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A question of viability | The EU likes summits. Just look at the way it reacts when the other side decides not to show up (for example, when Barack Obama decided not to attend the May EU-US summit in Madrid). If the EU wants... (photo: WN / Denise Yong) Gulf News Business Europe Market Photos Trade |
Marjah fears return of warlords | By Mohammad Elyas Daee and Abubakar Siddique | MARJAH - Azizullah Khan might be this town's best example of civic-mindedness. He is a middle-aged farmer in this area, at the center of a recent large... (photo: AP / Dusan Vranic, Pool) Asia Times Afghanistan Military Photos Security Taliban |
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Pakistan risks IMF's $1.2bn | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Islamabad's tardiness in naming a finance minister to succeed Shaukat Tarin, who resigned on February 23 to pursue his own b... (photo: AP / Fareed Khan) Asia Times Economy Finance IMF Pakistan Photos |
Zardari, Karzai hold wide ranging talks on fighting terror Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari and his visiting Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Wednesday held wide-ranging talks focusing on jointly fighting terrorism, streng... (photo: PIB / Photo Division, Ministry of I & B Government of India.) Zeenews Afghanistan Kabul Leader Photos Politics |
Karzai in Pakistan to seek support for peace with Taliban | Islamabad - Afghan president Hamid Karzai arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday to discuss possible reconciliation with Taliban insurgents and the overall security situatio... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq) m&c Afghanistan Kabul Leader Photos Politics |
Ahmadinejad criticises NATO troops, mocks Gates KABUL - Iran's outspoken president on Wednesday criticised Western troops as an obstacle to peace in Afghanistan and mocked the US defence secretary during their overlapp... (photo: AP / Seth Wenig) Khaleej Times Iran Nato Photos President US |
A Q Khan network offered to build nuclear bomb for Saddam: Book WASHINGTON: An agent linked to disgraced Pakistani scientist A Q Khan had offered Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1990 that they could build an atomic bomb for him in th... (photo: AP / Shakil Adil) The Times Of India Iraq Nuclear Pakistan Photos Saddam |
Aid workers shot dead in Pakistan | Unidentified assailants have attacked the office of a Western aid agency in Pakistan, killing up to five people and wounding several others, according to poli... (photo: AP / Naveed Sultan) Al Jazeera Aid Pakistan Photos Taliban Terrorism |