Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has arrived in Afghanistan to meet President Ashraf Ghani, in continuation of Afghan peace process. In a media talk, on his arrival, Patrick Shanahan termed the involvement of Afghan government in peace talks as a positive development in the efforts to ...

WASHINGTON: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has arrived in Macedonia with a warning that Russia was attempting to meddle in a referendum. Talking to reporters en route to Macedonian capital, Skopje, Mattis said U.S. does not want to see Russia doing there what they have tried to do in so many ...

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has recognized Pakistan's sacrifices in the war against terrorism.This was stated in a statement of the American embassy in Islamabad after the Defense Secretary's meetings with the Pakistani leadership.It said James Mattis emphasized the vital role that ...

ISLAMABAD: US Defense Secretary James Mattis will arrive in Islamabad on Monday (today) on a day-long visit to Pakistan.James Mattis will hold meetings with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa.During the meetings, matters pertaining to ...

WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary James Mattis said the United States would try to work with Pakistan in Afghanistan. Mattis said at a House Armed Services Committee hearing: “We need to try to make this strategy work with them, by, with and through the Pakistanis, and if our best efforts fail, ...

BRUSSELS: (AA) Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik discussed the PKK/PYD terror group with the US Defense Secretary James Mattis late Wednesday, a Turkish Defense Ministry official said. The first meeting between the pair took place at a NATO summit in Brussels, where Isik warned Mattis about the ...

RAWALPINDI: (APP) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and US Secretary of Defence, Jim Mattis had a 20 minutes telephonic conversation on Thursday. Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor in a tweet said the COAS congratulated the ...

Those who have a common enemy most likely get on like a house on fire just to bring maximum afflictions upon their foe. More or less this is the tale of US-India tie-up. The developments taking place in China are widely considered the determinant of their mutual relationship. China’s rise is a ...

WASHINGTON (APP) - The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group aims to open a new front in southern Syria in addition to its ongoing offensive in the northeast, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday."We will aggressively pursue opportunities to build pressure on ISIL in Syria ...