Kunduz fall seen by Sunday: Accord on surrender reached
 PESHAWAR, Nov 22: Fighting broke out to the east of besieged Kunduz, hours after a top Taliban commander said he had reached an agreement with the Northern Alliance that would require...
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Pakistan closes Taliban embassy
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The government on Thursday ordered closure of the Taliban embassy here, the militia’s last diplomatic mission in the country....
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Bonn moot to elect leadership council
KABUL, Nov 22: A meeting of Afghan groups to be held next week in Germany will elect a leadership council to oversee the transfer of power to a broad-based government, a...
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US may widen anti-terror drive
WASHINGTON, Nov 22: With Taliban control apparently reduced to Kandahar, the Bush administration shows no sign of relenting on its intention to carry on with its anti-terrorism campaign and taking it...
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Japan FM due today
TOKYO, Nov 22: Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka left for Pakistan on Thursday to offer extra Japanese aid in recognition of the pivotal role played by Islamabad in the US-led war against...
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Non-Afghan fighters will not get safe passage
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Coalition forces will not allow a safe passage to non-Afghan fighters besieged in Kunduz by the Northern Alliance, a CIS spokesman said on Thursday....
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Arms Act to apply to tribal areas
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider on Thursday said the government intended to extend Arms Control Act to the tribal areas and ‘B’ areas of Balochistan....
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Poor security conditions in Afghanistan worry UN
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The United Nations on Thursday expressed concern over deteriorating security conditions in Afghanistan with rampant lootings and thefts at the offices of the relief agencies....
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Military attaches visit Kabul
DUSHANBE, Nov 22: Military attaches from several national embassies in Dushanbe flew by helicopter to Kabul early on Thursday for meetings with members of the Northern Alliance, the Tajik defence ministry...
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Five Palestinian schoolchildren killed in blast
 GAZA CITY, Nov 22: Five Palestinian schoolchildren were killed on Thursday when one kicked an unexploded Israeli tank shell, shattering a relative calm that had settled over the Palestinian territories amid...
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Saif, brother released
RAWALPINDI, Nov 22: Former senator Saif-ur-Rehman and his brother Mujib-ur-Rehman were released from Adiala Jail here on Thursday....
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Karazai hopeful of Taliban surrender
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Pashtun tribal elder Hamid Karazai said on Thursday he was still hopeful the Taliban would surrender their southern stronghold of Kandahar despite a vow from the militia to...
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LoC firing started by India, says Pakistan
SRINAGAR, Nov 22: India and Pakistan exchanged artillery fire along the Line of Control, and blamed each other on Thursday for the flare-up which killed one woman....
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3 people injured in shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 22: Three more people were injured while several houses were damaged in unrelenting Indian shelling from across the Line of Control in Azad Kashmir on Thursday....
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Straw arrives to discuss situation
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived here on Thursday evening from Tehran on a two-day visit to Pakistan....
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Musharraf, Vajpayee may meet next year
KATHMANDU, Nov 22: President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will attend a SAARC summit early next year, officials said on Thursday....
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No help until Kunduz siege lifted: ICRC chief
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The President of International Committee of the Red Cross, Jakob Kellenberger, has expressed grave concern over the uncertainty surrounding the fate of the Taliban militia trapped in the...
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Indian army major among 11 killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Nov 22: An Indian army officer and two Muslim girls were among 11 people killed in clashes in occupied Kashmir on Thursday, police said....
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