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President Obama has a timetable for ending drone strikes in Pakistan, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday.

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Dempsey: Personal ties build military ties

Personal relationships are more important than hardware to build military ties between nations, the chairman of the U.S Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday.

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Allen, Kayani meet

NATO commander in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen and Pakistan army chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani met in Islamabad to discuss greater cooperation in fighting terrorism.

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Possible thaw in Indian-Pakistani Siachen dispute

Pakistani General Ashfaq Kayani comments on the Siachen dispute indicate possible progress.

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Pakistani PM conciliatory toward military

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said Wednesday the country's civilian and military leaders "have to be seen to be on the same page."

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Pakistan's spy agency chief secretly met with former president Pervez Musharraf in Dubai to advise him against returning home, sources told Dawn News channel.

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Report: Zardari on scheduled Dubai trip

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari left Thursday on a one-day scheduled trip for Dubai amid an uncertain situation at home, local TV channels reported.

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Pakistan's envoy to Washington said he has offered to resign if found guilty of seeking U.S. intervention to prevent a coup at home.

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The tide in Swat has decisively turned and major population centers and roads leading to the valley have been largely cleared of organized resistance by the Taliban
Army chief: Tide turning against Taliban Jun 05, 2009

General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, NI(M), HI(Urdu: اشفاق پرویز کیانی , born April 1952) is a four star general in the Pakistan Army, and the current Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. He replaced General Pervez Musharraf as the Chief of Army Staff and the commandant of the army on November 29, 2007. General Kayani is the former Director General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and Director General of Military Operations (MO). On 24 July 2010, prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani extended General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s term as Chief of the Army Staff by three years, making him the first Pakistani four star general to receive a term extension from any democratic government.

Kayani has also served as her deputy military secretary of Benazir Bhutto during her first stint as prime minister. He also served as the General Officer Commander (GOC) 12th Infantry Division stationed in Murree, deployed all over the Line of Control and which comes under the X Corps (Rawalpindi).

Kayani's career progressed and he went on to serve as the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) from December 2000 to September 2003. It was during his tenure as DGMO that the intense military standoff of 2001-2002 between Pakistan and India took place.

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