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• Iranian lawmaker: Iran could leave nuclear treaty

  An expected US military surge in Afghanistan could destabilise neighbouring Pakistan, Pakistan’s prime minister said on Thursday, days before a long-awaited US announcement on its Afghan strategy…...

• ‘Increase in US troops may make Pakistan’s situation worse’

  Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said increase in US troops in Afghanistan might lead to a spill over of militants inside Pakistan and make the situation worse. Hence, western countries should evolve…...

• Petraeus in Pakistan for talks on military equipment

  US General David Petraeus and Pakistan military leaders would discuss on Wednesday expediting delivery of US equipment to Pakistan so it can expand its offensive against Taliban militants, US officials…...

• Pakistan won’t be pushed by foreign pressure: Qureshi

  Pakistan and the United States share the common objective of defeating militancy but Pakistan will not be prodded into military operations by outsiders, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Monday…...

• Roadside bomb hits army convoy, two dead

  The three officials say two soldiers also were wounded Monday when the bomb went off near the convoy traveling from Shakai to Wana, the main town in South Waziristan tribal region....