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November 18, 2001 Sunday Ramazan 2, 1422


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Unexploded cluster bombs pose threat to civilians
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The civilian lives across Afghanistan are under serious threat because of the highly volatile unexploded cluster bombs, dropped by the US warplanes during the last 40 days....
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Pakistan wants UN to move quickly: No asylum for Osama, Omar
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Pakistan on Saturday expressed the confidence that the United Nations would soon get all Afghan groups together and a transitional government is formed to avoid civil war in...
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Taliban leave Farah, vow to defend Kandahar
KABUL, Nov 17: The Taliban said on Saturday they had thousands of fighters in Kandahar ready to defend the militia’s spiritual stronghold and dismissed reports that supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar...
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Nangarhar gets interim govt
JALALABAD, Nov 17: The Eastern Zone Leadership Council on Saturday agreed to establish a broad-based, interim arrangement for the Nangarhar province headed by the former governor, Haji Abdul Qadeer....
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UNDP to provide $168m: Shaukat
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The United Nations Development Programme will provide $168 million to Pakistan during 2001-2002 to support various development programmes, including poverty alleviation....
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UK forces came without agreement: Alliance
KABUL, Nov 17: British commandos are operating at the Bagram airbase north of here without the agreement of the Northern Alliance, a senior official of the anti-Taliban coalition told AFP on...
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New setup: tribal leaders may get more power
WASHINGTON, Nov 17: A return to an administrative arrangement based on a weak centre with autonomous regions bound together in a federation is among the ideas now being considered as the...