Tag: Drones

A United Nations investigation into targeted killings will examine drone strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, according to the British lawyer heading the...

Pakistan unofficially allows the CIA to hit terrorists inside on its soil using unmanned drones, but condemns it officially, a former top American intelligence...

The administration of President Barack Obama is completing a counterterrorism manual that will establish clear rules for targeted-killing operations, The Washington Post reported late...

The UN peacekeeping department has asked the Security Council to back the use of surveillance drones for the first time in the Democratic Republic...

Was it a case of mistaken identity, or a plan to compromise Pakistan’s anti-terror efforts would take time to ascertain, but two US drone...

Former Chairman of Pakistan Steels Mills and Pakistan Ordinance Factories Wah, Lieutenant General (retd) Abdul Qayyum has said that capturing of US spy aircraft...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf raised the issue of drone attacks in the backdrop of Thursday's attack on Mir Ali with US Ambassador to...

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday underlined that drone attacks in Waziristan should be stopped because these are against the regional sovereignty of Pakistan. In...

The Peshawar High Court (PHC) Wednesday issued a notice to former President General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf for allowing drone strikes in Pakistan. The PHC issued...

Leader of Difa-e-Pakistan Council Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman Khalil has said that both the presidential candidates in US elections have announced to continue drone attacks on...

Pakistan gained spotlight in the American presidential debate on foreign policy as Mitt Romney, President Obama’s rival in the November 6 election, ruled out...

The Central Intelligence Agency is seeking the White House approval for a significant expansion of its fleet of armed drones, a move that would...

The CIA is urging the White House to approve a significant expansion of the agency’s fleet of armed drones, a move that would extend...

Former Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt General (Retd) Hamid Gul has termed US led drone strikes as ‘murderous attacks’. Hamid Gul said that...

Pakistan on Thursday again protested with the United States over the successive drone strikes in the last two days, saying the attacks were clear...

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said that the United Nations (UN) will be requested to intervene for stopping US drone attacks...

Taking a swipe at the Obama Administration’s overreliance on drones in pursuit of al-Qaeda-linked militants, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney Monday said the...