Tag: Nato

Local Taliban leader killed in Afghanistan

A local Taliban leader has been killed in an operation carried out by Afghan forces and the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)...

Five NATO troops killed in helicopter crash

Five members of NATO-led foreign forces in Afghanistan have died in a helicopter crash, NATO says. The crash took place in southern Afghanistan on...

India’s non-tariff barriers, NATO withdrawal haunt Pakistan’s cement exports

Although cement exports marked a record increase of 15.40 percent in February, local sales remained almost stagnant showing a nominal growth of 1.16 percent...

Target ‘real’ terrorist hideouts: Karzai tells NATO

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday denounced last week’s NATO airstrike that killed two children in the Charchino district of central Uruzgan province. The deaths...

NATO container case: FBR submits report in SC

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has submitted it's report regarding tax collection in NATO container case in the Supreme Court. The three member bench of...

John Allen to retire, declines military’s top post in Europe

Four months after taking office, President Obama approved the firing of the four-star army general leading the war in Afghanistan, General John Allen. The following...

NATO ‘will comply with Afghan air strike ban’

The commander of US-led forces in Afghanistan said Sunday he would comply with President Hamid Karzai’s order banning Afghan security forces from seeking NATO...

Karzai asks Afghan forces not to summon NATO air strikes

Afghan security forces will be banned from calling for NATO air strikes in residential areas to help in their operations, President Hamid Karzai said...

Gen Dunford assumes ISAF command in Afghanistan

A US general on Sunday assumed the command of NATO and US forces in Afghanistan, the NATO-led coalition forces said. "US Marine Corps Gen...

NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan begins

The first phase of NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan began as 25 containers entered Pakistan through Torkham border on Sunday. Pakistani forces are providing the...

General Dunford takes charge of Nato

US General Joseph Dunford assumed command of Nato forces in Afghanistan on Sunday, taking over from General John Allen as the coalition prepares to...

Afghanistan endorses UN report on child deaths

The government of Afghanistan on Saturday confirmed a UN report alleging child deaths due to the ammunition fired by NATO, especially the US troops....

Taliban shoot down a NATO helicopter

A NATO helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday but no fatalities were reported, an ISAF spokesman said, while the Taliban claimed to have...

Pakistanis trucking NATO supplies to Afghanistan go on strike

Pakistani transporters who carry NATO supplies to land-locked Afghanistan have gone on strike, disrupting the flow of goods to Western forces in a protest...

6 Strikes in 8 days, 35 Dead: The US Drone war...

The sixth 2013 U.S. drone strike inside Pakistan killed eight citizens on Wednesday. The sixth US strike in eight days announced Obama regime’s policy...

Top Afghan negotiator optimistic over peace prospects

A top Afghan peace negotiator said he was cautiously optimistic about prospects for reconciliation with the Taliban and that all sides now realized a...

NATO helicopter infiltrates Pak territory

NATO gun-ship helicopter violated border limits of Pakistan on Monday. Government sources said that the helicopter flew in the Ghulam Khan area of...