Tag: Drones
Drones: violating human rights
The UN high commissioner for human rights, while condemning the US drone campaign carried out in the Pakistani Tribal area, has termed it as...
Drones can be shot down with Hamza missile: Dr AQ Khan
The pioneer of the Pakistani nuclear programme, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has said US drones can be shot down with the Hamza missile. While...
Experts say drone attacks ‘controversial’ but ‘effective’
A number of Pakistani experts are of the opinion that drones have been quite successful in destroying militants’ hideouts in Pakistan’s semi-autonomous tribal areas.
Ali...
US drone kills 4 people in South Waziristan
At least four people were killed on Saturday morning when missiles fired by a US drone hit a vehicle parked in a compound near...
Pakistan has capability to shoot down drones: AQ Khan
Renowned nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan has said that Pakistan has the capability to shoot down unmanned surveillance drone aircrafts adding that the...
Al Qaeda manual: Think of virgins when you hear drones
An English language manual for Westerners seeking to join al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has been published, which asks potential jihadists to...
US Agonizes Over Apology to Pakistan
For nearly six months after U.S. forces accidentally killed two dozen Pakistani troops at the Afghanistan border, officials at the highest reaches of the...
US just won’t rein in its drones
At least nine suspected militants were killed and three others injured when a US drone fired two missiles on a compound in Dray Nishtar...
Drone strikes are legal, ethical: Obama aide
US President Barack Obama has ordered more openness about the secretive drone war pounding Al-Qaeda in Pakistan, a top official said, mounting the firmest...
4 militants killed in US drone strike in Miranshah
A U.S. drone strike killed four suspected militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border on Sunday, intelligence officials and witnesses...
Panetta dismisses Iran claims on copying US drone
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday dismissed claims by Iran that it had gleaned data from a downed US drone and was now...
Drone strikes will go on in Pakistan: US officials
The White House has no intentions of ending CIA drone strikes against militant targets on Pakistani soil, U.S. officials say, possibly setting the two...
Parliament re-sets US ties, wants drones off skies
The parliament on Thursday night unanimously approved revised guidelines on the country’s foreign policy for re-engagement with the US in a bid to put...
Gaza rockets hit Israel after drone attack
Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel early on Sunday, without causing casualties or damage, police said.
"They fell on open ground....
US discussing drones strategy with Pakistan: official
The Obama administration is talking with the Pakistanis about possible changes in the way the US conducts air strikes against terrorists in Pakistan, including...
Pasha rejected US offer of advance notice of drone attacks
In a bid to save CIA’s drone campaign against al Qaeda in Pakistan, US officials offered key concessions to Pakistan’s spy chief that included...
Pakistan won’t allow drones in its airspace, Sherry tells US
Pakistan on Tuesday told the United States it will no longer permit drones to use the country’s airspace to attack militants and collect intelligence...
