Pentagon admits facing resistance: Kandahar airfield, command centre targeted
WASHINGTON, Oct 20: Confirming the crash of a US Black Hawk helicopter in Balochistan, in which two American servicemen were killed and two injured, the Pentagon on Saturday said its special...
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Musharraf asked to attend UN session: FO: Haqqani had held talks on setup
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has suggested President Gen Pervez Musharraf to visit New York during the Nov 10-16 General Assembly session where Afghan situation is expected to...
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8 killed: Israelis enter two towns
 BETHLEHEM, Oct 20: Israeli troops moved into two more West Bank cities and killed eight Palestinian fighters and civilians on Saturday in the largest land strike on Palestinian areas in a...
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Islamabad offered $800m immediate cash grant
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Pakistan has been offered $800 million immediate “cash grant” by the United States and its allies to help improve its economy....
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Time-bomb seized in Islamabad, goes off
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: A high-intensity time-bomb exploded in a “bomb disposal ditch” at the Islamabad International airport soon after it was seized near the domestic departure lounge at 12:25pm....
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Six million in need of assistance in Afghanistan: UNHCR
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Deputy humanitarian coordinator for Afghan refugees and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) director in Islamabad said on Saturday that six million people in Afghanistan need urgent...
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UN set to appeal for halt in bombing
PESHAWAR, Oct 20: The United Nations is set to issue an unprecedented appeal to the United States and its coalition allies to halt the war in Afghanistan and allow time for...
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Pakistan-Afghan trade flow remains unaffected
QUETTA, Oct 20: The flow of Pak-Afghan trade has remained unaffected by the on-going US air raids on Afghanistan and the deployment of American ground troops in Kandahar....
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Mahathir links terrorism to Middle East conflict: Meeting with Bush
SHANGHAI, Oct 20: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told US President George W. Bush on Saturday that international terrorism would not end until there was a resolution to the Middle East...
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No fresh DPs to be allowed: govt
 QUETTA, Oct 20: A high level meeting held here on Saturday reiterated federal government’s policy not to allow fresh Afghan refugees into Pakistan....
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Three troops among 18 killed in Valley
SRINAGAR, Oct 20: Three Indian soldiers were among 18 people killed in clashes in occupied Kashmir, police said on Saturday....
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Calls for help going unheard: Rabbani
BAYDENGAGE (Afghanistan), Oct 20: The leader of the Northern Alliance, Burhanuddin Rabbani, said on Saturday he hoped that repeated requests for help to fight the Taliban would no longer be met...
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Attack repelled, say Taliban
KABUL, Oct 20: The Taliban said they had confronted US commandos close to Kandahar on Friday and forced them to retreat from the country....
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2 US troops die as plane hits copter at Dalbandin
QUETTA, Oct 20: Two American troops were killed and another three injured when an aircraft hit a descending helicopter of US Air Force at Dalbandin airport in Balochistan on Saturday, the...
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Anthrax not linked to Osama: Bush
WASHINGTON, Oct 20: Investigators have found no link between the anthrax attacks in the United States and the network of Osama bin Laden, US President George W. Bush said on Saturday....
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Rivals of Taliban not yet strong: Rumsfeld
NEW YORK, Oct 20: As the US special forces opened the ground war front, US Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld warned that the anti-Taliban forces in Southern Afghanistan are not yet...
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UN body against terrorism satisfied
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 20: The United Nations Security Council committee monitoring the implementation of a broad counterterrorism resolution adopted in the wake of last month’s terrorist attacks against the United States,...
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Opposition losing ground to Taliban
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: The Taliban have gained ground in fighting against opposition troops battling for days to advance on the key northern town of Mazar-i-Sharif, an opposition official conceded on Saturday....
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JUI warns of civil disobedience
QUETTA, Oct 20: The Secretary General of Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri has warned that religious parties will give a call for ‘wheel jam’ strike and ‘civil disobedience’ movement in...
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Man sentenced to death for double murder
LAHORE, Oct 20: The Lahore High Court on Friday awarded death penalty in a double-murder case to a man, who was sentenced to seven years jail only by a sessions court...
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