Obama fires McChrystal, picks Petraeus for Afghan

United States President President Barack Obama on Tuesday removed Gen Stanley McChrystal as his top commander in Afghanistan over his highly critical remarks about senior administration officials,......

Pak 'rubbishes' report of ISI training Taliban

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday dismissed a report that the Inter-Services Intelligence agency is funding, training and guiding the Taliban in Afghanistan as "rubbish",......

Afghanistan is no Vietnam, says Obama

In a speech --which unveiled a revised policy in Afghanistan -- thataroused worldwide interest, US President Barack Obama says Afghanistan is no Vietnam. Aziz Haniffa elucidates. In a prime-time......