It was yet another psychological blow to US forces in Iraq, as four more soldiers fell prey to extremist fury in southern Iraq on Sunday -- the number of American casualties touching the 4,000 mark.
Pakistan-based terrorist outfits like Lashkar-e-Tayiba are likely to turn their attention to India with the drawdown of US forces from Afghanistan, a top Pentagon commander has told lawmakers.
The American troops have take a recourse to existing mechanism to discuss and address the issues, relating to law and order on border areas
'China's growing nexus with Pakistan and the two countries' unresolved territorial disputes with India continue to pose a formidable national security threat to India,' says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
The deadly American air strike on a hospital in northern Afghan city of Kunduz that killed 22 people, including women and children, was a mistake, a top US commander in Afghanistan on Tuesday said as he conceded that they were taken by surprise by the recent Taliban upsurge.
'In the run-up to the summit, Trump had indicated that he might strike a nuclear deal in the course of a single meeting or over several days, but as it transpired, Trump departed Singapore soon after the meeting.' 'This raises questions if his aspirations for an ambitious outcome had been scaled back,' says Rajaram Panda.
Iran, meanwhile, has promised to help the Americans leave the region.
Researchers believe that more complex machines may soon be on the drawing board, and military robots might one day even be asked to make some important decisions on their own.
Later addressing a press conference, Musharraf said that he would not allow the sovereignty of his country to be breached by the US.
The United States needs to maintain its military threat against Syria as such pressure forced the Assad regime to change its posture on chemical weapons, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said today.
US and Iraqi forces Thursday launched a massive airborne operation north of Baghdad, involving over 50 aircraft and more than 1,500 troops, the military said.
Unidentified attackers shot at a US convoy in Kunar province's Asadabad district, prompting US forces to launch air strikes and artillery fire against suspected enemy positions.
The Sunday Times, London, quoted eye-witnesses as saying that US troops beat him to death.
Obama lied to Americans about the role of Pakistan special forces in the raid which killed Osama Bin Laden so he could take credit for the mission, an expose published has claimed.
Kanika Datta visits the Cu Chi military tunnels -- a testimony to a plucky little country's 30-year war of resistance against, first, French colonisers and, then, the US.
United States Defence Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the new Iraqi constitution will not end all violence in Iraq.
US President George W Bush said during his first visit to Afghanistan Wednesday that he was confident Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden would be brought to justice.
The US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James Dobbins is stepping down, Secretary of State John Kerry today said amid a political crisis in the war-torn country.
In other developments, two US Marines were among 14 people killed in a five hour gunbattle with insurgents.
The incident occurred early Monday as the guardsmen queued up outside the station to collect their salary at the police station near Ramadi, some 150 km west of Baghdad.
Swearing allegiance to Taliban and al Qaeda, chanting anti-Modi slogans outside a court, and operating without the support of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence are indications that the banned Students Islamic Movement of India is seeking the attention of global terrorist groups and wants to be the face of India's home-grown terror. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Internal files from eight newly disclosed Army criminal investigations indicate a pattern of abuse at US detention facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Deployment of THAAD in South Korea could unfold a new cataclysm in the Korean Peninsula with unwelcome prospects.
'We would like to ensure there is no foreign intervention in Afghanistan,' says NSAB convener Satinder \n\nLambah.
Rajaram Panda explains why the US president needs to restrain himself and build a relationship with China to put any credible pressure on North Korea.
As US forces converged on his stronghold, the radical Shia cleric demanded that Americans found guilty of abuse at a Baghdad prison be tried by Iraqi courts.
The mastermind of the 1985 hijacking of the Italian ship died while in American custody in Iraq.
Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan was number 36 on the US list of most wanted officials of the Saddam regime in Iraq.
India said Pakistan was a democracy deficit country and practises terrorism on its own people.
But Bush administration officials said the war would continue.
A US airbase near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan sparks protests.
Sunday Express claimed that the SAS, Britain's elite soldiers have trapped in his secret mountain lair in Pakistan.
Human Rights Watch has asked Washington to explain intelligence failure that led to the killing of 15 children in two recent attacks by American forces in Afghanistan.
The White House said it has 'a large body' of evidence indicating that the Assad regime was responsible for the April 7 chemical attack in Duma.
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