Breaking the Bofors jinx, India and the US on Wednesday inked a nearly Rs 5,000 crore deal for 145 M777 ultra-light howitzers, which will be mostly deployed near the borders with China. This is the first deal for artillery guns since the Bofors scandal in 1980s. “India has signed the Letter of Acceptance which formalises the contract between India and ...

President Elect Donald Trump hasn’t talked too much about Afghanistan, but what is clear is his frustration with the current American foreign policy. From his disdain of the United States’ role in NATO, Middle East and Trade deals, we can discern some guiding notions his foreign policy will work under. He has criticized the NATO alliance, notably the reliance NATO ...

The United States increased its contribution to $207 by pledging a new aid package of $39 million to Afghan human humanitarian response. “The United States is pleased to announce that it is providing over $39 million to meet the extraordinary needs of Afghan refugees returning to Afghanistan. This brings the total U.S. contribution to the Afghan humanitarian response to more ...

The United States reaffirmed strong support to Afghanistan following a deadly attack in Kabul which left at least 32 people dead. The State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters “ The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack this morning on a Shia mosque in Kabul – an attack that killed more than 30 innocent worshippers and wounded ...

The White House has said Pakistan ‘can and must’ do more against the terrorist groups operating in its soil, it has been reported. Emphasizing that no state should allow its soil to be used by any terror group to launch attacks on other countries,  a senior White House official has said “Recognising the sacrifices of the people and the security ...

WASHINGTON: America’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan(SRAP) Richard Olson retired on Tuesday, leaving a question mark on the future of the position that was created by the outgoing Obama administration in 2009. “He has brought extraordinary experience and leadership to the job,” US Secretary of StateJohn Kerry said in a statement. There has been no announcement yet of Olson’s ...

Donald Trump has stunned America and the world, riding a wave of populist resentment to defeat Hillary Clinton in the race to become the 45th president of the United States. The Republican mogul defeated his Democratic rival, plunging global markets into turmoil and casting the long-standing global political order, which hinges on Washington’s leadership, into doubt. “Hillary Clinton fought very ...

REUTERS Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during the third US presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on Oct 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada.— AFP Republican candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested he might reject the outcome of the Nov 8 US presidential election if he loses, a possibility his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton called “horrifying”. In their ...

KABUL: The commander of the US-led international forces in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson agreed with the US secretary defense Ashton Carter who had said earlier that Pakistan did not put pressure on Haqqani terrorist network to abandon terrorist activities against Afghan government and security forces and to restore to a lasting peace. In a briefing to the US Department of ...

WASHINGTON: As Pakistan prepares to highlight the current situation in India-held Kashmir at the UN General Assembly and India plans to counter it by raising the Baloch issue, the United States has made it clear that it will not back either side. “What we have said — nothing is changed about our view that we want to see India and ...