Tag: Washington

Washington backs opening Taliban office in Qatar

The United States has endorsed plans for the Taliban to open political headquarters in the Gulf state of Qatar by the end of the...

Relics from 9/11 going on display in Washington

More than 50 objects pulled from the rubble of 9/11 are going on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington, giving...

Washington assesses damage from rare east coast quake

Washington’s iconic monuments were off-limits to disappointed tourists and schools around the region were also shuttered Wednesday, as authorities assessed the damage from a...

Rare quake jolts eastern US, cracks Washington monument

The strongest earthquake to jolt the eastern United States in a century cracked the iconic Washington monument on Tuesday, and sent thousands of workers...

US links Pakistani aid to performance

Washington has started conditioning the award of billions of dollars in security assistance to Pakistan on whether Islamabad showed progress on a secret scorecard...

Monfils advances to Washington final

French top seed Gael Monfils saved a match point and edged John Isner 6-4, 3-6 7-5 (8/6) in a rain-disrupted match early Sunday to...

Monfils, Stepanek advance to Washington final

French top seed Gael Monfils saved a match point and edged John Isner 6-4, 3-6 7-5 (8/6) in a rain-disrupted match early Sunday to...

Troicki, Verdasco advance at rain-hit Washington

Serbian third seed Viktor Troicki and Spanish fifth seed Fernando Verdasco advanced to the third round of the rain-hit $1.4 million ATP Washington Classic...

Blake dethrones Nalbandian at Washington

Former World No. 4 James Blake dethroned eighth-seeded defending champion David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-4, on Tuesday to reach the third round of the $1.4...

Washington may respond with travel curbs on Pakistani officials

The US could also limit the movement of Pakistani diplomatic staff in Washington if Islamabad does not withdraw restrictions imposed by the government on...

Roddick pulls out of Washington ATP

Three-time champion Andy Roddick has withdrawn from next week’s ATP hardcourt tournament in Washington with an abdominal muscle injury, organizers said Thursday. Roddick suffered...

Washington backs Pak-Afghan military group

The United States supports a decision by Afghanistan and Pakistan to form a joint military group that will address recent incidents along their shared...

Washington rejects demand to vacate Shamsi Airbase

The United States is rejecting demands from Pakistani officials that American personnel abandon a military base used by the CIA to stage drone strikes...

Washington opposing talks with Haqqani network

Before launching a fully-fledged military operation in North Waziristan as demanded by the United States, Pakistan is urging the Haqqani network to begin a...

ISI head visits Washington in patch-up trip

ISLAMABAD - The head of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is visiting his counterpart at the CIA, the agency said on Monday, in an attempt to patch up an alliance considered crucial to winning the war against al Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban.
Lieutenant-general Ahmad Shuja Pasha's visit comes at a time when U.S.-Pakistan joint intelligence operations have been disrupted over a series of disputes, particularly the case of Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor who

ISI DG leaves for Washington today

ISLAMABAD - Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha will leave for Washington today (Monday) to iron out ISI's differences with the CIA. Sources told Online that the purpose of Pasha's visit was to remove some misunderstandings between ISI and CIA which arose over the issue of Raymond Davis.
Sources said General Pasha would also raise the issue of drone attacks in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan. The ISI director general has been invited by CIA

DG ISI to visit Washington

ISLAMABAD - Director General Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI) Lt.Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha would visit Washington from April 11 (Monday) to iron out differences emerging between prime intelligence agencies ISI and CIA.
Sources told Online that the purpose of Pasha's visit is to remove some misunderstandings between ISI and CIA, which appeared between two agencies on the issue of Raymond Davis.
The sources said that General Pasha would also raise the issue of drone attacks on