DefenceTalkOn November 9th, the second day of the 14th Dubai International Air Show, AVIC CATIC and Pakistan Aeronautical complex (PAC) Kamra held a joint press conference for the JF-17 Thunder fighter. During the press conference, AVIC and PAC introduced the latest progress of the fighter co-developed by China and Pakistan to domestic and international media. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-confirms-first-export-sale-of-jf-17-fighter-jet-65843/

DefenceTalkDUBAI: Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) ,Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman said on Sunday that Pakistan has achieved remarkable successes in its war against terror despite limited resources and is being viewed as a role model in this regard. Speaking to media at the inauguration ceremony of Dubai Air Show in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistani-jets-garner-interest-at-dubai-air-show-65804/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s military said Thursday it had killed 21 militants in air strikes in a restive northwestern tribal area bordering Afghanistan. The strikes were carried out late Thursday in the Rajgal and Tirah areas of the lawless Khyber tribal district, where Taliban militant and local Islamist groups are active. “Twenty-one terrorists were killed in precise aerial […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistani-air-strikes-kill-21-militants-in-northwest-65674/

DefenceTalkPresident Barack Obama’s administration has underrepresented the true number of civilians killed in drone strikes, a news site said in citing a cache of secret files it published. On Thursday, the news site The Intercept unveiled documents leaked by a whistleblower about America’s use of unmanned aerial vehicles to kill terrorist targets in the Middle […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-downplays-civilian-drone-deaths-secret-files-show-65662/

DefenceTalkWASHINGTON: America’s longest war began in Afghanistan 14 years ago, sucking in hundreds of thousands of troops and costing Washington billions of dollars and huge political capital. President Barack Obama’s announcement on Thursday he was delaying the pullout of US troops beyond 2016 marks the umpteenth change of strategy aimed at stopping the Afghan quagmire […]https://www.defencetalk.com/americas-14-years-in-the-afghan-quagmire-65640/

DefenceTalkGHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN: Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their lightning capture of northern Kunduz city that marked their biggest military victory in 14 years. The attempt to seize Ghazni city was repelled by Afghan forces but it raised security alarm bells as the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/afghan-forces-repel-taliban-attack-on-provincial-capital-of-ghazni-65601/

DefenceTalkISLAMABAD: Army Chief General Raheel Sharif, while addressing a gathering at Royal United Services Institute in London, said that Kashmir is an unfinished agenda of Indo-Pak partition which needs to be resolved for the sake of peace and stability in the region. According to details of the gathering shared by Director General of the Inter-Services […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kashmir-is-unfinished-agenda-which-hinders-regional-peace-general-raheel-65544/

DefenceTalkRAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Thursday said the continuous ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) is an “unsuccessful attempt” to distract Pakistan from its own anti-terror war. Talking to troops at forward positions on the LoC in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), General Raheel […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-aggression-attempt-to-disrupt-war-on-terror-pak-army-chief-65471/

DefenceTalkKABUL: The Afghan Taliban’s new leader told Kabul on Tuesday it must cancel a security deal with the United States (US) and expel all foreign troops if it wants peace in Afghanistan. Mullah Mansour made the demand in his first message marking the Muslim festival of Eidul Azha since taking charge of the insurgent movement […]https://www.defencetalk.com/no-peace-until-foreign-troops-leave-afghanistan-taliban-chief-65462/

DefenceTalkPakistan is poised to upgrade its air force by purchasing what are arguably the best combat aircraft already in use – Russian Su-35 fighters, and here is why. A Pakistani government official spoke to IHS Jane’s, confirming that the sides had already discussed a possible purchase of the advanced aircraft, as the Pakistani Air Force […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-confirms-interest-in-russian-su-35-fighters-65459/