Topic: Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Gen. David Petraeus, the head of the U.S. Central Command, has arrived in Pakistan to meet with government and military officials.

MANIPAL, India, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- It is small wonder that Pakistan's army chief, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, prefers to dial the number of the ever obedient (to him) prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, rather than that of the newly elected president, Asif Ali Zardari, who apparently has undergone an epiphany since assuming what is formally the highest office in his country.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The Pakistani military said 15 militants died and several others were wounded in clashes with security forces in the violence-wracked Bajaur tribal region.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The commander of the Pakistani army has warned the United States against sending forces from Afghanistan into Pakistan to pursue Taliban and al-Qaida fighters.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Pakistan's army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, says no outside forces are allowed to conduct military operations inside the country.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The Pakistani military said Thursday it had killed 23 Taliban fighters, and a source told CNN that Pakistani and U.S. commanders met secretly to ensure success.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The resignation of President Pervez Musharraf after almost nine years as leader of Pakistan clears the decks for a new era of democracy -- and turmoil in the world's only Islamic nuclear power. And it could prove to be very bad news for the United States and its war against the Taliban and al-Qaida in Afghanistan.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 29 (UPI) -- A spokesman for President Pervez Musharraf denied news reports that the Pakistani leader planned to resign.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 3 (UPI) -- The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff visited Pakistan Tuesday to offer help in the fight against terrorists and domestic militants in tribal areas.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Pakistan Wednesday announced the test firing of a short-range, nuclear-capable Ghaznavi-Hatf III ballistic missile.