News_Editor Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Pakistan and U.S. discuss putting relations back on track 2011-05-19 21:10:04 GMT+7 (ICT) ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Pakistan and the United States on Thursday discussed putting bilateral relations back on track and solve issues that caused tensions between the two sides in the last months, the APP news agency reported. Marc Grossman, the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, met with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of Army Staff, in Islamabad. The meeting followed the one between the Pakistani top officials and U.S. Senator John Kerry. Last Monday, Zardari and Kerry agreed to resume relations on the basis of mutual respect, mutual trust and mutual interest. This was the first visit by a senior U.S. official since the May 2 special operation in which al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in his residence in Abbotabad, Pakistan. Pakistan has also called on the U.S. to stop its drone strikes in the Pakistani-Afghan border area as instead of disrupting terrorist cells, the missile attacks unite militants and tribal people as the latter are often affected by the strikes. Pakistan's Afghan border, which the United States considers to be the most dangerous place on Earth, is known to be a stronghold of the Taliban's Haqqani Network, considered one of the top terrorist organizations and threats to U.S. forces in Afghanistan. During Thursday's meeting, Grossman and Zardari also discussed the future of the bilateral engagement in relation to the operations in Afghanistan, the impact of the U.S. drone strikes in the civilian population and other regional developments. The meeting was also attended by U.S. Ambassador in Islamabad Cameron Munter, Director General Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. Shuja Pasha, and Hina Rabbani Khar, Minister of Foreign Affairs. -- © BNO News All rights reserved 2011-05-19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnSvenskTiger Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 The US admin and some Pakki generals discussed the size of the bribes to keep this scam going, I should say! Free Pakistan now! Tiger Well Im not surprized! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 The US admin and some Pakki generals discussed the size of the bribes to keep this scam going, I should say! Free Pakistan now! Tiger Well Im not surprized! Perhaps the best thing to do is indeed leave Pakistan, but that would also mean leaving landlocked Afghanistan where there is a large NATO presence. P.S Interesting idea of freedom you have, I'm sure the Taliban also have their own ideas as to what freedom is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnSvenskTiger Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Well off coursethey do! Otherwise why oppose the imperialists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnSvenskTiger Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Just got the information that Punjab in Pakistan resigns from coop with the US. This can go quicker then expected. TTTTTTTTTTTTT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 P.S Interesting idea of freedom you have, I'm sure the Taliban also have their own ideas as to what freedom is. Like throwing acid in the face of young girls who want to go to school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnSvenskTiger Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 LInks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 LInks! You didn't for a minute really think this didn't happen? I expect you'll be back trying to float moral equivalence arguments, but the Islamic third world is always a losing hand for such comparisons. http://articles.cnn.com/2008-11-12/world/afghanistan.acid.attack_1_al-jazeera-acid-attack-taliban-militants?_s=PM:WORLD Two men on a motorcycle used water pistols to spray acid on girls walking to school Wednesday in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, blinding at least two of them, military spokesmen said.U.S. Col. Greg Julian said Afghanistan's National Military Command Center told him that four girls were hurt in the incident. Two were blinded and remain hospitalized, and two were treated and released, he said. The men escaped after the attack, and no one claimed responsibility for it, but Arab-language network Al-Jazeera said Taliban militants were suspected to be responsible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnSvenskTiger Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Bad! Very bad but one time in 2008 between 2001-2011 makes it as rare as a headshot to a US politician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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