Afghanistan

Officials say that the Pakistani troops attacked a Taliban stronghold on Wednesday using helicopter gunships and mortar rounds somewere in Mingora the north-western frontier province of Pakistan. The offense comes as a reaction to the directives of the U.S. Government to crack down the extremists which continuously rose violence at home and in Afghanistan. Anyway [...]

The Taliban militants are growing in numbers, and in strength, and they could jeopardize U.S. interests therefore President Barack Obama will put pressure on Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari when they meet at the White House later today. It is said that Obama is concerned that the Taliban fighters have grown much in strength because [...]