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Pakistan’s Involvement in Neptune’s Spear

May 6th, 2011 · 2 Comments

In the wake of the successful operation to kill Osama bin Laden, questions have emerged with respect to Pakistan’s role in the affair. Did Pakistan have advance knowledge of the raid? If it didn’t, did it at least detect the incursion? Many have hypothesized that Pakistan’s role has been understated to shield the Pakistani government [...]

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Tags: Abbottabad · Afghanistan · Barack Obama · Central Intelligence Agency · Chief of Army Staff · CIA · Corps Commanders Conference · Inter-services Intelligence · ISI · Navy SEAL Team 6 · Operation Geronimo · Operation Neptune Spear · Osama Bin Laden · Pakistan Air Force · Pakistan Army · Relations with United States · Taliban · UH-60 Black Hawk · War on Terror

Musharraf & Kayani: Pakistan’s Top Tag Team?

December 2nd, 2007 · 4 Comments

President Pervez Musharraf has been sworn in for another 5-year term as president of Pakistan — out of uniform. Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has taken command of Pakistan’s all-powerful army. Emergency rule is to end on December 16th. Elections will be held on January 8th. Anti-insurgency operations continue full swing in Swat. In short: there’s [...]

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Tags: Ashfaq Kayani · Ashfaq Kiyani · Chief of Army Staff · Corps Commanders Conference · Emergency Declaration · Inter-services Intelligence · ISI · Pervez Musharraf · Shahbaz Sharif · Swat · Vice Chief of Army Staff · War on Terror

IB Exclusive: Musharraf’s Retreat Ceremony

December 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

One of the ceremonies held on November 28th, marking President Pervez Musharraf’s retirement from the Pakistan Army, was the retreat ceremony. Retreat ceremonies are typically held on military bases and involve either a bugle call or drumbeat to signal the lowering of the flag at sunset; in this case, it commemorated the sun setting on [...]

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Tags: Ashfaq Kayani · Ashfaq Kiyani · Chief of Army Staff · Corps Commanders Conference · Pakistan Army · Pervez Musharraf · Vice Chief of Army Staff · Video

Chief-to-Be: Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

November 27th, 2007 · 9 Comments

Just as we revealed days ago, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will be stepping down as Chief of Army Staff on Wednesday, in a change over ceremony in which Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani will ascend to the top slot. Only hours away, the ceremony is set to take place at 10:00am Pakistan Standard Time (PST). According [...]

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Tags: Ashfaq Kayani · Ashfaq Kiyani · Chief of Army Staff · Corps Commanders Conference · Pakistan Army · Pervez Musharraf · Vice Chief of Army Staff