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WASHINGTON: The West is striving to limit the fallout from a deadly Nato air raid on Pakistani border troops, but reports that Pakistani soldiers opened fire first on US and Afghan forces risked stoking new tensions. Pakistani military officials gave the “go-ahead” to US airstrikes that inadvertently led to the death of 24 Pakistani soldiers in Mohmand Agency on November 26, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. US officials giving a detailed account of the attack to WSJ said that an Afghan-led assault force that included American commandos was hunting down Taliban fighters when it was fired at from the Salala checkpost along the Pakistani side of the border. According to US officials, the commandos first thought they were being...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, enraged by a Nato cross-border attack that killed 24 soldiers, could end support for the US-led war on militancy if its sovereignty is violated again, the foreign minister said, warning that “enough is enough.” The South Asian nation has already shown its anger over the weekend strike by pulling out of an international conference in Germany next week on Afghanistan, depriving the talks of a central player in efforts to bring peace to its neighbor. “Enough is enough. The government will not tolerate any incident of spilling even a single drop of any civilian or soldier’s blood,” The News newspaper on Thursday quoted Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar as telling a Senate committee on foreign affairs. “Pakistan’s role...

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WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Thursday unanimously approved harsh new economic sanctions on Iran, dismissing warnings that they risked fracturing global unity on isolating Tehran over its alleged nuclear weapons program. Lawmakers voted 100-0 to include the measure, which aims to cut off Iran’s central bank from the global financial system, in a must-pass annual military spending bill expected to pass by late in the day. The measure, crafted by Democratic Senator Robert Menendez and Republican Senator Mark Kirk, calls for freezing US-based assets of financial institutions that do business with the central bank, including foreign central banks that do so for the purposes for buying or selling petroleum or related products. “This is the...

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WASHINGTON: The US Senate voted to tie strings to military aid to Pakistan and stem the spread of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles from Libya as they advanced a massive annual defense spending bill. The White House has threatened to veto the $662 billion measure over tough new rules requiring military detention of terrorism suspects and affirming that US citizens who join extremist groups may be detained forever without trial. The Pentagon-funding bill was due to clear the Senate by week’s end, touching off negotiations with the House of Representatives to resolve differences between both chambers’ versions and send a compromise to President Barack Obama. The Defense Authorization legislation was seen as a sure bet for passage...

KARACHI: An American official disclosed to Geo News that US is not going to vacate Shamsi airbase in near future and Washington is mulling various options. The Obama administration is considering change in America’s Pakistan policy but the decision to vacate Shamsi base has not been taken yet, he added. ‘US considers Pakistan an important ally in war against terror and do not expect big change in ties.’ Pakistan has asked US to shut Shamsi airbase till Dec 11, used by international forces in war against terror after Nato attack that killed 24 soldiers posted at a post near Afghan border. Source: ...

ISPR released footage and videos of Salala checkpost which was attacked by NATO and 24 Pakistan Army Soldiers Killed. Source: ...

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