Category: Pakistan & Kashmir

NOVANEWS   An Afghan refugee woman packs wheat, as refugee girls, on the background, stand in line to get soup in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. A US-led missile strike has killed at […]

NOVANEWS   by crescentandcross   NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said the alliance will continue its mission in Afghanistan despite the recent killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. Rasmussen hailed the […]

NOVANEWS   McClatchy   KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Taliban, who sheltered Osama bin Laden when they governed the country prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, said Tuesday that it would be “premature” to comment […]

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross   by Gareth Porter When George W. Bush rejected a Taliban offer to have Osama bin Laden tried by a moderate group of Islamic states in mid-October 2001, he gave up the only opportunity […]

NOVANEWS   Peter King says Pakistan is ‘at a crossroads’ with the United States. Politico.com Congress expressed fury at Pakistan Tuesday for its role in housing Osama bin Laden for the past several years, as […]

NOVANEWS   Officials Concerned Attack Will Set a Precedent for Cross Border Operations antiwar.com Despite the Obama Administration’s initial claims that the Sunday morning raid that killed Osama bin Laden was done with the cooperation […]

NOVANEWS   Officials Doubt ‘Commitment’ of Zardari Government After Finding bin Laden antiwar.com A number of Senators are calling on Congress to immediately suspend billions of dollars in annual foreign aid to Pakistan following yesterday’s […]

NOVANEWS   by Jim Lobe Sunday’s killing of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by a small helicopter-borne team of U.S. Navy Seals could result in significant impacts on U.S. relations and strategy both in Pakistan, where […]

NOVANEWS by James Buchanan A recent news article reports “Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that murdered thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, […]

NOVANEWS   By General Mirza Aslam Beg There are two issues, which are the main cause of strained relations between Pakistan and the United States of America. One is, the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), trying […]