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US slaps sanctions on Haqqani commander, Taliban financer
In a bid to choke off financial and other support to terrorists, the US on Thursday slapped sanctions on prominent Taliban financers and commanders of the Haqqani terror network, linked by Washington
US puts 5 Haqqani Network associates on terrorist list
Squeezing recalcitrant ally Pakistan, the United States has put on its terrorist list five associates of the Haqqani Network branded as a ‘veritable arm’ of the Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (
US man held over Pentagon bomb plot
A US man was arrested over plotting to blow up the Pentagon and the US Capital with large explosives-laden remote-controlled aircraft.
Rezwan Ferdaus, 26, of Ashland, Massachusetts, was arrested on W
Two LeT kingpins put on US terror list
The United States on Wednesday imposed financial sanctions on two founding members of the Pakistan based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) held responsible for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks after n
'India top weapons purchaser among developing nations in 2010'
India was the top weapons purchaser among the developing countries in 2010, acquiring armaments worth USD 5.8 billion, according to a US Congressional report.
Taiwan ranked second with USD 2.7 billi
Three Indian American scientists get White House honour
Three distinguished Indian Americans, two inventors and a researcher, figure among a dozen top scientists and innovators named by President Barack Obama as recipients of the nation's highest honours i
Census: 131,729 gay couples report they're married
Increasingly visible, the number of gay Americans telling the U.S. census they're living with same-sex partners nearly doubled in the past decade, to about 650,000 couples. And more than 130,000 recor
Bill introduced in US House to freeze all aid to Pakistan
A key American lawmaker from Texas has introduced a resolution in the House of Representative to freeze all US aid to Pakistan.
The House Resolution (No HR 3013) if passed will freeze all US aid to P
Bill introduced in US House to freeze all aid to Pakistan
A key American lawmaker from Texas has introduced a resolution in the House of Representative to freeze all US aid to Pakistan. The House Resolution (No HR 3013) if passed will freeze all US aid to Pakistan with the exception of funds that are designated to help secure nuclear weapons.
Pakistan was behind 2007 Afghan border ambush on American troops too
A new revelation has suggested that Pakistan was involved in the 2007 ambush in Teri Mangal, in Afghanistan, that had left an American major killed and three American officers wounded, an allegation t
