Afghanistan fundraising goal elusive before NATO summit
WASHINGTON:?Just days before this weekend’s Nato summit, the United States remains short of its goal of raising $1.3 billion in security funds from its partners in Afghanistan, after a money-raising More...
Coalition support fund: US Congress links Pakistan payments to NATO routes
WASHINGTON:? Though the deed, as it were, has all but been done, the US has shown Islamabad what the repercussions could have been. US lawmakers vented their frustration on Friday with the closure of Nato More...
Hopes fading for swift US, Pakistan deal on Afghan supply routes
CHICAGO:?The Obama administration may be not be able to strike a long-awaited agreement with Pakistan to help supply Western soldiers in Afghanistan as hoped in time for a major Nato summit in Chicago this More...
Prelude to reopening?: US ‘diplomatic supplies’ allowed into Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD:? Pakistan appears to be finally gearing up for lifting the months-old ban on Nato supplies for foreign troops fighting a deadly Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. In a clearest sign as yet, the More...
Hollande sticks to Afghan pledge in Obama talks
Author:? AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Fri, 2012-05-18 21:05 WASHINGTON: France’s President Francois Hollande used his White House debut yesterday to restate his intention to get French combat troops home from Afghanistan More...
US supply trucks cross Afghan-Pakistan border: Officials
PESHAWAR:?Pakistan allowed four containers of office supplies for the US embassy in Kabul to cross into Afghanistan for the first time following a six-month blockade, officials said on Friday. The trucks were More...
India considers wheat exports to Iran: Govt source
NEW DELHI:?India is considering wheat exports to Iran, a government source said on Friday, as New Delhi hopes to boost exports to the sanctions-hit nation to help settle part of its oil imports bill through More...
US puts two men having suspected links to Taliban, Haqqani network on blacklist
WASHINGTON:?The US Treasury Department put two people that it alleged have ties to militant groups active in Afghanistan on a blacklist on Thursday and banned American citizens from any dealings with them. More...
All set for Chicago; PM orders finalising NATO deal
ISLAMABAD:? The resumption of Nato supply routes seems to be well on track. As the foreign office confirmed President Asif Ali Zardari’s attendance at a key moot on the future of Afghanistan in Chicago More...
Indian cabinet clears way for TAPI gas line
NEW DELHI:?The Indian government removed a major stumbling block in completing an intra-continent gas supply line, after its cabinet approved a deal to buy natural gas from Turkmenistan via the $7.6 billion More...