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ISLAMABAD – Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Thursday suspended command and chain system to counter any aggression on borders. Reliable sources said General Kayani suspended the command and chain system in order to enable the senior officers on the posts to take appropriate action if Pakistani forces come under attack.  The Chief of the Army Staff …

Pakistani protesters rally in the city of Lahore to condemn the NATO air strike on two army checkpoints in the country’s northwest that left 24 soldiers dead.(PHOTO ap)   The NATO air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers went on for almost two hours and continued even after Pakistani commanders had pleaded with coalition forces to stop, the army claimed …

At least 28 Pakistani soldiers were killed today when NATO helicopters and combat jets fired on two border posts in the country's northwest, prompting army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to direct his troops to prepare for ''an effective response'' even as authorities cut off all supplies for US forces in Afghanistan. The attack, the worst single incident of its …

Afghanistan wants the United States and NATO to agree to stop carrying out night raids on Afghan homes as a pre-condition to Kabul signing a strategic partnership with Washington, President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday. Night raids, which foreign troops say are one of their most effective weapons in the fight against insurgents, are a major cause of friction between …

With Tunisian elections just completed, Egypt's parliamentary elections coming up and Libya veering into a dark new period, observers of the Arab Spring are wondering what will become of these revolutions once the euphoria subsides and the struggle over democracy grows apace. There is one corner of South Asia where these questions hit particularly close to home — the Maldives …