Iraq: Explosions kill 10 in Karbala, says official |
- Iraq: Explosions kill 10 in Karbala, says official
- CIA created Haqqani network during Soviet occupation: Pak
- Pak officials deny reports on Hina Rabbani Khar being called back from US: Sources
- Saudi king grants women the right to vote in local elections
- Consider military action against Pak: US Senator
- Who are the Haqqanis?
- Gun attack at Kabul 'CIA compound': officials
- Pakistan military voices concern over US allegations
- Sonia, Tata among the world's 50 most-influential people: Survey
- Pak shared nuclear secrets with Iran, Libya: ISI report
- Pak army chief convenes special meeting after US warning on ISI
| Iraq: Explosions kill 10 in Karbala, says official Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:01 AM PDT A series of blasts hit a Shiite holy city in Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 10 people and wounding scores of others. A local resident said he feared the attacks were another attempt by Sunni insurgents to ignite sectarian violence in the country. 
  | ||
| CIA created Haqqani network during Soviet occupation: Pak Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:46 AM PDT Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has contended that the US should share the blame for the rise of the Haqqani network as the CIA created the Taliban faction during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and trained its members. 
  | ||
| Pak officials deny reports on Hina Rabbani Khar being called back from US: Sources Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:39 AM PDT Pakistan has denied reports that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani to cut short her visit to the United States. Ms Khar will stay in the US as per her previous schedule. 
  | ||
| Saudi king grants women the right to vote in local elections Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:23 AM PDT Saudi King Abdullah announced Sunday that the nation's women will gain the right to vote and run as candidates in local elections to be held in 2015 in a major advancement for the rights of women in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom. 
  | ||
| Consider military action against Pak: US Senator Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:22 AM PDT A Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee said on Sunday that the U.S. should consider military action against Pakistan if it continues to support terrorist attacks against American troops in Afghanistan. 
  | ||
| Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:21 AM PDT The Haqqani network, today considered the deadliest terror group in Afghanistan, is aided and supported by the ISI largely to promote pakistan's interests in Afghanistan against India. Based in North Waziristan in Pakistan, it is led by Jalauddin Haqqani and his son, Sirajuddin. Because of their close links to the ISI, the Pakistani army has not gone on the offensive against the Haqqanis. Infact they have only thrived operating freely from North Waziristan. 
 | ||
| Gun attack at Kabul 'CIA compound': officials Posted: 26 Sep 2011 02:39 AM PDT A compound in Kabul used by the US's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) came under attack, officials said, the latest in a series of assaults in the Afghan capital. Afghan interior ministry spokesman Siddiq Siddiqui said police had heard "a couple of minutes" of gunfire from inside the Ariana Hotel compound at around 1645 GMT. 
  | ||
| Pakistan military voices concern over US allegations Posted: 25 Sep 2011 05:22 PM PDT A top Pakistani general on Sunday expressed concern over US allegations of links to insurgents, stressing that peace in the region would only be possible through mutual trust and cooperation. 
  | ||
| Sonia, Tata among the world's 50 most-influential people: Survey Posted: 25 Sep 2011 01:41 PM PDT UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and industrialist Ratan Tata were among the world's "50 most influential people" along with German chancellor Angel Merkel, who was ranked No 1, according to a survey by UK-based magazine NewStatesman. 
  | ||
| Pak shared nuclear secrets with Iran, Libya: ISI report Posted: 25 Sep 2011 08:36 AM PDT Pakistan, which used every "legal and illegal" means to go nuclear, shared its secret atomic technology and equipment with countries like Iran and Libya, says a report by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), based on disgraced scientist A Q Khan's questioning, which was circulated among western intelligence agencies. 
  | ||
| Pak army chief convenes special meeting after US warning on ISI Posted: 25 Sep 2011 07:21 AM PDT Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani today convened a special meeting of his top commanders to review the security situation against the backdrop of mounting tensions with the US over its asssertion that the military-run Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had links to the Haqqani network. 
  |
| You are subscribed to email updates from NDTV News - World To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment