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8 Pakistanis detained in Bosnia

Staff Reporter · Oct 16, 2001 · 1 min read

SARAJEVO, Oct 16 (DPA) Eight Pakistanis were detained in the northern Bosnian-Serb controlled town of Doboj, local police announced. The Pakistanis detained on ...

Taliban reject Bush offer of "second chance"

Staff Reporter · Oct 13, 2001 · 1 min read

KABUL, Oct 13 (Reuters) Afghanistans ruling Taliban today rejected an offer by US President George W. Bush to halt air strikes if they handed over Saudi-born fu...

Warplanes raid Talibans Kandahar stronghold: CNN

Staff Reporter · Oct 13, 2001 · 5 min read

ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (Reuters): US warplanes were raiding the Talibans southern Afghan stronghold of Kandahar today morning, cnn reported. It said the city was com...

Northern Alliance waiting for US air strikes in Tahar

Staff Reporter · Oct 13, 2001 · 2 min read

HAJI BAHAUDDIN (Afghanistan), Oct 13 (UNI) The Tahar group of the Northern Alliance is waiting for US air raids against Taliban positions in this region so that...

Another son of Omar dies

Staff Reporter · Oct 13, 2001 · 1 min read

ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (UNI): Another son of Taliban spiritual leader Mullah Omar died of the wounds received in US bombings, according to Pakistan daily "The News"....

Musharraf hostage to war on second coup anniversary

Staff Reporter · Oct 13, 2001 · 4 min read

ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (Reuters): Pakistans military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, reached the second anniversary of his seizure of power yesterday with his futur...

US mulls new military ties with Pak

Staff Reporter · Oct 13, 2001 · 3 min read

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters): The Bush administration is considering a possible new military relationship with Pakistan that could include transfers of new arms...

Clash of cultures muddies water in Afghanistan

Staff Reporter · Oct 13, 2001 · 5 min read

ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (Reuters): Imagine a world without television, or music, or dancing, or plays, or pets, or hobbies, without leisure of almost any kind. Welcom...

Taliban belief strong weapon against US troops

Staff Reporter · Oct 13, 2001 · 3 min read

KHOJA BAHAWUDDIN (AFGHANISTAN), Oct 13 (Reuters): Shir Ali Grimaces when he considers what would happen if US ground troops were sent into Taliban-ruled Afghani...

Bush works on softer US side in war on terrorism

Staff Reporter · Oct 13, 2001 · 4 min read

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters): With angry Muslims protesting from cape town to Karachi, president George W Bush worked to do "a better job" of defining US humani...

No help for those fighting for Taliban: Malaysia

Staff Reporter · Oct 13, 2001 · 2 min read

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (DPA): Malaysian foreign minister Syed Hamid Albar said that Malaysians who left the country to aid the Taliban movement in war against the...

No indication of Laden capture: Pentagon

Staff Reporter · Oct 12, 2001 · 1 min read

WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters): The Pentagon has no indication that Saudi-born fugitive Osama Bin Laden has been captured in Afghanistan, US defence department sp...

Afghan Shiite group seizes Kabul-Herat road

Staff Reporter · Oct 12, 2001 · 1 min read

TEHERAN, Oct 11 (Reuters): An anti-Taliban Shiite Muslim militia said today its forces had captured a major town on the main road from the capital Kabul to the ...

Pak Islamic group to protest US presence

Staff Reporter · Oct 12, 2001 · 1 min read

KARACHI, Oct 11 (Reuters): A leading radical Islamic group in Pakistan said today it had issued a call for people to protest against the arrival of US military ...

Laden owns, operates Taliban: CIA

Staff Reporter · Oct 12, 2001 · 6 min read

WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (UNI): Highlighting the pervasive influence that Americas most wanted man Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda forces exert within Afghanistan, U...

Indonesian Muslim group to expel Americans

Staff Reporter · Oct 12, 2001 · 1 min read

JAKARTA, Oct 11 (Rreuters): Aa radical Indonesian Muslim Group said today it would hunt down Americans and Britons and expel them after the government failed to...

Musharraf sounds warning to extremists

Staff Reporter · Oct 12, 2001 · 1 min read

ISLAMABAD, Oct 11 (UNI): Reiterating that national security and safety of the people will be ensured at all costs, Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has warne...

Chechen, Arab fighters among Taliban killed in US bombings

Staff Reporter · Oct 12, 2001 · 1 min read

WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (UNI): Twenty eight soldiers of the Taliban Militia, including Chechen and Arab mercenaries, were killed yesterday in the United States air s...

US military personnel in Pak

Staff Reporter · Oct 12, 2001 · 3 min read

ISLAMABAD, Oct 11 (Reuters): Pakistan said today US military personnel had arrived in the country but stressed it was committed to providing only logistical sup...

FBI puts outlist of 22 "most wanted terrorists"

Staff Reporter · Oct 12, 2001 · 1 min read

WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters): The FBI released a list of 22 "most wanted terrorists" yesterday and the incidents for which they are suspected. Hijacking of twa ...

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