US 'nearly completes' troop drawdown in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD — The United States said Friday that it had nearly completed a drawdown in military personnel from Pakistan as demanded by Islamabad when relations plummeted over the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Vice Admiral Michael LeFever, US defence representative in Pakistan, made the announcement in a statement released by the US embassy in Islamabad, but left the door open to future security assistance.

Canada to pull out of a Key Nato air surveillance Programme

OTTAWA: Canadian has announced that he is withdrawing from a key Nato air surveillance program as part of cost-cutting measures.

The Nato Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) is widely used by the alliance in Afghanistan and Libya to monitor air space and guide fighter jets to their targets.

"Picasso of India" M.F. Husain dies in exile aged 95

London : India's best known painter Maqbool Fida Husain died in exile in London on Thursday aged 95, a close friend of the artist told Reuters.

"He died of old age. It happened early this morning," said Munna Zaveri, a friend of Husain for 40 years, before leaving for London. "He was in hospital for some time and was supposed to come home today or tomorrow but his condition worsened."

Zawahiri vows to continue al-Qaeda's jihad

Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's second in command, has issued a eulogy for Osama bin Laden, saying the slain group's chief terrified the US when he was alive and would continue to do so in death.

Al-Zawahiri appeared in a white Arab robe and turban, a Kalashnikov at his side, in a 28-minute video posted on jihadist online forums on Wednesday.

US plans to sabotage Pakistan nuke facilities: Ahmadinejad

TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a media conference in Tehran accused Washington of planning to sabotage Pakistan’s nuclear facilities.

“We have precise information that America wants to sabotage the Pakistani nuclear facilities in order to control Pakistan and to weaken the government and people of Pakistan,” said the Iranian President.

Globalists’ Pakistan War Plan: Destabilization and invasion

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