New Delhi: Army chief General V K Singh is undertaking a four-day tour to UK on February 14, a move that could scotch media speculation about his resignation in the near future after his loss in the legal battle over his age in the Supreme Court. A release issued by the Army said that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) will be interacting with senior military and civilian hierarchy and discussing various defence related issues to strengthen existing defence ties with UK

Share Sunday, 12 February 2012 18:47 Last Updated on Sunday, 12 February 2012 19:05 Written by TOLOnews.com Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission on Saturday warned that if the Afghan government does not prevent violence against women, the international community will consider Afghanistan unsuccessful in the field of human rights. The commission believes that all achievements of the last ten years will

Share Sunday, 12 February 2012 17:31 Last Updated on Sunday, 12 February 2012 18:43 Written by Nazifa Mahbuba The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday said that International Support to Afghanistan and Financing Afghan National Security Forces will be the main subject to be discussed at Tokyo Conference. A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Janan Musazai, said that Afghan government is trying very hard to attract long-term international support.

Share Sunday, 12 February 2012 19:17 Last Updated on Sunday, 12 February 2012 20:08 Written by Shakeela Abrahimkhil Relatives of some Afghan high-ranking officials and powerful figures have been appointed in key posts in the Afghan Ministry of Affairs, experts said on Sunday. Experts warn that politicising the positions in the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and that appointment of Afghan officials' relatives in the

Share Sunday, 12 February 2012 19:59 Written by TOLOnews.com Top news in this Bulletin: The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday said that International Support to Afghanistan and Financing Afghan National Security Forces will be the main subject to be discussed at Tokyo Conference. Dim lights Embed Embed this video on your site A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Janan Musazai, said that Afghan

Share Sunday, 12 February 2012 18:54 Last Updated on Sunday, 12 February 2012 19:31 Written by TOLOnews.com Pakistan's Prime Minister Yosuf Raza Gilani has said that his country is not backing the Afghan Taliban, and that Б─≤supporting the Tailban was not his job'. Gilani has also said that it was up to the Afghan people to decide whether the insurgents should be part of any future government in Kabul. It is up to the Afghans to decide the shape of the future dispensation in

Three civilians have been killed in a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. (file photo) A roadside explosion has claimed the lives of at least three more civilians in the southern Afghanistan province of Helmand, Press TV reports. According to locals, the bomb went off late Saturday in the city of Washir, after a vehicle came into contact with it. City officials blame the incident on "terrorists".

PTI | Feb 12, 2012, 06.30PM IST | ISLAMABAD: "At the moment I have good relations" with the powerful military, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said, weeks after they had a tense standoff over the memo scandal. Asked about his relations with the military during an interview to al- Jazeera, Gilani, said: "At the moment I have good relations". Last month, the government and the military had differed on the crucial

Vladimir Radyuhin Turkmenistan voted in a token presidential election on Sunday that is certain to extend the rule of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov for another five years. More than 80 percent of the registered 3 million voters cast their votes for one of eight candidates, according to the Central Election Commission. The election was monitored by 60 observers from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) representing former Soviet states.

By RASOOL DAWAR, Associated Press Associated Press February 12, 2012 04:11 AM Sunday, February 12, 2012 (02-12) 04:11 PST PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's leading militants have called on fighters to honor an agreement not to attack the Pakistani military in the most important sanctuary for the Taliban and al-Qaida along the Afghan border. Militants have long used the North Waziristan tribal area as a base to