Only terrorist camps targeted: No use of Pakistan bases: President
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Monday that the US-led military strikes against the Taliban would be short and targeted to eliminate the terrorist camps of the...
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US warns of widening military action: Another spate of airstrikes launched
WASHINGTON, Oct 8: A somewhat clearer picture of Sunday’s US-led strikes on Afghanistan and of American plans was beginning to emerge on Monday even as a new wave of attacks was...
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EU for new treaty with Islamabad
LUXEMBOURG, Oct 8: Relations with Pakistan climbed up the European Union’s foreign policy agenda on Monday as the bloc’s 15 foreign ministers promised to “continue and develop” political ties with Pakistan...
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Musharraf invites Vajpayee
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday once again invited Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to visit Pakistan for resuming the peace process and resolving all contentious issues...
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US strikes doomed to fail: Zaeef: Afghan people are united
ISLAMABAD Oct 8: Afghan ambassador in Islamabad Mulla Abdul Salam Zaeef on Monday lambasted the United States and its allies for their claim of targeted strikes in Afghanistan....
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Taliban to fight back, resolves cabinet
KABUL, Oct 8: An emergency session of the Taliban cabinet on Monday resolved to fight back against US-led forces and ruled out any change in the militia’s policy of protecting Osama...
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Musharraf holds talks with Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, Oct 8: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee spoke to each other on Monday, their first direct talk since the failure of the India-Pakistan summit in...
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CAA says situation being reviewed every hour
KARACHI, Oct 8: The Civil Aviation Authority said on Monday the country’s airspace and airports remained open to commercial traffic, but following the start of attacks on Afghanistan it would review...
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One dies as Quetta rally turns violent
 QUETTA, Oct 8: A young man was killed and 26 others were wounded here on Monday when a rally condemning the US-led attack on Afghanistan turned violent....
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Samiul Haq, Azam Tariq detained
RAWALPINDI, Oct 8: Personnel of some intelligence agencies on Monday arrested Maulana Samiul Haq, head of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, at the Islamabad airport and took him to some...
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Gen Mahmud’s exit due to links with Umar Sheikh
NEW DELHI, Oct 8: Director General of Pakistan’s Inter- Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Mahmud Ahmed has been replaced after the FBI investigators established credible links between him and Umar Sheikh,...
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US denies downing of planes
WASHINGTON, Oct 8: A US Defence Department spokesman on Monday denied a Taliban claim that it had managed to shoot down at least one warplane and a helicopter during Sunday’s airstrikes...
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Gen Aziz, Gen Yousuf call on President
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Gen Mohammad Aziz Khan, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee; and Gen Mohammad Yousuf Khan, Vice Chief of Army Staff, visited the Chief Executive’s office on Monday morning...
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Gen Ehsan made new ISI DG
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Lt-Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch, corps commander Gujranwala, has been appointed corps commander Quetta and Lt-Gen Mushtaq Hussain, corps commander Quetta, has been posted director-general weapon and equipment at...
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