacks
ISLAMABAD: Afghan Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak and intelligence chief Masoom Stanekzai arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday for talks following two major attacks by the Taliban in Kabul, which killed over 125 people, Afghan ambassador Omar Zakhilwal said. Zakhilwal said on his Twitter that the Afghan officials will hold “some important meetings today (Wednesday) in […]
US drone strike targeted an Afghan refugee camp near Kurram Agency: Pakistan Foreign Office
Islamabad: Spokesperson of Pakistan Foreign Office, Dr Muhammad Faisal said that a US drone struck a refugee’s camp in Afghanistan through a drone attack. In reaction to this statement, the US embassy denied the Pakistan Foreign Office’s claim that the drone strike struck an Afghan refugee camp. According to the local administration of the refugee’s […]