Tag: Pentagon
Pentagon creates India Rapid Reaction Cell
The Pentagon has established a first-ever country special cell to speed up its defence ties with India and accelerate the process of co-development and...
Islamic State seen as potent force a year after caliphate declaration...
A year after Islamic State declared a caliphate on territory seized in Iraq and Syria, the al Qaeda splinter group faces military pressure from...
US plans to set up more bases in Iraq, says Pentagon
The United States is considering setting up additional bases in Iraq similar to a new hub planned in Anbar province to help Iraqi forces...
Pentagon weighs sending planes, ships near disputed South China Sea reefs
The Pentagon is considering sending United States military aircraft and ships to assert 'freedom of navigation' around rapidly growing Chinese-made artificial islands in the...
New push to give Pentagon the lead on drone strikes
The deaths of an Italian and an American in a covert CIA drone strike in Pakistan, and the rhetorical contortions required of the president...
Pentagon to deploy 400 troops to train Syrian rebels
The US military is planning to send more than 400 soldiers to train Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State along with hundreds of U.S....
Four Afghan Guantanamo detainees repatriated: Pentagon
The US has repatriated four Afghans who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, the Pentagon said on Saturday.
The Department of Defence...
Saudi detainee sent home from Guantanamo: Pentagon
A Saudi Arabian inmate at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba was repatriated Saturday, leaving 142 prisoners still at the jail President Barack...
Pakistan snubs Pentagon charge it’s soft on terrorism
ISPR DG tells American defence reporters no signs of IS fighters infiltrating country
Says Pak Army’s offensive against NWA militants shows govt’s determination to combat...
Pentagon lauds Pak Army’s anti-terrorism efforts
Lauding the efforts of the Pakistan Army to eliminate extremism, the Pentagon, United States Department of Defense headquarters, Wednesday said that Pakistan continues to...
Al Qaeda continues to operate in FATA: Pentagon
WASHINGTON
Al Qaeda continues to operate in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a top Pentagon commander has said while noting that the long-lasting tensions...
Pentagon plans to shrink US Army to pre-WWII level
The Pentagon plans to scale back the US Army by more than an eighth to its lowest level since before World War II, signalling...
Pentagon highlights vulnerability of nuclear power plants
A new report commissioned by the Pentagon highlights the vulnerability of nuclear power plants nationwide to terrorist attacks and points specifically to the Pilgrim...
US regrets LoC violence, supports efforts for Pakistan-India rapprochement
The United States views violence along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region as deeply regrettable and would fully support efforts...
US-Pakistan relationship normalised, says Pentagon report
The United States continues to seek a relationship with Pakistan that is constructive and mutually beneficial, and that advances both US and Pakistani interests,...
US shifting drones fleet to world hotspots for spying: report
As the United States (US) scales down its drone campaign in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen, the American military is shifting its huge fleet of...
Bin Laden raid files reportedly purged from Pentagon computers, sent to...
The nation's top special operations commander ordered military files about the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout to be purged from Defence...
