(PTI): New Delhi receives a delivery of its first Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) plane from Israel amid growing military ties with the Zionist state. The AWACS was escorted by fighter jets and landed Monday at an airbase in western India. The delivery is the first of three units that Israel Aerospace Industries agreed
India receives AWACS plane from Israel
Published in May 26th, 2009
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CIA and Pakistani police run joint operation in Pakistan
Published in May 24th, 2009
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(PTI): CIA and Pakistani police forces have reportedly carried out a joint operation in Charsadda in north western Pakistan and arrested seven militants. CIA and Peshawar police jointly raided a house in the area on a tip-off, Pakistan’s The News reported. Three terrorists that planned to carry out suicide attacks were among
Obama vows for US support to Pakistan
Published in May 13th, 2009
(APP): As Pakistan stepped up its military offensive to flush out Taliban militants from its northwestern Swat valley, Richard Holbrooke, US presidential envoy for the region, and influential Senator John Kerry vowed sustained U.S. support to help the country achieve economic development and stability and eliminate the terrorist threat along its Afghan border once and [...]
UN calls for global support for 360,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Pakistan
Published in May 12th, 2009
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(APP): The U.N. refugee agency chief Monday appealed for international solidarity to support the hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis fleeing the conflict in the north-west as the government troops pounds the area in an attempt to defeat a militant insurgency. With the help of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), local authorities have registered [...]
Israeli forces attack Palestinian farmers
Published in May 3rd, 2009
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(PTI): Israeli forces on the southeastern fence, surrounding the beleaguered Gaza Strip, have opened fire on Palestinian farmers according to eyewitnesses. The farmers, who were working on their land in Faraheen area in east Khan Younis city, came under machinegun fire from
US seeking help of Nawaz Sharif to tackle ongoing Taliban insurgency
Published in May 3rd, 2009
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(PTI): The administration of President Barack Obama is reaching out to President Asif Ali Zardari’s rivals who maintain close ties with radical groups, a report says. Citing unnamed administration officials, The New York Times reported on Saturday that opposition leader Nawaz Sharif’s close ties with right wing parties could help tackle
