Tag: US general
North Korea nuclear, missile activity not consistent with denuclearization: US general
WASHINGTON: North Korea’s activity on nuclear weapons and missiles is inconsistent with its pledge to denuclearize, the commander of US forces in South Korea...
Top US general warns against major assault on Syria’s Idlib
ATHENS: The top US military officer warned on Tuesday that a major Syrian military assault on the rebel-held enclave of Idlib would lead to...
US general: no new orders on Russian military in Syria since...
WASHINGTON: US General Joseph Votel, who oversees military operations in Syria, said on Thursday he had received no new directions about relations with the...
Taliban, Afghan officials in ceasefire talks, says US general
WASHINGTON: Senior Taliban officials have been secretly negotiating with Afghan officials on a possible ceasefire, the Pentagon said Wednesday, even as US forces killed...
US-Iraq military relations not impacted by election: US general
WASHINGTON: The US military's relationship with Iraq's security forces will not be impacted by the election win of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, whose followers...
US general says ‘not giving up’ on Pakistan ties
BRUSSELS: The top US military officer, Marine General Joseph Dunford, said on Monday he was committed to the US-Pakistan relationship, which has been strained...
Taliban leaders comfortably living in Pakistan with drug money: US general
WASHINGTON: The top US general in Afghanistan General John Nicholson said on Tuesday that he had not seen a change in Pakistan’s support for militants...
US general says no change in Pakistan behaviour despite Trump tough...
John Nicholson says over 1,000 US troops to patrol with Afghans in 2018
WASHINGTON: Acknowledging that Pakistanis have “been engaged in a very tough...
Nuclear launch order can be refused: US general
HALIFAX: The top officer at US Strategic Command said Saturday an order from President Donald Trump or any of his successors to launch nuclear...
Top US general accuses ISI of having links with ‘terrorist groups’
WASHINGTON: The top US military officer said on Tuesday that he believed that Pakistan's main spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) directorate, had ties...
Bumper poppy crop in Afghanistan could fuel Taliban attacks: US general
A bumper poppy crop in Afghanistan will help fund the Taliban and likely lead to fresh attacks on Afghan security forces after the harvest,...
