Obama: Pakistan fight against extremism not quick enough

MUMBAI: U.S. President Barack Obama said Pakistan’s fight against extremism within its borders was “not as quick as we’d like.”

Obama also said India and rival Pakistan needed to begin dialogue on less controversial issues.

The United States sees Pakistan as key to stabilizing Afghanistan, but managing the complex U.S. relationship with Islamabad is one of Washington’s most difficult foreign policy challenges.

He said Pakistan has to help in the development of Afghanistan.

“India’s investment in development in Afghanistan is appreciated. Pakistan has to be a partner in this process,” he told students in Mumbai. AGENCIES

Afridi hints at Test return after England tour

KARACHI: Captain Shahid Afridi hinted at a return to Test cricket on Friday as the team returned from what he called the ‘most difficult’ tour of his career in England.

The tour ended Wednesday with England taking the one-day series 3-2 after an Afridi-led Pakistani fightback had levelled the series. Pakistan also lost the Test series, 3-1.

“The best part of the whole tour was that the players showed unity even in difficult times and gave a good fight in the one-day series against England,” Afridi told a scrum of reporters outside Karachi airport.

“I will think about it and if the team needs it, I may consider playing the Test series against South Africa,” added the explosive all-rounder.

After a four-year break, Afridi came out of Test retirement this summer only to quit after one game when Australia pummelled Pakistan by 150 runs at Lord’s in

Afghan War Decision Toughest Of Presidency: Obama

TrendPK.com Afghan War Decision Toughest Of Presidency: Obama:WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said Sunday that his decision to pour 30,000 more US troops into the war in Afghanistan was the most difficult of his presidency so far.
Acknowledging his move to escalate the conflict flew in the face of a war-weary public, Obama [...]

Obama Nobel Peace Prize 2009

Obama Nobel Peace Prize, U.S. President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo recognized Mr. Obama for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

The committee said it had attached special importance to the president’s vision of and work for “a world without nuclear weapons.

In announcing the award, the Nobel committee said that under Mr. Obama’s leadership “dialogue and negotiations” are preferred as instruments for resolving “even the most difficult international conflicts.”

The committee said the U.S. leader has “captured the world’s attention” and “given its people hope for a better future.”

It added that thanks to Mr. Obama’s initiative, the U.S. is now playing a “more constructive role” in meeting the “great climatic challenges the world is confronting.”

The peace prize comes as the U.S. is involved in two wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The prize is worth almost $1.5 million and will be handed over on December 10.

Mr. Obama, who has been in office for less than a year, is the first African American president.  His mother was from Kansas, his father from Kenya.

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Obama Nobel Peace Prize 2009 was first posted on October 9, 2009 at 5:11 pm.