Bonn conference agrees to form broad-based govt
 LONDON, Nov 27: Afghan delegates attending talks in Bonn have agreed on the principle of forming a broad-based transitional government....
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600 captives dead, says Alliance: Qala-i-Jangi ‘revolt’ put down
QALA-I-JANGI, Afghanistan, Nov 27: Northern Alliance forces with US backing Tuesday put down a three-day rebellion by pro-Taliban prisoners that had left hundreds of captive fighters dead, a commander said....
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Shooting in Israeli town kills four
AFULA (Israel), Nov 27: Two teenage Palestinians killed two Israelis and wounded 34 others in a rampage through an Israeli town centre on Tuesday before being shot dead, the first day...
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Rabbani plans early talks with Musharraf
DUBAI, Nov 27: Acting Afghan president and Northern Alliance leader Burhanuddin Rabbani, striking a conciliatory note with Pakistan, said on Tuesday he planned to hold talks with President Pervez Musharraf “in...
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Afghan rebuilding linked to quick govt-formation
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: A 3-day conference on “Preparing for Afghanistan’s Reconstruction”, which began here on Tuesday, called for early setting up of a broad-based interim government in Afghanistan so that development...
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US-based petroleum company sacks 100 employees
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The Orient Petroleum Inc has off loaded as many as 100 Pakistani employees along with top foreign management after its two exploration wells went dry in the Sindh...
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Security: US seeks data on air passengers
NEW YORK, Nov 27: The United States customs put 58 international airlines, including PIA, on notice to provide Advance Passenger Information Lists or their carriers and passengers would face intense scrutiny...
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Policy soon to weed out extremist forces: ISPR
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Pakistan will wait for the outcome of the Bonn meeting being held to work out the future Afghan government before taking a decision on the recognition of authority...
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Pakistan among observers at Bonn
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Pakistan is one of the 18 countries which are not in the main conference room of the UN-sponsored talks on Afghanistan in Bonn, but would be able to...
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India wants role in new Afghan government
NEW DELHI, Nov 27: India wants a “maximum role” in the establishment of a non-aligned and fully representative post-Taliban government in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said on Tuesday....
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Campaign enters dangerous phase: US
WASHINGTON, Nov 27: As the military campaign in Afghanistan moved from “cities to caves” in what defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld described as a dangerous new phase, cooperation from Pakistan was described...
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US opposed to Rabbani
WASHINGTON, Nov 27: The United States is opposed to and has lobbied Russia and other countries against recognizing the de facto Northern Alliance government in Kabul because it is not a...
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Taliban recapture Spin Boldak
QUETTA, Nov 27: The Taliban recaptured Spin Boldak on Tuesday and took up military positions they had vacated a day earlier, after surrender talks with local tribal chieftains collapsed....
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Business controls US power, says Chomsky
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: After having taken the capital’s intellectual community by storm, Prof Noam Chomsky spoke about American democracy and the globalization phenomenon, in an exclusive interview to Dawn....
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Iraq rejects US call for inspection
BAGHDAD, Nov 27: Iraq rejected on Tuesday a call by US President George W. Bush to let UN weapons inspectors back into the country to determine whether Iraq is building weapons...
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Shahbaz Sharif’s family returns
LAHORE, Nov 27: The former chief minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif’s wife and two daughters, who were exiled with other members of the Sharif family, returned to Pakistan on Tuesday morning....
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Journalist killed
TALOQAN, Nov 27: A Swedish television journalist was killed on Tuesday morning in northern Afghanistan after armed men robbed the house where he was staying....
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13 die in Kashmir gunbattle
JAMMU, Nov 27: At least five Indian soldiers and eight Mujahideen were killed in a fierce encounter in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Indian army said....
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