Important to stabilize Pakistan for a peaceful Afghanistan : Miliband

October 12th, 2009 LONDON - The United States is concerned over the growing clout of the extremists in Pakistan, however, it maintains that despite the threat, Pakistan's nuclear installations are safe. Addressing a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband here, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday's brazen terror attack on the Pakistan Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi showed that the extremists threat to that country was growing, but contended that they did pose a risk to the nuclear arsenal.

October 11th, 2009 UK: Pakistan nuclear sites not under terror threatLONDON — British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton say Pakistan faces a serious threat from terrorism, but the country's nuclear arsenal is not at risk.

August 17th, 2009 LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has been rapped for his suggestion that terrorism can be a good thing at times. According to reports, Miliband had said that violent action or terrorism may be justifiable in some cases, in a tribute to African National Congress's armed struggle in South Africa.

July 26th, 2009 LONDON - Saturday's suicide attack on government buildings in Afghanistan's southeastern city of Khost has raised fears in Pakistan about more such strikes and blood shed by the Taliban in the near future. With elections in Afghanistan less than a month away, the increased extremist activities has raised the pressure bar on Pakistan to help ensure a peaceful election.

July 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband's fifth visit to the country in the recent past had no meeting-specific agenda, which, according to analysts, is part of a new diplomatic move aimed at developing closer ties with the Pakistani people to solve the problem of terrorism in Britain's own backyard. Some analysts consider Miliband's visit very important in the view of the intelligence reports which said that almost three quarters of the terrorist attacks perpetrated on British soil had links with Pakistan.

July 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The resumption of the stalled peace talks between India and Pakistan rests on the successful prosecution of the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband has said. Addressing a joint press conference with his Pakistan counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Miliband said the thaw in Indo-Pak relation is directly related to the trial of the Mumbai terror attack masterminds.

July 6th, 2009 LAHORE - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that the Pakistan Army and the ISI should stop their double game of supporting militants against India and then clamping down when pressurised to act. Asked whether the Pakistan Army and ISI were still playing a double game - sometimes supporting the militants for use against India and clamping down on them and whether this vicious cycle has been broken, Miliband replied, "This cycle has to be stopped." Miliband said Pakistan's national security was not threatened by India, but by terrorism and extremism, adding that India had better things to do as a major power than be involved in a standoff with Pakistan.

July 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States has made it clear that India remains one of its most important allies. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Robert Blake told a US daily that Pakistan and Afghanistan are important allies of the United States, but not at the cost of India.

April 25th, 2009 LAHORE - US Special Representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has said there is no evidence that India is supporting violence in Pakistan. "If the Indians were supporting those miscreants in Pakistan that would be extraordinarily bad, really dangerous, but they are not doing so.

April 18th, 2009 GLASGOW - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that Pakistan's internal problems are a major factor for the spread of terrorism in the country, not the presence of United States and British forces in Afghanistan. In a meeting with the Muslim community in Glasgow, Miliband said Pakistan faced more threats from internal terrorism, as it was facing various lingual, ethnic and sectarian problems Islamabad's democratic institutions could not be strengthened by military rules in the country, he added.

March 21st, 2009 LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that the Taliban has achieved a "strategic stalemate" in Afghanistan.is statement came as he refused to say whether he wanted to reduce the number of British forces in the country. Miliband told the BBC: "In parts of the country there is a strategic stalemate.

March 17th, 2009 LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has welcomed reports that the Pakistan government will seek to revoke the disqualification of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, but expressed concern at the arrests of his supporters. Miliband said he was concerned by recent events in Pakistan and had discussed them with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - Britain has expressed concern over the present political pandemonium in Pakistan. Foreign Secretary David Miliband during a meeting with Member of Parliamentary Assembly (MPA) Mohammad Sarwar said that Britain is ready to help Islamabad to find a solution on the issue of restoring sacked Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.

March 7th, 2009 LONDON - Iran is to be invited to join a regional security conference that will be centred on Afghanistan but is also expected to take in the situation in Pakistan. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday the meeting was a follow-up to the international conference on Afghanistan held in Paris June 2008 and co-chaired by the European Union presidency, United Nations secretary general and the Afghan government.

March 7th, 2009 LONDON - Iran is to be invited to join a South Asian regional security conference centred on Afghanistan, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday. Miliband said the meeting was a follow-up to the international conference on Afghanistan held in Paris June 2008 and co-chaired by the European Union presidency, United Nations secretary general and the Afghan government.