Tag: drone strikes

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday upheld an earlier verdict of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) and dismissed a petition filed to halt US drone...

KUNDUZ: Since US forces began stepping up air strikes against the Taliban, Kunduz shopkeeper Najibullah no longer fears another insurgent takeover of the northern...

WASHINGTON: The US conducted a pair of drone strikes against Islamic State fighters in Somalia on Friday, the first time America has hit the...

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Defence has sought details of the drone strikes carried so far by the US-led NATO forces inside Pakistan’s...

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the United States should try and limit drone strikes when efforts to revive Afghan-Taliban peace dialogue...

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is preparing to relax Obama-era rules on drone strikes and commando raids, paving the way for more frequent operations against...

WASHINGTON: The CIA is pushing for a paramilitary role for the spy agency in counterterrorism by seeking authority to carry out drone strikes in...

The Obama administration will pay $3 million in compensation to the family of an Italian aid worker who was killed in a drone strike...

Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi on Sunday said the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) as well as China are supporting Pakistan's stance...

The unintentional deaths came in a total of 473 CIA and military counterterrorism strikes up to the end of 2015 that the administration said have taken between 2372 and 2581 militants permanently off the battlefield in countries where the United States is not at war, which would include Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Libya.

Pakistan on Wednesday stressed that the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council and its mechanisms should respond to human rights violations and the loss...

Sartaj says drone strikes violate Pakistan's sovereignty, vitiate bilateral ties; warns against future strikes.

Pakistan, which says it is hosting the Afghan Taliban’s top leadership in order to exert influence over them, has lambasted the United States over the drone attack, calling it a violation of its sovereignty.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday stated that extremism has increased in Pakistan’s tribal areas due to US drone attacks. In an interview...

Drones fired more weapons than conventional warplanes for the first time in Afghanistan last year and the ratio is rising. Previously unreported United States (US)...

Drone strikes in Pakistan fell to their lowest level for eight years in 2015, according to new research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism,...

Britain will not hesitate to carry out more deadly drone strikes against militants in Syria planning attacks on the United Kingdom, Defense Minister Michael...