Topic: Pakistani Armed Forces
Dozens of Taliban insurgents stormed a Pakistani military post in a tribal town near the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing one paramilitary soldier and wounding three others, officials said. More than 30 militants attacked the checkpost in the mountainous town of Ghanan Shah in northwest Mohmand district before dawn. "They came from three sides and attacked the post with automatic ...
A senator who's just visited Pakistan says Pakistan's military may be considering a move into the militant stronghold of North Waziristan. Sen. Joe Lieberman says the Pakistani army is on the move and there's a possibility the U.S. will see activity in ...
US National Security Adviser James Jones held talks in Pakistan on his first visit to the nuclear-armed nation on Friday, which coincided with a deadly attack on the country's top spy agency. Jones met Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, at the army headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, officials said. "The visiting dignitary remained with the ...
The United States has been negotiating highly sensitive understandings with the Pakistani military about the security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reported in the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine. The journalist wrote that during meetings with current and former officials in Washington and Pakistan, he was told that the agreements would allow specially trained ...
