A new poll shows a majority of Pakistanis view the United States as an enemy, oppose the US-led war in Afghanistan and are less concerned about the Taliban and Al Qaeda than a year ago. Despite billions of dollars in economic and military aid received from Washington, the United States’ image in Pakistan was the [...]
ISLAMABAD: Admiral Mike Mullen, the top US military commander, pointedly told the Pakistan government and military leaders on Saturday that the Pentagon expected them to be sensitive to American security interests, as Islamabad sought to broker a deal between the Haqqani network and Kabul. The message was delivered to the Chief of the Army Staff, [...]
ABOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON: A massive nuclear-powered US supercarrier began maneuvers Sunday with ally South Korea in a potent show of force that North Korea has threatened could lead to ”sacred war.” The military drills, code-named ”Invincible Spirit,” are to run through Wednesday with about 8,000 US and South Korean troops, 20 ships and submarines [...]
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration added a US-born, Al-Qaeda-linked cleric to a terrorism blacklist Friday, targeting him with sanctions aimed at cutting off his financial support. The Treasury Department placed Anwar al-Awlaki — accused by officials of helping plan the failed Christmas Day airline bombing — on its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. That means [...]
GSTAAD: Switzerland on Monday refused to extradite Roman Polanski to the United States to face sentencing for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977 and freed the Oscar-winning director from 10 months’ arrest. “He is a free man since 11:30 today,” Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf told a news conference in Switzerland’s capital, Berne. [...]
