Posts published in “Day: May 3, 2016”

Taliban shadow governor for southern Kandahar province has been killed along with his 43 fighters during an operation of the Afghan security forces. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Hayat also famous as Haji Lala was killed during a special military raid of the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police forces. A statement by MoI said his deputy identified as Ahmad Shah Hemat was also killed along with 43 fighters during the raid conducted…

Despite large scale military operations in the volatile southern province of Helmand, two districts – Nad Ali and Babaji – are still under the control of the Taliban. Reporting from Helmand, TOLOnews’ correspondent Abdul Wali Arian said although it is poppy-sapping time in the province, fierce battles between security forces and insurgents have resumed. Arian reports that despite security forces being well prepared they are not getting orders from security organizations to move forward. “Whenever…

On the fifth anniversary of the attack on Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan, which resulted in the al-Qaeda leader’s death, a number of MPs on Monday criticized western countries, especially the U.S of recklessly supporting terror donors. MPs said the U.S knows that terrorists are being funded in Pakistan but that Washington continues to assist Pakistan instead of putting pressure on it to stop the practise. “Leadership of all terrorist movements in Afghanistan takes…

ISLAMABAD – A two-member staff delegation of the United States (US) House Foreign Affairs Committee assured Pakistani authorities of the US continued provision of military equipment and assistance with approval of the US Congress on Monday. In a meeting with Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi, delegation members Kristen Marquardt and Sajit Gandhi reiterated US efforts to strengthen Pakistan’s counter-terrorism capacity and said the continued cooperation was a testimony to…

WASHINGTON: Senior Pakistani leadership knew that Osama bin Laden was hiding at a compound in Abbottabad but US has not been able to get any proof of it so far, said Hillary Clinton, who was the Secretary of State at the time of the operation and is presently the Democratic presidential front-runner. Clinton, 68, was the top adviser to President Barack Obama on the decision to kill al-Qaida leader and world’s most dreaded terrorist bin…

Even though the Obama administration had promised Pakistan that it would subsidise nearly two-thirds of the cost of the sale of eight F-16 fighter jets, in the US the purse strings are controlled by the Congress – where the Republicans have a majority. They have now decided to block this subsidy, and if Pakistan wants to purchase the F-16s it will have to pay the full cost price of $700 million rather than $270 million.…

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has asked Pakistan to “put forward” its “national funds” to buy F-16 fighter jets, because some top American Senators have put a hold on the use of US tax payers’ money to subsidize Pakistan’s purchase. “While Congress has approved the sale, key members have made clear that they object to using FMF (foreign military financing) to support it. Given Congressional objections, we have told the Pakistanis that they should put forward…

New Delhi: Pakistan’s Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has ordered relocation of a secret facility used to train the Jaish-e-Muhammad team which carried out the assault on the Pathankot airbase, highly-placed Indian government sources have told The Indian Express. Located in the shadows of Fort Maujgarh, built by Muhammad Maroof Khan Kehrani in the 18th century to guard camel caravans linking the ports of the Indus and the Gulf of Kutch to Punjab’s cities, the…

As Chinese President Xi Jinping continues his bid to consolidate power, his 88 million-strong Communist Party has increasingly spoken with one voice. Failure to sing to the same tune could mean facing the music. This week, influential retired businessman Ren Zhiqiang was slapped with a one-year suspension of his party membership after publicly criticizing Mr. Xi’s demands for loyalty from the media. The punishment against Mr. Ren marked the latest in a series of disciplinary…

SHENYANG, China — Not long past the break of dawn, after downing a bowl of hot porridge and dropping off his son at school, Zhang Yuzeng made his way to a street corner near the Nanyun River. There, under the poplar trees, he rummaged through his toolbox. Pliers, check. Club hammer, check. Cigarettes, check. Mr. Zhang hung a sign on his scooter — “Electrician, carpenter, plumber” — and pumped a techno mix through his headphones.…