Nato Forces In Pakistan

The US needs to "squeeze out" safe havens from Pakistan for achieving a long-term stability in Afghanistan, a top American General nominated to head the US and NATO forces in the war-torn country said today.

Afghanistan on Saturday blamed a devastating suicide bomb attack in Kabul that killed at least 95 people and wounded 158 others on the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani Network, former CIA assets now considered one of the most dangerous factions fighting US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan.

The rescue of an abducted US-Canadian family in Pakistan last week has spotlighted their captors the Haqqani network, former CIA assets now considered one of the most dangerous factions fighting US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Demanding an end to Pakistan's "forceful" occupation of Balochistan, hundreds of Baloch-Americans and leaders from the Pakistani province held a peaceful protest in front of the White House to seek US intervention and deployment of NATO troops in the region.

General John "Mick" Nicholson who succeeds General John F Campbell as the NATO forces commander in Afghanistan, said terrorist safe havens inside Pakistan were a serious challenge.

In a first of its kind development, a top American commander in Afghanistan recently visited India to hold talks with senior Indian leadership on the country's role in the war-torn Afghanistan vis-a-vis Pakistan and China.

Air strikes killed at least 20 suspected militants in Pakistan's northwestern Shawal Valley on Sunday, intelligence officials said, more than a month after security forces moved in on Pakistani Taliban strongholds in the region.

At least 150 Taliban fighters have been killed by government forces during 12 days of fighting in the volatile east, near the border with Pakistan, the police chief of Kunar province said today.

A US drone strike killed at least four militants and wounded two others in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border today, security officials said.

The departure of NATO combat forces from Afghanistan could push India and Pakistan towards a proxy war in the troubled state, Pakistan's former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf warned in an interview with news agency AFP.

At least 11 militants were killed today in a targeted operation by Pakistani forces in a remote region of southwestern Balochistan province, officials said.

India is training a group of Afghan special forces in the deserts of Rajasthan, army officials said on Friday, deepening its involvement with Afghanistan.

Every year as the snow melts, groups like Taliban and its affiliates, the Haqqani network, as also the Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) cross over from Pakistan as a fresh fighting season begins in Afghanistan. It is soldiers like Commander Kushal Sadat from Special Forces 222 who are called upon when terror strikes.

Five members of the NATO-led international force fighting in Afghanistan were killed in a helicopter crash in bad weather in the country's south, the coalition and provincial authorities said on Tuesday.

He also does not see any possibility of top cricket playing nations like India, England or Australia touring Pakistan in the coming years. "The BCCI follows its government's instructions in any ties with Pakistan while the UK and Australia are part of the NATO forces so they won't be sending their teams either," he said.

The US needs to "squeeze out" safe havens from Pakistan for achieving a long-term stability in Afghanistan, a top American General nominated to head the US and NATO forces in the war-torn country said today.

Afghanistan on Saturday blamed a devastating suicide bomb attack in Kabul that killed at least 95 people and wounded 158 others on the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani Network, former CIA assets now considered one of the most dangerous factions fighting US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan.

The rescue of an abducted US-Canadian family in Pakistan last week has spotlighted their captors the Haqqani network, former CIA assets now considered one of the most dangerous factions fighting US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Demanding an end to Pakistan's "forceful" occupation of Balochistan, hundreds of Baloch-Americans and leaders from the Pakistani province held a peaceful protest in front of the White House to seek US intervention and deployment of NATO troops in the region.

General John "Mick" Nicholson who succeeds General John F Campbell as the NATO forces commander in Afghanistan, said terrorist safe havens inside Pakistan were a serious challenge.

In a first of its kind development, a top American commander in Afghanistan recently visited India to hold talks with senior Indian leadership on the country's role in the war-torn Afghanistan vis-a-vis Pakistan and China.

Air strikes killed at least 20 suspected militants in Pakistan's northwestern Shawal Valley on Sunday, intelligence officials said, more than a month after security forces moved in on Pakistani Taliban strongholds in the region.

At least 150 Taliban fighters have been killed by government forces during 12 days of fighting in the volatile east, near the border with Pakistan, the police chief of Kunar province said today.

A US drone strike killed at least four militants and wounded two others in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border today, security officials said.

The departure of NATO combat forces from Afghanistan could push India and Pakistan towards a proxy war in the troubled state, Pakistan's former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf warned in an interview with news agency AFP.

At least 11 militants were killed today in a targeted operation by Pakistani forces in a remote region of southwestern Balochistan province, officials said.

India is training a group of Afghan special forces in the deserts of Rajasthan, army officials said on Friday, deepening its involvement with Afghanistan.

Every year as the snow melts, groups like Taliban and its affiliates, the Haqqani network, as also the Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) cross over from Pakistan as a fresh fighting season begins in Afghanistan. It is soldiers like Commander Kushal Sadat from Special Forces 222 who are called upon when terror strikes.

Five members of the NATO-led international force fighting in Afghanistan were killed in a helicopter crash in bad weather in the country's south, the coalition and provincial authorities said on Tuesday.

He also does not see any possibility of top cricket playing nations like India, England or Australia touring Pakistan in the coming years. "The BCCI follows its government's instructions in any ties with Pakistan while the UK and Australia are part of the NATO forces so they won't be sending their teams either," he said.