Zardari On Afghanistan

• Barack Obama's secret offer to Pakistan over Kashmir, claims book

  US President Barack Obama secretly offered Pakistan in 2009 that he would nudge India towards negotiations on Kashmir in lieu of it ending support to terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Taliban, but much to his disappointment Islamabad rejected the offer.

• US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Pakistan on key visit

  US Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Pakistan late on Wednesday to press the new government on eliminating Islamist militant safe-havens as US-led troops prepare to leave Afghanistan.

• Taliban free nearly 250 in Pakistan jail break

  Dozens of heavily armed Taliban fighters freed nearly 250 prisoners, including hardcore militants, during a sophisticated overnight attack on a Pakistani jail that killed 13 people, officials said today.

• David Cameron in Pakistan for talks after Afghan visit

  British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Pakistan on Saturday for talks with President Asif Ali Zardari focusing on the Afghan peace process, officials said.

• Blasts cast shadow over Pakistan's milestone election

  A string of militant attacks cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on Saturday, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country's democracy.

• Afghan and Pakistani presidents in UK for talks with David Cameron

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari are set to hold key talks Monday with British Prime Minister David Cameron on the Afghan peace process.

• Kabul police arrest 6 suspected suicide bombers

  Afghan police on Sunday arrested six men and seized suicide vests, assault rifles and more than 50 hand grenades during a raid on a residential building in central Kabul, senior officials said.

• British PM to meet with Afghanistan, Pakistan leaders

  British Prime Minister David Cameron was Sunday to begin meeting with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan for talks on supporting the Afghan peace process, as Britain prepares a withdrawal of troops.

• Zardari leaves for US to attend NATO summit

  President Asif Ali Zardari has left for Chicago to attend the NATO summit as Pakistan mulls the reopening of supplies for the coalition forces in Afghanistan, a media report said on Friday.Mr Zardari will be in Chicago for the 25th NATO Summit being held on May 20-21 at the invitation of the NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, reported G...

• In breakthrough, Pakistan President Zardari to attend NATO summit

  Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will attend a summit of NATO leaders in Chicago this weekend, the Pakistan Embassy in Washington said on Tuesday, ending speculation that Islamabad might be excluded from the high-level talks on Afghanistan's future.

• NATO invites Zardari to Chicago summit

  NATO on Tuesday invited the Pakistani president to next week's summit in Chicago, as Islamabad looked poised to end a nearly six-month blockade on NATO supplies for Afghanistan, officials said.

• Pak may have 'low-level participation' at Afghan meet: Report

  Pakistan, which decided to boycott the Bonn conference on Afghanistan's future after a NATO air strike killed its 24 soldiers, may now have "low-level participation" at the meet in the wake of US President Barack Obama's call to his counterpart Asif Ali Zardari, a media report said today.

• Asif Ali Zardari gets flak for UK visit

  After visiting France, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is on a six-day visit to the UK.  During his visit, Zardari met the new British PM David Cameron for the first time. Zardari's meeting with Cameron assumes significance in the wake of the British Premier's warning to Pakistan that it should sever ties with organisations that "export te...

• International community is 'losing the war' in Afghanistan: Zardari

  The US-led coalition's battle against the Taliban has already been lost because of its failure to win over the Afghan people, Pakistan's President warned before talks with the British Prime Minister, who has accused Pakistan of exporting terrorism.In an interview published online on Tuesday by French daily Le Monde, President Asif Ali Zardar...

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  Only democratic government can eliminate terrorism: Zardari

  Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday said only a democratic government can eliminate terrorism.