Tag: Drones

Badruddin Haqqani, the operational commander of the Haqqani network, is believed to have died on Friday in missile strikes on Pakistan’s tribal area of...

Pakistan on Thursday strongly protested against US drone strikes on its territory, calling the attacks “illegal” and a violation of international laws. In...

Pakistan has formally launched a protest with the United States over a flurry of missile strikes by the US last week in its tribal...

Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt General Zaheerul Islam has left for Washington to hold talks with his CIA counterpart David Petraeus, the first meeting...

The US Navy has unexpectedly dispatched a fourth aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf, along with a fleet of underwater drones in what is...

Defending CIA drone attacks in the Tribal Areas, US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter on Saturday said the attacks helped eliminate terrorists, the common...

Fewer civilians have died in US drone strikes in Pakistan so far this year than at any other time in the last four years,...

US President Barack Obama’s continued bombing of Pakistan, despite Islamabad’s repeated calls for the CIA to halt its attacks, means the two nations may...

Yemen has asked for US drones to be used “in some cases” to target Al-Qaeda leaders in the country, its foreign minister told AFP...

In a poignant critique of Washington’s foreign and security policies, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter has said by tolerating human rights violations and continuing...

Pakistan lashed out at Afghanistan for failing to prevent cross-border militant attacks in Dir district in which scores of Pakistani soldiers were killed, including...

The US and Pakistan appear to be heading for renewed collision after a top American general blamed a bloody attack on a Kabul hotel...

Frustrated with frequent attacks on Americans in Afghanistan, the US military and intelligence officials are considering launching secret joint US-Afghan commando raids into Pakistan...

Criticising the Obama administration’s reliance on drones, a UN investigator has asked the US government to clarify its procedures on compensation to the families...

The Pentagon plans to soon deploy a new generation of drones the size of model planes, packing tiny explosive warheads that can be delivered...

Despite complaints from Islamabad that the drone strikes not only violate its sovereignty but also result in scores of collateral deaths, the US is...

Just because it’s a cliché doesn’t mean it isn’t trueIt is not just individuals that fail to benefit from common wisdom but nations as...