US-led forces must speed up 'exit strategy' from Iraq : Musharraf
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said US-led multinational forces should hasten their departure from Iraq by training local troops more quickly.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf backed out of a pledge to step down as army chief, slamming the door Wednesday on Pakistan&#39;s slow progress toward democracy five years after his bloodless coup.
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The former co-chair of the Iraq Study Group said the US's relationship with Pakistan needs to be reevaluated. The US also needs to be firmer with Iraq's prime minister on meeting deadlines for benchmarks.
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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait  - President George W. Bush said on Saturday that America's new strategy had reversed Iraq's descent into mayhem and the United States was on track to complete the withdrawal of 20,000 troops by mid-year.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces will need another year to 18 months before they can take over from American troops, the top US commander in Iraq, General George W. Casey Jr., said yesterday.
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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, still a valued US partner, visits the White House Friday after jarring the key anti-terror alliance by publicly critiquing US strategy.
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Pakistan&#39;s President Pervez Musharraf said not enough is being done to win the war on terrorism, and that an ``iron curtain&#39;&#39; could descend between the US and other western nations and the Islamic world.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has held talks with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf amid a US push to line up support for a decisive spring offensive against the Taliban.
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Pakistani President Pervez  Musharraf on Thursday ruled out sending troops to help restore  stability in Iraq, rebuffing pleas from the Iraqi interim  government and the United States.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says the US may "pause" pulling troops out of Iraq.
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Saturday told Islamists besieged at a mosque in the capital to surrender or be killed, amid claims that a bid to shoot down his plane was in revenge for the standoff.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf this week urged steps to end the bitter dispute.
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The aim is to accelerate deployment of Iraqi forces against the insurgents.
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The head of US forces in Iraq, Lt Gen David Petraeus, says fighting the insurgency could take decades.
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U.S.-led forces could leave Iraq within  18 months, Iraqi interim Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib told  Britain's Channel 4 News Sunday after Iraq's election.
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Gen. Pervez Musharraf was told that without âswift and decisive action,â militancy could engulf the country.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has warned the United States that it could lose the war on terrorism unless it deals with political disputes that he says give rise to militant Islamic extremism, such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.