Tag: Pentagon
Iran tops agenda as Pentagon chief visits Israel
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta was on Wednesday to hold top-level talks in Israel expected to focus on ways of resolving the international standoff...
US trying to ease Pak-Afghan border tension, says Pentagon
The Pentagon has said it was working with both Afghanistan and Pakistan to reduce tension between the two neighbors over cross-border skirmishes. “We...
Pentagon freeing $1.1b withheld from Pakistan
The Pentagon is preparing to release about $1.1 billion withheld from Pakistan’s military after the country agreed this week to reopen supply routes into...
Gen Allen’s meeting with Kayani ‘productive’: Pentagon
Pentagon has said that ISAF commander Gen John Allen’s meeting with Pakistan army chief Gen Ashfaq Kayani had been “very productive”.
Gen Allen had visited...
US plans to deploy new pint-sized drones
The Pentagon plans to soon deploy a new generation of drones the size of model planes, packing tiny explosive warheads that can be delivered...
US will continue drone attacks on Qaeda in Pakistan
Pentagon chief Leon Panetta on Wednesday said the US would continue to launch drone attacks against al Qaeda in Pakistan despite complaints from Islamabad...
No US trainers in Pak: Pentagon
The Pentagon said there are no American trainers in Pakistan, and clarified that it was two liaison officers, who had returned to Peshawar for...
US says officers return to Pakistan
The United States said Thursday that Pakistan has let back in two officers to work with its military after a six-month gap, in what...
Next 9/11 Guantanamo hearing postponed to August 8
The next preliminary hearing for five men accused in the September 11 terror strike on US targets, which was scheduled for June 12, has...
Pentagon cautious after Gen Dempsey’s remarks on Pakistani aid cut
The US Department of Defense on Tuesday appeared to distance itself from reports that characterized top military officer General Martin Dempsey’s comments in an...
Scale model of OBL’s hideout put on display in Pentagon
US intelligence officials have unveiled a once top secret scale model of Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan, a precise replica used to plan...
Pentagon sees Pakistani routes resumption in ‘very near future’
The United States hopes that Pakistan would reopen its ground supply lines into Afghanistan “in the very near future,” a Pentagon spokesman said.
The spokesman...
Equipment for Afghan army is stranded in Pakistan: Pentagon
Thousands of tons of military equipment intended for the Afghan army and police is stranded in Pakistan, which for months has refused to reopen...
US, Kabul point fingers at Haqqanis for deadly attack
The brazen attack by the Taliban in the Afghan capital on Sunday has once again brought the Haqqani network into sharp focus, with the...
Pakistan addicted to using militants against India: Pentagon
Pakistan has an “addiction” of “playing around” with militant groups against India; a top Pentagon official on Thursday. “They have an addiction to playing...
Pentagon looking to work with new ISI chief
The US is looking forward to work with the new head of Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan, Pentagon said, noting the US-Pak relationship is critical...
Pentagon chief seeks to defuse tensions in Afghan visit
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flew into Afghanistan on Wednesday at a fraught moment in the war after a shooting rampage by a US...
