Tag: Nato
West-Russia relations tense as Russians prepare to vote
MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin's pre-election nuclear sabre-rattling has raised the stakes in Moscow's confrontation with the West on the eve of his fourth Kremlin term.
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West is responding to Putin’s ‘more assertive Russia’: NATO chief
BAGHDAD: President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of new nuclear weapons is part of a resurgent Russian assertiveness that the West is already responding to, NATO...
Kremlin says no interest in US arms race in ‘invincible weapons’...
MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Friday said Russia will not be part of a new arms race as the United States and NATO voiced concern...
At least one dead in Kabul blast
KABUL: The ministry of interior spokesman Najib Danish has confirmed a suicide bombing happened in Kabul’s PD 9 in Shashdarak area bordering the Green...
Pakistan asked to work with US, NATO to stop Taliban’s activities
Hutchison says Pakistan has a chance to be a major force for a good
BRUSSELS: US Ambassador to North Atlantic Alliance Kay Bailey Hutchison called...
Pakistan considering NATO offer to ship Afghan supplies through Gwadar Port:...
Pakistani officials say the US-led NATO military coalition in Afghanistan has offered to import vital supplies through the southwestern port of Gwadar, calling it...
US says Pakistan has not suspended military, intelligence cooperation
--US embassy says it has not received any formal communication from Pakistani officials regarding suspension of cooperation
ISLAMABAD: The US Embassy in Islamabad has denied Pakistan’s...
Pakistan may double aeronautical fee, toll tax on NATO containers: report
Pakistan may increase toll tax on containers carrying ammunition and other military hardware for US and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) troops to Afghanistan...
NATO urges for global coordination against terrorism following Peshawar attack
The attack in Peshawar yet again points towards a need for global coordination to tackle the threat of terrorism and eradicating those who seek...
NATO apologizes to Turkey after Erdogan shown as foe
NATO's secretary-general apologised to Turkey on Friday over military exercises in Norway during which Turkey's founding leader, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and current president, Recep...
US wants no terrorist ‘safe havens’ in Pakistan, says James Mattis
WASHINGTON: As part of its new South Asia strategy, the United States wants to make sure that there are no terrorist safe havens in...
No specific change in ‘Pakistan’s behaviour’: NATO commander
US Army General and commander of the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan, John Nicholson, has said that Pakistan has not increased cooperation on terrorist havens...
One killed in explosion in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sharif city
MAZAR-E- SHARIF: At least one person was killed when an explosion hit the city of Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh province of Afghanistan on Thursday, TOLO News reported.
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NATO says ‘Taliban bases’ in Pak big challenge to Afghan peace
BRUSSELS: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that alleged Taliban bases in Pakistan pose a “big challenge” to efforts aimed at bringing peace...
US probes reports of civilian casualties in Afghanistan
KABUL: Afghan and US military authorities are investigating reports that as many as 13 civilians were killed in an operation in the northern region...
Taliban fresh assaults on Afghan bases kill dozens
KANDAHAR: Militants launched two separate attacks on Afghan security installations killing dozens of soldiers Thursday, the latest in a series of devastating assaults this...
Russia supplying free fuel to Taliban in war against NATO forces:...
Russia is supporting the Afghan Taliban against NATO forces through a covert programme of laundered fuel sales, The Times said in a report on...
