Turkey backs broad-based Afghan setup: Musharraf opposes outer influence
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer on Thursday supported the idea of forming a broad-based government but stopped short of saying anything about inclusion of moderate Taliban in the...
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Peshawar peace moot seeks UN, OIC help: Convening of Loya Jirga
PESHAWAR, Oct 25: Attaching extra significance to former king Zahir Shah’s role to resolving the conflict, the conference of Afghan elders and leaders on Thursday called upon the Organization of Islamic...
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UK troops may need weeks to trace Osama
NEW YORK, Oct 25: A top British military official said on Wednesday that ground troops may have to operate in Afghanistan for weeks at a time if they are to ferret...
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Riyadh to stand by Islamabad in need
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: Saudi Arabia on Thursday assured that it had and would stand with Pakistan whenever the national interests of either country were challenged....
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US bombs suspected hideouts, bus stop
KABUL/PESHAWAR, Oct 25: US warplanes hit a crowded bus and worshippers leaving a mosque in their latest attacks to capture Osama bin Laden, the ruling Taliban said on Thursday....
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US making efforts for meeting, says India: Vajpayee-Musharraf talks
NEW DELHI, 25: India and Pakistan may be acting coy about a bilateral summit in New York next month but Washington hasn’t given up, Defence Minister George Fernandes said on Thursday....
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Taliban regime will be toppled, says Rumsfeld
NEW YORK, Oct 25: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Wednesday that the US forces might not catch America’s number one enemy, Osama bin Laden. However, he predicted that the...
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APNS wants wage award reversed
KARACHI, Oct 25: An emergent meeting of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society, has appealed to the President of Pakistan to reverse a “disastrous pay award” announced by the chairman of the...
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WFP warning
ROME, Oct 25: United Nations relief agencies on Thursday issued a new warning about the threat of mass starvation in Afghanistan, saying some 7.5 million people are in desperate need of...
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US pins hopes on Istanbul meeting
WASHINGTON, Oct 25: The United States had tried to discourage Pakistan from letting this week’s gathering of Afghan tribal leaders be held in Peshawar and pinned greater hopes on a meeting...
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9 soldiers among 20 killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Oct 25: Nine Indian soldiers were among 20 people killed in occupied Kashmir on Thursday....
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Japan may lend $800m: report
TOKYO, Oct 25: Japan may lend Pakistan as much as 100 billion yen ($814 million) to reward the government of General Pervez Musharraf for its support of US-led military strikes in...
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Pakistan reaches understanding with IMF
PARIS, Oct 25: Pakistan has reached a “broad understanding” with the International Monetary Fund on a major poverty reduction loan, Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said after talks with IMF officials here...
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UN fears bloodshed
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The United Nations on Thursday expressed fears of massacres and human rights violations in a post-Taliban Afghanistan, and called for taking steps to preclude the likely catastrophe....
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French newsman may be tried
PARIS, Oct 25: A French reporter arrested by the Taliban may be put on trial in the next few days, his employer said on Thursday....
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Pope sends envoy to Afghan refugees
VATICAN CITY, Oct 25: Pope John Paul II on Thursday appealed to the world for aid for thousands of Afghan refugees fleeing US-led military strikes, and sent an envoy to visit...
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