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Bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul
Pak lodges protest with US over missile attack
Kashmiris must be ‘part of dialogue process’
Don’t sign any deal with India, Prachanda told
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Bush doctrine, what’s that, asks Palin
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Bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul
New York, September 12 They also believe that the attack was aided by Pakistan's infamous intelligence agency, ISI. "It's very difficult to imagine he (General Kayani) was not aware," a senior American official told the New York Times. The American intelligence agencies were quoted as saying that senior Pakistani national security officials favour the use of militant groups to preserve Pakistan's influence in the region, as a hedge against India and Afghanistan. In fact, some analysts believe that ISI operatives did not mind when their role in the July bombing in Kabul became known, the paper added. "They did not cover their tracks very well," a senior Defense Department official
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Pak lodges protest with US over missile attack
Islamabad, September 12 At least 10 people were killed in the missile attack. Pakistan Defence Minister said that his country would resist any attempt to harm its sovereignty. Pak Army vows to safeguard territorial integrity Pakistan’s Army on Friday vowed to work with the new democratic government to defend the nation’s borders as its top commanders met amid nationwide anger against the US missile strikes in the restive tribal belt bordering Afghanistan. “All elements of national power under the new democratic leadership will safeguard the territorial integrity of Pakistan with full support and backing of the people,” Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said addressing a conference of commanders of the Pakistan Army at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi near here. Kayani was quoted by TV channels as telling the commanders’ conference that there was a “complete unanimity of views between the government and the army”. The strike, near the town of Miranshah, was the first since a recent surge in tension between Pakistan and the United States over how to tackle the Taliban and al-Qaida along the border with Afghanistan. “Yes, missiles have been fired. We have reports that more than 10 people were killed,” a security official said. — Agencies
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Kashmiris must be ‘part of dialogue process’
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday stressed the need for Pakistan and India to narrow down their divergences on Kashmir, and said Kashmiris must be a part of the dialogue process.
"We strongly believe that Kashmiris should be an integral component of the ongoing peace process, as they are the primary stakeholders," the Prime Minister said in his opening remarks at the 42nd session of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council here. He mentioned the frequent meetings of Pakistani leadership with Kashmiri leaders reflected government's approach on
Kashmiris' involvement in the peace process.
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Don’t sign any deal with India, Prachanda told
Just two days before the newly elected Prime Minister and Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal
Dahal, alias Prachanda, begins his first-ever political visit to India,
CPN- (Maoist) central secretariat on Friday directed him not to sign any treaty with India during his four-day visit.
According to a party source, the secretariat meeting held at Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar this morning issued such directive to PM
Prachanda. While carrying out consultations on the meeting with major political parties in the Constituent Assembly on Thursday, the representatives from various ruling and opposition parties in the Assembly had also suggested the PM not to strike any new deal with India without having extensive homework in this regard.
However, they had urged him to take up all problems in bilateral relations openly. Earlier, before they got victory in the April 10 polls and formed the new government, the former rebels, who claimed to be true disciple of Chinese Communist leader Mao, used to advocate that Nepal should immediately scrap all bilateral treaties, including Indo-Nepal Friendship and Peace Treaty-1950 that were unequal and lopsided. PM Prachanda is set to leave for New Delhi on Sunday afternoon, leading 42-member delegation immediately after he gives clarification to the parliamentarians.
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Bush doctrine, what’s that, asks Palin
In her first major interview since Sen. John McCain picked her as his running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin all but proved her critics right as she fumbled through answers on questions of foreign policy. It is not likely, however, that her performance would put off her supporters, who relate to her social conservative beliefs. Aired on Thursday night, in the interview Gibson questioned Palin on issues ranging from Iran’s nuclear weapons and the Russia-Georgia conflict to whether the US had the right to conduct cross-border attacks in Pakistan. This week, Islamabad and Washington engaged in a tense exchange of words over the issue even as news emerged that President George W. Bush had secretly approved covert US missions in Pakistan. Asked whether the US should follow this policy, Palin responded: “Now, as for our right to invade, we're going to work with these countries, building new relationships, working with existing allies, but forging new, also, in order to, Charlie, get to a point in this world where war is not going to be a first option. ” Unconvinced by her response, Gibson persisted: “But, Governor, I'm asking you: We have the right, in your mind, to go across the border with or without the approval of the Pakistani government.” Palin tried again: “In order to stop Islamic extremists, those terrorists who would seek to destroy America and allies, we must do whatever it takes and we must not blink, Charlie, in making those tough decisions of where we go and who we target.” Finally Gibson noted: “I got lost in a blizzard of words there. Is that a yes? That you think we have the right to go across the border with or without the approval of the Pakistani government, to go after terrorists who are in the Waziristan area?” Palin eventually said: “I believe that America has to exercise all options in order to stop the terrorists who are hell-bent on destroying America and our allies. We have got to have all options out there on the table.” The awkward exchange was one of many in an interview in Fairbanks, Alaska, where Palin had gone to see off her son who was deploying with his unit to Iraq. Gibson questioned Palin on remarks she had made in her old church that US leaders were sending troops “on a task that is from God.” He asked her if the US was fighting a holy war. After initially denying she had made these remarks, Palin said, “I do believe that this war against extreme Islamic terrorists is the right thing.” She maintained that victory was “in sight” in Iraq. Reiterating the Bush line that a nuclear-armed Iran is a threat to the rest of the world, Palin said the US should not “second guess” Israel if it decided to take out Iran's nuclear facilities to “defend themselves and for their security.” At one point, Palin appeared not to be familiar with the Bush Doctrine, which maintains the US has the right of anticipatory self-defence. This was evident from the following exchange. Gibson: Do you agree with the Bush doctrine? Palin: In what respect, Charlie? Gibson: The Bush doctrine -- well, what do you interpret it to be? Palin: His worldview. Gibson: No, the Bush doctrine, enunciated September 2002, before the Iraq war. Palin: I believe that what President Bush has attempted to do is rid this world of Islamic extremism, terrorists who are hell-bent on destroying our nation. There have been blunders along the way, though. There have been mistakes made. And with new leadership, and that's the beauty of American elections, of course, and democracy, is with new leadership comes opportunity to do things better. Eventually Gibson had to explain this doctrine to her.
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In her first major interview since Sen. John McCain picked her as his running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin all but proved her critics right as she fumbled through answers on questions of foreign policy.
