US assures Pak of all help in counter insurgency operationsSeptember 8th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - The United States has said it will continue its support to Pakistan in the latter's counter insurgency fight. A US delegation comprising Congressman Adam Smith, Member of House Armed Services Committee Congressman Boby Bright and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords met Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Kayani at the General Headquarters and assured Pakistan of all possible help in its fight against militancy, The Nation reports.
Mullen, Gates push for joint US-Pak operation against TalibanSeptember 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Stressing on the need for destroying militant safe havens in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen has said Islamabad is a key ally in the new American strategy to defeat the Taliban. Terming the joint US-Pak policy against extremism as a 'pincer approach', Admiral Mullen said Pakistan's efforts against the militants in FATA should be backed by applying pressure from the Afghan side.
Mullen says public relations won't bring back lost credibility in war against extremismAugust 29th, 2009 LAHORE - US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen has warned that no amount of public relations will establish credibility if America fails to communicate its actions globally. "We need to worry a lot less about how to communicate our actions and much more about what our actions communicate.
Osama-bin-Laden may strike US soon: US ChiefJuly 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen has said Al-Qaida chief Osama-bin-Laden is hiding in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and can strike the United States from there. Admiral Mullen said it was due to this fear, crushing Al-Qaeda was on top of Obama Administration's agenda.
Pak to US: Provide latest military technology, real time intelligenceJuly 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has urged the United States to provide the latest military technology and real time intelligence inputs to help it to counter the terror threat. During his meeting with US Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan needs the latest technology and real-time, credible and actionable intelligence to counter militancy effectively.
Iran on track for nuclear weapon, claims Admiral MullenMay 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said that Iran is on track for building a nuclear weapon by 2011. "Certainly from what I've seen over the years, Iran is on a path to develop a nuclear weapon," Mullen said on ABC's "This Week."
He added that: "Most of us believe that it's one to three years depending on assumptions on where they are right now.
NATO to broaden its engagement with Pak: MullenMay 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen has said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is working to broaden its engagement with Pakistan. Addressing a congressional hearing here, Admiral Mullen said NATO is working out a strategy to seek a more in-depth relationship with Pakistan to help the troubled country counter the terrorism and instability more effectively.
US Senator wants aid to Pak to be used exactly what it is meant forMay 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Worried over reports about Pakistan rapidly adding to its stockpile of nuclear weapons, and speculations about Islamabad misusing the US aid meant for carrying counter insurgency operations, a senior US Senator has moved an amendment to a bill before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that requires Pakistan not to redirect American aid for expansion of its nuclear establishments. Addressing the Committee, Democrat Senator Jim Webb said the amendment was primarily aimed at ensuring that Pakistan does not misuse the assistance.
Pakistan's ISI uses Taliban as a 'strategic hedge': USMay 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI keeps ties to the Taliban as a 'strategic hedge' due to uncertainty about the future outcome of the war in neighbouring Afghanistan, according to US Defence Secretary Robert M. Gates. 'Their maintaining contact with these groups, in my view, is a strategic hedge.
Pakistan guarding its nuclear establishments effectively: Admiral MullenMay 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen has said that Pakistan is guarding its nuclear establishments tightly and has taken several security measures for its safety. Addressing a Congressional hearing here, Admiral Mullen assured the Senators that Pakistan's nuclear assets were in safe custody.
Pakistan increasing nuclear weapons: USMay 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has confirmed reports that Pakistan is increasing its nuclear weapons programme, but has provided no details. The confirmation came during a Senate Armed Services committee hearing Thursday when Democrat senator Jim Webb, an expert on defence issues, raised fears that Pakistan is adding to the nuclear weapons it traditionally has pointed toward India, and questioned whether US aid could be funding it.
Pakistan inching closer towards 'tipping point': Admiral MullenApril 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Expressing serious concern over reports that the Taliban is inching closer towards Islamabad, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has said Pakistan could be taken over by insurgents. "We're certainly moving closer to the tipping point where Pakistan could be overtaken by extremists," The Nation quoted Admiral Mullen, as saying.
US asks ISI to cut off ties with Afghan based terror groupsMarch 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Terming the relation between Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Afghan extremists as "an existential threat", the United States has asked Pakistan to cut off all its ties with outlawed groups based in Afghanistan. "What we need to do is try and help the Pakistanis understand these groups are now an existential threat to them," US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said.
Mullen says he stopped Pak COAS Kayani from interfering in political crisisMarch 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - While Pakistan continues to boil over the political bedlam, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Michael Mullen has rebuked the notion that the Pak Army is set to take over the country. Mullen said he actually stopped Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani from interfering in the prevailing political stalemate in the country.
Reform ISI, shift focus from India to terrorism: US to PakistanMarch 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US wants Pakistan to reform its notorious Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, shift its focus from India to Afghanistan and train its troops in counter-insurgency to meet the terrorist threat at home. Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Kayani 'recognises that he has an extremist threat in Pakistan', Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview with PBS broadcast late Thursday.
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