Measures to close border reviewed: President, governors discuss Afghan issue
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday held a meeting with the governors of NWFP and Balochistan, and reviewed measures taken to ensure sealing of over 1,500km Durand Line....
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Taliban evacuate Kandahar
KABUL, Nov 16: Taliban forces reportedly began evacuating their political and spiritual heartland of Kandahar on Friday to begin a guerrilla war from the mountains of Afghanistan....
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Mahathir calls it war against Muslims
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16: The US-led hunt for terrorists is turning into a “war against Muslims”, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday....
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Reform programme to continue: CE
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf assured the World Bank here on Friday that the reform programme undertaken by his government will continue despite new economic difficulties arising out of...
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4 Albanian, 2 Turkish fighters arrested
PESHAWAR, Nov 16: Security guards manning the tribal territory bordering Afghanistan have seized six foreign fighters of Osama bin Laden while attempting to sneak into Pakistan, officials said....
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UK commandos take over base near Kabul: Germany to send 4,000 troops
PARIS, Nov 16: Washington’s three main allies in Europe stepped up their commitment to the war in Afghanistan on Friday, setting in motion major troop deployments despite doubts over the precise...
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Bombs hit UN office, mosque in Kandahar: 11 civilians killed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: United States’ aerial strikes on Kandahar hit the compound of United Nations Mine Action Programme’s sub-office on Thursday, leading to an estimated loss of $2 million, UN officials...
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Taliban treated us with respect, say aid workers
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The American and Australian aid workers, released from captivity, told reporters on Friday that they were “well treated by the Taliban during their three-month captivity”, allowed religious freedom...
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Ex-Afghan king to return home soon
ROME, Nov 16: Afghanistan’s former king Mohammed Zahir Shah intends to return soon to Kabul retaken from the Taliban regime this week in a reversal of fortunes, a spokesman said on...
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Hazaras marching on Kabul
OUTSIDE JALRES (Afghanistan), Nov 16: Several hundred Hazara militia from Afghanistan’s central highlands were marching on the gates of Kabul on Friday in a bid to defend their fellow Shias against...
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US planes drop bombs in Kurram Agency
KOHAT, Nov 16: US warplanes on Thursday dropped bombs on border towns in the Kurram Agency, 260km from here, causing damage to various buildings and houses, official sources told Dawn on...
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Osama has not entered Pakistan: Rumsfeld
WAUKEGAN (USA), Nov 16: Osama bin Laden is still in Afghanistan, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Friday during a visit to a military base here....
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N. Alliance delaying all-Afghan meeting: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 16: The UN envoy in charge of Afghanistan said on Friday the Northern Alliance was obstructing urgent efforts to arrange a crucial meeting on the country’s political future....
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Ramazan begins today
PESHAWAR, Nov 16: The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee on Friday announced that the Ramazan moon had been sighted and the first of Ramazan would fall on Saturday....
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Strike observed in Valley
SRINAGAR, Nov 16: A one-day strike on Friday to protest the killing of civilians in US-led air strikes on Afghanistan closed shops and businesses in occupied Kashmir....
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Top Osama lieutenant killed: US
WASHINGTON, Nov 16: Mohammed Atef, a top lieutenant to Osama bin Laden, is believed to have been killed in a US airstrike near Kabul, a US official said on Friday....
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