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India-US 'major defence partnership' must address New Delhi’s strategic concerns
Pckatoch •US Ambassador to India Richard Rahul Verma has recently stated that the US-Pakistan relationship is “complex”, while US relations with India are more broad-based.
US defence chief Ashton Carter arrives in Iraq to review Mosul operations
•US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in Iraq Sunday to discuss the coming stages of the ongoing offensive to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group.
Pentagon credits Ashton Carter with 'spearheading' deepening of India-US defence cooperation
•In his many years at the Pentagon in various capacities, Ashton Carter "spearheaded efforts to deepen and broaden" bilateral defence cooperation with India, the Pentagon said in a fact-sheet released yesterday as Carter concluded his final trip to India in his capacity as the defence secretary.
US Congress conditions 400 ml of USD 900 ml aid to Pakistan
•In a significant move, the US Congress has said that USD 400 million in aid to Pakistan cannot be released unless the defence secretary certifies that Islamabad is "taking demonstrable" steps against the Haqqani network, which is accused of targeting American interests.
Ashton Carter meets PM Modi, discusses Indo-US defence cooperation
•US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, and briefed him on the progress made in taking decisions forward and understandings reached between the two countries following their June meeting
Ashton Carter to visit India in his last overseas visit as US Defence Secretary
•This is for the first time that an outgoing American Defence Secretary has included India in his itinerary for the final overseas trip.
US passes defence bill, pledges $900 million in assistance to Pakistan
•The US House of Representatives has passed a defence bill that pledges $900 million in economic and other assistance to Pakistan
Fight against Islamic State in Raqa 'will not be easy': Ashton Carter
•US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warned on Sunday that the fight to wrest control of Raqa, the Islamic State group stronghold in Syria, "will not be easy."
Syria conflict: US-led coalition laying 'groundwork' for 'isolation' of Raqa
•The US-led coalition is "laying the groundwork" for the "isolation" of Raqa, the Islamic State group stronghold in Syria, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said.
US, India military relationship is the 'closest it has ever been': Ashton Carter
•India-US military relationship is the "closest it has been ever" and the two countries are exercising together by air, land and sea for the first time, America's Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has said.