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Taliban will pay a price: Bush
WASHINGTON, Oct 7: President George W. Bush said on Sunday that the US military had launched strikes against Al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in...
Strikes a terrorist act, says Zaeef
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Afghan Ambassador in Islamabad Mullah Muhammad Zaeef on Sunday night said that the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar and Osama bin Laden were safe....
Diplomatic failure regretted
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Pakistan on Sunday expressed hope that the action of allied forces would remain targeted for achieving the aims identified by the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions....
Compensation for workers doubled: Death, disability
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The government has doubled the compensation money for workers, who suffer permanent disability or die during the course of employment, from Rs100,000 to Rs200,000, federal labour minister Omar...
Bush briefs Vajpayee on strikes
NEW DELHI, Oct 7: US President George W. Bush spoke to Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee about the missile strikes on key Afghan cities on Sunday and set a visit...
Maulana Fazl, Samiul Haq under house arrest
PESHAWAR, Oct 7: The NWFP government has placed Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, under house arrest in his native village Abdul Khel some 25...
One million DPs expected
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Around 1 million refugees are expected to cross over into Pakistan after the United States launched air strikes on Afghanistan on Sunday night....
People run for cover
PESHAWAR, Oct 7: Panic-stricken people ran for cover, as the United States and Britain launched their long-anticipated strikes on Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad, firing missiles and bombing strategic installations in the...
Commanders discuss situation
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The corps commanders met here late Sunday night to discuss latest security situation in the region amid strong reports that two seniormost generals, including ISI chief, had resigned...
Zahir Shah shocked
ROME, Oct 7: A top aide to former Afghan monarch Mohammed Zahir Shah said Sunday the king was “shocked and saddened” by the US attacks in Afghanistan as he watched them...
Powell Due shortly
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: US Secretary of State Gen Colin Powell is expected to arrive here shortly, apparently to assess the regional security situation in the wake of allied forces’ attack on...
Russia sends aid to Afghanistan
DUSHANBE, Oct 7: Russia has sent 123 tonnes of humanitarian aid to help civilians in northern Afghanistan, officials in neighboring Tajikistan said upon receiving the shipments on Sunday....
Generals elevated
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Sunday elevated Lt-Gen Muhammad Aziz Khan, commander fourth corps, and Lt-Gen Muhammad Yousuf, chief of General Staff (CGS), to the ranks of full...
Pakistan was taken into confidence, says Qureshi
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Pakistan was taken into confidence by the United States before launching the attack in Afghanistan on Sunday night and president Gen Pervez Musharraf will announce the government’s position...
US will have no peace: Osama
DUBAI, Oct 7: Osama bin Laden has promised that the United States “will never again know security before Palestine knows it,” in a recorded video message broadcast late Sunday by the...
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