Biden meets al-Maliki to discuss US troop withdrawal
BAGHDAD: US Vice President-elect Joe Biden met Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Tuesday to discuss withdrawing US troops, seen as…
Related news from Pakistan:
- UN chief, Maliki discuss lifting Iraq sanctions UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in Baghdad Friday that the United Nations is considering scrapping sanctions imposed on Iraq during Saddam Hussein’s regime...
- Joe Biden arrives in Iraq BAGHDAD: US vice president-elect Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad on Monday for talks with Iraqi leaders and senior US officials, Iraqi state media report ...
- Obama, Biden set to meet Supreme Court justices WASHINGTON: President-elect Barack Obama and his vice president-elect Joe Biden were set to pay a courtesy call Wednesday to the Supreme Court”s nine ...
- Biden, US pressure forced Musharraf to doff uniform: Gilani KARACHI: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, while justifying conferring of the Hilal-e-Quaid-i-Azam award on US Vice President-elect Joe Biden, s ...
- US to help fight terror in Afghanistan: Biden KABUL: U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden promised U.S. support for Afghanistan”s struggle against terrorism, drugs and corruption, in surprise visit ...
- Biden sent on secret mission to Iraq to save US withdrawal plan: report The White House sent Vice-President Joe Biden on an emergency mission to Iraq last night to avert a political crisis that threatens to derail...
- Ban meets Biden, discusses Pakistan, Sri Lanka, N Korea The humanitarian crisis in Pakistan, the human rights situation in Sri Lanka and Myanmar, and climate change figured prominently in UN Secretary General Ban...
- US helping Pakistan improve counterinsurgency: Biden Monday, 26 Jan, WASHINGTON: Vice President Joseph Biden said on Sunday that the United States is working towards strengthening Pakistan’s counterinsurgency capability but… ...
- Japan welcomes US troop pullout from Iraq Japan on Tuesday welcomed the withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi cities and towns and pledged further aid and loans to help rebuild the...
- US withdrawal from Iraq will be on time: Biden President Obama called Iraq his predecessor’s war of choice. Now it is his war to exit — and quickly. The challenge for Obama, whose...
- World is ready for new look with Obama Presidency: Biden There is a “real sense of excitement” at Barack Obama’s Presidency and the world is now “ready for a new look,” US Vice President...
- Biden asked NATO allies for more help to step up the fight against the Taliban Vice President Biden told NATO allies here Tuesday that the Obama administration wants their help building a new strategy in Afghanistan because growing security...