Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned “corrupt” powers on Thursday against destabilising the Gulf as US Defence Secretary Robert Gates visited the United Arab Emirates.
“We must ensure our own security in the Persian Gulf, which is the Gulf of friendship and brotherhood,” Ahmadinejad said in a speech in the Gulf…
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai told Pakistan on Thursday that his country did not want to become a battle ground for proxy wars between India, Pakistan, Iran and the United States.
India and Pakistan, implacable South Asian rivals, have struggled for influence in Afghanistan since the 2001 US-led invasion brought down…
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MIRANSHAH (AFP) – Three missiles fired by US drone aircraft killed five militants Monday in country’s northwest tribal belt, a bastion of Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked fighters, security officials said.
The attack happened in Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan, a militant stronghold near the Afghan border.
“Five people have…
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MIRANSHAH (AFP) – A spokesman for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the group was responsible Monday for a suicide blast that killed up to 13 people in Lahore.
“We claim responsibility for the Lahore blast. We will continue such attacks in future,” TTP spokesman Azam Tariq told two AFP reporters in…
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Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has postponed visit to Afghanistan which is originally scheduled on Monday, an unidentified Afghan official said.
President Ahmadinejad is likely to visit neighboring Afghanistan on Wednesday, the official said.
This tour, if it is realized, will be Ahmadinejad’s first visit to Afghanistan since his re-election last…
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan early Monday as coalition forces continued to restore order in the town of Marjah, the first major test of the U.S. and NATO counterinsurgency strategy since President Obama ordered 30,000 new American troops to blunt the Taliban’s momentum.
Gates said the…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki charged on Monday that US and British forces are fomenting terrorism in the region.
Mottaki’s comments came as US Defence Secretary Robert Gates made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan ahead of a trip to Kabul by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
“I accuse the US, Britain…
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MIRANSHAH – Unknown persons killed Taliban Commander Maulvi Noor Muhammad here on Sunday.
Maulvi Noor Muhammad was in-charge of transport system of the militants in and around Miranshah. He was killed when unknown persons opened fire at him in Miranshah. He was told to be affiliated with Hafiz Gul Bahadur…
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Iranian state media are reporting Iran has begun production of a new short-range missile that can destroy warships that weigh up to 3,000 tons. State radio and television say Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi
Sunday announced in Tehran that the missile, named Nasr 1 (Victory), can be fired from the ground…
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An Iraqi police official says a car-bomb blast in the holy city of Najaf killed at least three people and injured more than 50.
The official says the blast occurred Saturday near a bus carrying pilgrims, killing one Iraqi and two Iranians. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because…
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ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Security agencies have started investigations to find out whether the arrested Iranian terrorist Abdolmalek Rigi or his Jundallah outfit had connections with self-exiled Pakistani Baloch dissidents, who were allegedly involved in terrorism with aid of the Indian intelligence agencies. Well-placed security sources told TheNation on Friday that…
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Two Iranians and five Italians were arrested Wednesday in Italy on suspicion of trafficking arms to Iran in violation of international sanctions, a top anti-terrorist prosecutor said. “It is an investigation of considerable importance because it concerns the entire international community,” Armando Spataro told a news conference, adding that it…
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A Sagarkiran Indian plane crashed into a building in Hyderabad’s residential area today. According to reports, the crash occurred during an air show at the Begumpet airport. According to initial reports, the pilot has bailed out safely. There are no reports of any casualties so far. Meanwhile, firefighters have been…
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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran will sign a contract with Pakistan next week to sell natural gas to its eastern neighbour, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
The export contract would be part of a so-called “peace pipeline” project between Iran and Pakistan.
Last May, Iranian…
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TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) – Iran’s atomic chief on Tuesday accused the new UN nuclear watchdog head, Yukiya Amano, of taking sides against Tehran’s atomic programme but said he hoped the Japanese official would modify his stand.
Ali Akbar Salehi’s criticism came as Moscow and Beijing – two veto-wielding powers at the…
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QUETTA – Pak-Iran border was reopened for local trade on Monday after a four-month-long closure after successful negotiations, held last week, between the authorities of two countries.
Iran had closed the crossings for all kinds of trade activities and suspended the permits system for the local people living on both…
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TOKYO (AFP/Reuters) – Iran’s parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani on Friday accused the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), of bending to pressure from the world powers.
“One of the defects in the IAEA is that it changes positions and attitudes if it is put under certain political…
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