Pakistan not part of all operations: Kashmir to figure in talks with Powell: FO
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: Pakistan said on Saturday that it is not part of all operations which the United States is carrying out from Indian Ocean, Central Asian States and some other...
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Islamabad seeking compensation: Money spent on peace efforts since Sept 11
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: Pakistan is seeking compensation from the United States for expenses it continues to accrue since Sept 11 for mobilizing civil and paramilitary forces to maintain law and order....
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Washington admits mistake
WASHINGTON, Oct 13: The Pentagon admitted on Saturday US forces inadvertently hit a residential area near Kabul airport with a 907-kilo bomb after missing a military helicopter they were targeting....
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US agency decides to give extended relief
WASHINGTON, Oct 13: The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Opic), a US government agency, has decided on a “series of extraordinary measures” to help Pakistan, including a $300 million special line of...
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US refuses to discuss N. Alliance’s role
WASHINGTON, Oct 13: The United States continues to refuse publicly to take a stand on the help it is providing or it may provide in a post-Taliban set-up to the Northern...
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20 killed in anti-US riots in Nigeria
KANO (Nigeria), Oct 13: Nigerian authorities clamped a night curfew on the northern city of Kano and issued a “shoot on sight” order after at least 20 people were killed in...
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Washington mulls over new military ties with Islamabad
WASHINGTON, Oct 13: The Bush administration is considering a possible new military relationship with Pakistan that could include transfers of new arms but does not anticipate a more formal military alliance...
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Big rallies in Germany, UK against attacks
 BERLIN, Oct 13: Tens of thousands of people held peaceful protests across Germany on Saturday against the US air strikes on Afghanistan....
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Strategic targets not hit, says envoy
QUETTA, Oct 13: The Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan, Mulla Abdul Salam Zaeef, said on Saturday that the US warplanes were not able to hit strategic targets in his country but were...
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Bombing of Afghan targets resumes
ABOARD USS CARL VINSON, Oct 13: US Navy fighters based on this aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea hit airfields and fighter aircraft on the ground in Afghanistan on Saturday and...
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Hundreds of families leaving Kabul
KABUL, Oct 13: Hundreds of worried families were seen leaving the Afghan capital on Saturday in the face of relentless airstrikes by the United States....
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UK says no plans for ground action
LONDON, Oct 13: The United States and its allies have no plans to launch a broadbased land invasion of Afghanistan and will not carry out “blanket bombing”, British Minister for International...
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200 arrested to foil airport siege plan
SUKKUR, Oct 13: Over 200 workers of Jamiat Ulema Islam and Jamaat-i-Islami were arrested in Jacobabad on Saturday in a crackdown on religious activists to preempt their plan to siege Jacobabad...
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Police kill four men of Dawood group
 MUMBAI, Oct 13: Police in India have shot dead four men who were planning to kill top Bollywood star Aamir Khan, officials said on Saturday. The four worked in Mumbai for...
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Move to shift war from air to ground
WASHINGTON, Oct 13: As US jets and missiles pounded Afghanistan on Saturday, the United States appeared to be preparing to shift its war against terrorism from the air to the ground....
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Three Ariana planes hit
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13: Three aircraft of Afghanistan national airline, Ariana, were hit during US bombing raids, a UN official said while speaking at a news conference here on Saturday....
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