Archive for November, 2011

Afghan forces to take on security lead for Nad ‘Ali

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Afghanistan’s own forces will take lead responsibility for delivering security in a number of new areas across the country, it was announced yesterday, including the Nad ‘Ali district of Helmand province where British forces operate.
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U.S. needs Indian Air Force to Counter China

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

During his visit to India last November, U.S. President Barack Obama characterized relations with India as “one of the defining and indispensable partnerships of the 21st century.”
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Russia’s radar to counter European missile shield

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

The launch of a new anti-missile radar station in the Russian Baltic Sea region of Kaliningrad should be treated by the West as the “first signal” of Russia’s readiness to counter “threats” posed by NATO’s missile defense plans, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
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‘Iran’s nuclear achievements will astonish the West’

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Informed sources in Tehran say that Western countries, which are trying to focus the world’s attention on the false issue of a “possible military dimension” of Iran’s nuclear activities, will be astonished by the country’s nuclear achievements in the near future.
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China and Australia to hold their first disaster relief exercises

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

China and Australia started their first joint humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise on Monday.
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China supports Pakistan in row over Nato border attack

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

China has stepped into the toxic diplomatic dispute between Pakistan and the United States, expressing its “deep shock and strong concern” over the deaths of Pakistani soldiers bombarded by Nato helicopters at a border post.
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Pakistan to boycott Bonn conference over Nato attack

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Pakistan decided Tuesday to boycott a key international conference on Afghanistan next month, ramping up its protest over lethal cross-border Nato air strikes that have plunged US ties into deep crisis.
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Standard procedures violated in unprovoked Nato strike

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Terming the strikes on Pakistani posts by Nato and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) unprovoked act of blatant aggression, Director General, Military Operations, Maj. Gen. Ishfaq Nadeem said on Tuesday that attacks were not unintended in which all coordination procedures were violated.
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Timeline – Attacks and incursions

Monday, November 28th, 2011

By Muhammad Yaseen Siddiqui.

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China and India playing Dangerous Game on the World Stage

Monday, November 28th, 2011

By Muhammad Yaseen Siddiqui.

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