*WASHINGTON: US Central Command chief General Joseph Votel on Friday lauded Pakistan’s role for brining peace and stability in South Asia.* “Lots of positive coming out from the Afghan reconciliation process,” Votel told the House Armed Services Committee. He said Pakistan’s role for ...

The top US general in the Middle East has said he disagrees with President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria. Talking to CNN, Gen Joseph Votel said that Islamic State militants are still active in Syria and US-backed forces are not yet capable of handling the threat alone. He told the ...

WASHINGTON - During a Congressional hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Commander of the US Central Command General Joseph Votel told the lawmakers that Pakistan has taken positive steps to assist Special US Representative of Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in facilitating talks with the ...

ISLAMABAD: Commander US CENTCOM General Joseph Votel called Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa. According to ISPR, he condoled unfortunate death of Pakistani student Sabika Sheikh in Texas School firing. He also conveyed his grief to bereaved family on loss of an innocent life. APP/AFP

WASHINGTON:The Chief of the United States military’s Central Command, General Joseph Votel, has said that Pakistan is showing positive indicators about US concerns on terrorism. He told a hearing at the US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee in Washington that Islamabad is ...

JEDDAH: Pakistan remains “absolutely critical” to the success of America’s South Asia security strategy, US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Gen. Joseph Votel said on Wednesday. “We are very busily implementing our South Asia strategy, which is designed to bring the Taliban to the ...

Commander of United States Central Command, General Joseph Votel has warned on Friday that Indo-Pak tensions could escalate into a ‘nuclear exchange’.The CENTCOM chief said: “India’s public policy to diplomatically isolate Pakistan hinders any prospects for improved relations.” He was at ...

WASHINGTON: US CENTCOM Commander General Joseph has testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the existing situation in the region.The general lauded “promising coordination” between the Pak-Afghan militaries, he said, adding that the US government was encouraged by military ...

WASHINGTON (APP) - A top military chief and other officials have insisted that the United States was not involved in the attempted military coup in Turkey, underscoring tense relations between the allies. Long-standing partners in NATO and officially fighting side-by-side against the Islamic State ...

ANKARA: (APP) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused a top US general of being on the side of Turkey’s coup plotters after commenting that the country’s turmoil could downgrade military cooperation with Washington.“You are taking the side of coup plotters instead of thanking this ...