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On Friday, December 5, 2008, the leaders of both Afghanistan and Pakistan arrived to Istanbul for Turkish-sponsored talks, in hopes that the meeting will strengthen trust and cooperation between the two neighbors. The meeting will be attended by Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. [...]
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zadari visited Saudi Arabia in early November to request funds for the Pakistani economy that is in currently in desperate need. Pakistan has many trade and budget deficits that Zadari hopes Saudi Arabia will assist with, considering their past relationships. According to BBC, despite two years of deferred oil payments, Zadari [...]
The failure of Washington’s attempts to generate support for the US “War on Terror,” has resulted in a new strategy involving Saudi Arabia. According to Asia Times, Washington has come to the realization that militancy cannot be conquered solely through war. General David Petraeus is looking to Saudi Arabia to act as a intermediary between [...]
Riyadh agreed to provide tangible assistance to Pakistan to ease its balance of payments pressure. The assistance will come in the form of deferred oil payments and cash. In addition, the Kingdom will invest some $1 billion in Pakistan’s livestock and agricultural sectors.
Pakistan, a nuclear power, is plagued by high inflation, power outages, and Islamist [...]
The New YorkTimes has revealed that the recent U.S. anti-terrorism strikes in Syria and Pakistan were not part of targeted border-crossings authorized on a case-by-case basis, but rather as part of a secret order giving the C.I.A. and Special Operations Forces the power to go into any country where al-Qaeda is located. The order was [...]
President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Saudi Arabia to meet with King Abdullah to discuss the financial issues facing Pakistan. Pakistan is seeking immediate help from its friends and neighbors in order to help subdue the economic crisis it has fallen into. President Zardari is asking for oil under the condition that they [...]
King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has extended an open invitation to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to visit the kingdom. Currently Zardari’s staff is working on setting up the visit, which will most likely take place in the first week of November and last about 3 days. The two leaders are to sit [...]
During his traditional Eid holiday message to the people, Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced that he had been traveling to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan seeking help from their leaders in peace talks with the Taliban. The US, UK and the Afghan government all agree that they must reach out to moderate Taliban leaders but there [...]
