Reuters: South Asia News

India, Pakistan PMs to meet, Mumbai attacks cloud talks

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:01:02 +0530

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - The prime ministers of India and Pakistan meet in Egypt on Thursday for talks which Islamabad hopes will pave the way to the resolution of all disputes with its rival.

Pakistan sees momentum in ties with India

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:51:15 +0530

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - On the eve of talks with his Indian counterpart, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday he hoped recent momentum in ties could push the rivals toward "comprehensive engagement".

India wants "terrorism infrastructure" dismantled

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:14:31 +0530

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday "the infrastructure of terrorism" must be dismantled, remarks clearly directed at rival Pakistan.

India, Pakistan officials talk in Egypt on tensions

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:16:10 +0530

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Top diplomats from India and Pakistan have begun talks to reduce tensions between the two states in a meeting on the fringes of a gathering in Egypt, sources close to the talks said.

Clinton says she will visit Pakistan in the fall

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:19:25 +0530

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she will go to Pakistan in the fall, saying that the U.S. goal of defeating al Qaeda and its Taliban allies required working with Pakistan.

UK's Brown says Karzai pledges more Afghan forces

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:19:07 +0530

LONDON (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai has promised to provide extra Afghan security forces to reinforce British soldiers battling Taliban insurgents, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday.

July equals deadliest month of Afghan war

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:23:09 +0530

KABUL (Reuters) - The death toll for foreign troops in Afghanistan halfway through July equalled the highest for any month of the eight-year-old war, tallies showed on Wednesday, as a U.S. escalation has met unprecedented violence.

10-year Chinook saga grounds Britain in Afghanistan

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:49:06 +0530

LONDON (Reuters) - Part of the difficulty British forces face in Afghanistan, where 15 soldiers have been killed in the past two weeks, can be traced back to mistakes made in procuring helicopters more than a decade ago, experts say.

U.S. dismayed at Afghan release of drug smugglers

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:33:53 +0530

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's recent pardon of five convicted heroin smugglers is a disappointing setback to Kabul's U.S.-backed fight against the narcotics trade, the State Department said on Wednesday.

Qaeda's Zawahri urges Pakistanis to join jihad

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:36:22 +0530

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's second-in-command accused the United States of leading a crusade to turn Pakistan from a Muslim nuclear power into a divided nation and urged Pakistanis to join jihad to resist.