Outgoing US President Donald Trump has ordered the country’s Central Command (CENTCOM) to coordinate military activities with the Israeli regime, while also designating Persian Gulf Arab kingdoms of Bahrain and the UAE as “major security partners” in his final days in office. The move, ...

RAWALPINDI:US CENTCOM Commander held important meeting with Pakistan Army Chief at GHQ. The inncoming commander of the United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Sunday, the ISPR said. General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. took over as ...

*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 ...

ISLAMABAD - US forces have not yet been ordered to pull out of Afghanistan despite President Donald Trump's plan to end involvement there, the commander of American forces in the Middle East, said on Thursday. "We have not been directed to withdraw. There are no orders to withdraw anything," ...

*ISLAMABAD - President Ashraf Ghani met with the U.S. Central Commander General Joseph Votel in the Presidential Palace on Tuesday, President’s office said in a statement.* According to the statement, the two sides discussed the peace process, funding, and strengthening of the Afghan Forces and ...

President Trump has asked the UK and other European allies to take back and put on trial more than 800 Daesh militants captured in the final battle against the group. President Trump in a tweet said the IS caliphate is about to fall. His tweet comes as US-backed Kurdish forces continue an assault ...

KABUL - A US top general has said that the United States military is expected to trim troop levels in Afghanistan as part of an efficiency drive by the new commander. The report said that the US general estimated that the cut may exceed 1,000 forces. Gen. Joseph Votel, head of the US ...

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 - Commander of US Central Command General Joseph Votel, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, said “as a state possessing nuclear weapons that sits at the nexus of Russian, Chinese, Indian, Iranian, and US geopolitical interests, Pakistan will always retain its ...

Moscow: The Taliban hailed two days of unprecedented talks with Afghan politicians as "very successful", despite disagreements over women's rights and its demands for an Islamic constitution in the war-torn country. The extraordinary gathering in Moscow was the Taliban's most significant with ...