It seems Pakistani military was caught off guard not once but twice by the Americans who not only breached its airspace during the May 2 raid to kill Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, but also flew in back from Afghanistan hours later with his body on way to his sea burial.
United States President Barack Obama gifted a measuring tape to the commander of the US SEALs, an elite navy unit which killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, after he found out that the commandos did not have one to measure the height of slain Al Qaeda leader following the covert raid.
The Navy SEAL programme was created by then US President John F Kennedy on January 1, 1962. The Navy realised the necessity for guerilla/counter-guerilla warfare and wanted to establish itself in the role of special warfare.
Danish Siddiqui, in his early 40s, was killed during clashes in Spin Boldak district in Kandahar, Tolo News quoted sources as saying.
British special forces are blasting Bollywood music as a new psychological warfare weapon against Islamic State terrorists in Libya on the advice of a Pakistani-born intelligence officer, it emerged on Wednesday.
In Mumbai to promote his Netflix original film War Machine, the Hollywood star caught up with King Khan.
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