Friday, April 14th, 2017
Trump presents new opportunity to engage with US: Musharraf
WASHINGTON: Former president Pervez Musharraf urged Pakistan on Thursday to engage with the Trump administration as the change in Washington presents Islamabad with an opportunity to improve its relations with the United States. Addressing the launching ceremony of a report on US-Pakistan relations, Mr Musharraf noted that the Trump administration had come to power with “a clean slate” and a “very positive” attitude and was eager to understand the complexities of the issues it confronts in various parts of the world. “We need to engage with the new government andRead More
US military drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan
US forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck a militant Islamic State (IS) tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with “the mother of all bombs,” the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the US military, Pentagon officials said. The bomb, known officially as a GBU-43B, or massive ordnance air blast weapon, unleashes 11 tons of explosives. When it was developed in the early 2000s, the Pentagon did a formal review of legal justification for its combat use. The US military headquarters in Kabul said in a statement that the bombRead More