Archive for September, 2017

US pressures India to scale down ties with North Korea

The American message was communicated shortly before Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit. As war clouds gathered over the Korean peninsula following the North Korean missile tests, visiting U.S. officials have asked India to cut down ties with Pyongyang, senior diplomatic sources have said. American pressure on the issue has been rising over the last few months even as India […]

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Pak FM to ask U.S. to hold talks with Taliban for peace in Afghanistan

Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that he would ask the United States President Donald Trump administration to shun its “militaristic approach” in resolving the Afghanistan issue and that the “talks with the Taliban will bring peace to the war-torn country.” Asif also said that Pakistan would reproach the U.S. for its new Afghanistan policy at the United […]

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Pakistan PM: we want collaborative efforts to fight terrorism

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Sunday said that Pakistan wanted collaborative efforts to fight against terrorism, responding to a media report that the US could drop Pakistan as an ally. Talking to the newsmen here, the prime minister said the National Security Committee had responded to the statement of US President Donald Trump and the very policy was being […]

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