KABUL: US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford has said military mission in Afghanistan was not complete and could not be completed in the near future. A media report said on Wednesday. During a joint Pentagon news briefing on Monday afternoon, US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter said that the United States would continue to ...

KABUL: The United States will deploy at least 800 soldiers from an aviation unit to Afghanistan in a bid to support the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), it has been reported. According to Washington based Stars and Stripes newspaper, the unit will utilize Blackhawks, Chinooks and Apache helicopters with a primary mission of supporting Afghan military efforts. The ...

US: The head of the Democratic Party resigned on Sunday amid a furor over embarrassing leaked emails, hoping to head off a growing rebellion by Bernie Sanders supporters on the eve of the convention to nominate Hillary Clinton for the White House. Lingering bitterness from the heated primary campaign between Clinton and Sanders erupted after more than 19,000 Democratic National ...

WASHINGTON: The United States Friday said it is not in a position to comment on the authenticity of the leaked documents that establishes relationship between the Pakistan and terrorist groups and noted that the cause of peace cannot be advanced through such moves.’ “We are not in a position to comment on the documents or speculate about their authenticity,” a ...

The United States has called on Pakistan to target all militant groups including those targeting the country’s neighbors. Deputy spokesperson for the State Department, Mark Toner, hailed Pakistan’s efforts regarding the ongoing military operations in the tribal regions of the country. Admitting the country has suffered greatly from the menace of terrorism, Toner, said “We believe that Pakistan is taking ...

KABUL: The bordering regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan are still safe havens for many terrorist groups, the US Department of State said Monday. State Department spokesman John Kirby made the comments during the daily press briefing. He was responding to a question regarding the issue of Durand Line and status as the formal border line between the two countries which ...

KABUL: The US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in an unannounced visit to Kabul on Tuesday said that the US troops would continue support Afghan forces in anti-terrorism war and would finish the mission has been started. “We will continue to work hard together with Afghan forces to finish the mission we started,” Carter said in a press conference with ...

Frustrated with the persistent support of certain elements in Pakistan to militant groups, several senior US lawmakers are expected to ask Pakistan if it is a friend of foe of Washington. The senior lawmakers and their witnesses are going to discuss the issue during a hearing that would be jointly held by House Subcommittees on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade and ...

WASHINGTON: The US President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced that 8,400 American troops would remain in Afghanistan till the end of his administration in January 2017 as against 5,500 decided earlier. “Instead of going down to 5500 troops by the end of this year, the United States will maintain approximately 8400 troops in Afghanistan into next year through the end of my ...

US: The US should adopt a policy of “total isolation” against Pakistan to send a signal that it faces the prospect of becoming a “second North Korea” if it continues destabilising Afghanistan by supporting the Taliban and Haqqani network, a former top American diplomat has said. “In the aftermath of the US drone attack killing Taliban leader Mullah Mansour, this ...