US President Barack Obama played down fears of a breach in national security due to General Petraeus's extra-marital affair that forced David Petraeus to quit as CIA chief. ...
07:47 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said that he has seen no evidence that national security was threatened by the widening sex scandal that ensnared his former CIA director and top military commander in Afghanistan. In his first post election news conference, Obama also reaffirmed his belief that the US can't afford to continue tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, a key sticking point in negotiations with Republicans over...
12:26 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Washington: The scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus widened on Tuesday as US defense officials said they were looking into "flirtatious" e-mails between General John Allen, the top US commander in Afghanistan, and a woman at the center of the affair. Defense Department officials said they were sifting through 30,000 pages of email and other communications between Allen and Jill Kelley, a Florida socialite whose complaints about harassing messages...
07:54 AM, Nov 14, 2012
Perth: In a new twist to the Gen David Petraeus sex scandal, the Pentagon said on Tuesday that the top American commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, is under investigation for alleged "inappropriate communications" with a woman who is said to have received threatening emails from Paula Broadwell, the woman with whom Petraeus had an extramarital affair. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said in a written statement issued to reporters aboard...
06:17 PM, Nov 13, 2012
North Carolina: FBI agents searched the North Carolina house of Paula Broadwell on Monday, signaling renewed activity in the investigation that revealed her extramarital affair with CIA Director David Petraeus that led to his resignation. Agents entered the house in Charlotte, North Carolina, carrying boxes around 9:00 p.m. (0200 GMT Tuesday) and were still there almost two hours later. U.S. officials had said in recent days that their investigation in...
11:33 AM, Nov 13, 2012
Washington: New details emerged on Sunday about the extra-marital affair that abruptly ended the career of CIA chief David Petraeus, including the identity of a second woman whose complaints about harassing emails from the woman with whom he had the relationship, Paula Broadwell, prompted an FBI investigation. A person familiar with the investigation identified the second woman as Jill Kelley, a long-time friend of the Petraeus family. Kelley went to...
08:40 PM, Nov 12, 2012
CIA Director David Petraeus resigned abruptly following reports of an extra-marital affair with a journalist. In a letter to the CIA, Petraeus acknowledged poor judgement in carrying on the affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell while in Afghanistan. He admitted it was unacceptable behaviour. For the director of the CIA, being engaged in an extramarital affair is considered a serious breach of security and a counterintelligence threat. If a foreign...
12:44 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Washington: David Petraeus was a star on the battlefield, commanding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but was undone by "poor judgment" in engaging in an extramarital affair that led to his downfall as CIA director. Just two days after his 60th birthday, Petraeus stepped down from the spy agency where he had held the top office since September 6, 2011. "After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely...
11:49 AM, Nov 10, 2012
Washington: CIA Director David Petraeus resigned as head of the main US spy agency on Friday, saying he had engaged in an extramarital affair and acknowledging that he "showed extremely poor judgment." In a letter to the CIA workforce, Petraeus, 60, said that he met with President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday and asked "to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position." "After being...
04:40 AM, Nov 10, 2012
Washington: Osama bin Laden had planned to kill US President Barack Obama and General David Petraeus, who then was the top US commander in Afghanistan, and had issued instructions to Illyas Kashmiri to set up two units to target planes carrying them. According to the documents seized from the Abbottabad safe-house of bin Laden, where he was killed by US forces about a year ago, the then al-Qaeda leader wanted...
12:44 AM, May 04, 2012
Washington: Doubting the "willingness" of Pakistan to go after the militant groups enjoying sanctuary in the country, a top US intelligence official has said these elements have caused major problems for the Afghan and coalition forces working for a "new" Afghanistan. "We should be cautious in what we anticipate in terms of the ability of our Pakistani partners, and in some cases the willingness to go after again the Haqqani...
07:43 AM, Feb 03, 2012
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General David Petraeus says the US would work with both Pakistan and India in Afghanistan. ...
08:45 AM, Jul 01, 2010
New US Commander General David Petraeus said in response to a question at his confirmation hearing in Afghanistan. ...
01:12 PM, Jun 30, 2010
A Senate panel has approved the nomination of Gen David Petraeus to be the top US commander in Afghanistan. ...
10:58 AM, Jun 30, 2010
On Wednesday, US President Barack Obama sacked General Stanley McChrystal for his comments against civilian leaders. ...
11:01 AM, Jun 24, 2010
On Wednesday, US President Barack Obama had fired his top Afghanistan commander General Stanley McChrystal. ...
08:43 AM, Jun 24, 2010
US says al Qaeda was increasingly becoming a diminished organisation. ...
07:48 PM, Oct 07, 2009
General David Petraeus thinks Pak is on the verge of collapse. ...
02:16 PM, Apr 02, 2009
The panel will review US strategy in the subcontinent. ...
08:52 PM, Nov 07, 2008
