UN forced to change power plan for Kabul
BONN, Dec 1: Landmark talks on Afghanistan’s future were hauled out of deadlock on Saturday when the UN was forced to lower its ambitions for a comprehensive power-sharing deal and accept...
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Washington may supply F-16 spares
WASHINGTON, Dec 1: The United States intends to provide Pakistan with military spare parts sought by Islamabad following the lifting of US sanctions on military and economic aid....
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US targets $5 trillion oil, gas reserves
ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: While Pakistan expects realization of $2 billion Pakistan-Turkmenistan gas pipeline in the post-Afghan war situation, the United States is targeting to capture around $5 trillion of oil and...
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Pakistan seeks access to detained suspects
WASHINGTON, Dec 1: Pakistan ambassador Dr Maleeha Lodhi met Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina Rocca on Friday to discuss the issue of people of Pakistani origin detained in...
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Islamabad, Tehran to increase mly cooperation
ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Pakistan and Iran have decided to enhance military cooperation for manufacturing of small arms, ammunitions, artillery tank ammunition, propellant and various kinds of explosives....
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45 dead as Kandahar, Herat pounded : Taliban claim downing plane
CHAMAN, Dec 1: US warplanes carried out carpet bombing on Taliban positions in and around Kandahar and also hit three refugee vehicles killing at least 15 people, on Saturday....
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HRW asks US govt to respect rights
NEW YORK, Dec 1: The Human Rights Watch on Saturday reiterated its call to the US government to respect the fundamental rights of individuals detained in connection with investigations into the...
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Russian presence in Kabul no cause for concern: US
WASHINGTON, Dec 1: Press reports on Friday suggested that the United States was not ready at this stage for the deployment of other coalition forces in Afghanistan as peacekeepers....
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Bush weighing ‘options’ for taking on Saddam
NEW YORK, Dec 1: Following the success of the US military campaign in Afghanistan President Bush intended to use the momentum to force Iraq to open its borders to United Nations...
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Palestinians ready to help restore peace
RAMALLAH, Dec 1: The Palestinian leadership declared itself ready late on Friday to implement the US-sponsored peace plan for the region which calls for the end of the uprising and the...
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22 killed in Kashmir clashes
SRINAGAR, Dec 1: At least 22 people were killed in clashes in occupied Kashmir on Saturday and Friday night, police said....
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Pakistan urges action against Israel
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 1: Pakistan on Friday called on the international community to restrain Israel from using excessive and indiscriminate force against the unarmed innocent Palestinians which has gravely undermined the...
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Rumsfeld stresses mly ties with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, on Saturday said in an interview with PTV that Pakistan-US defence cooperation should not become victim of ups and downs in the...
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Neither Zahir nor Rabbani to head setup
BONN, Dec 1: Neither Afghanistan’s former king nor the Northern Alliance’s president Burhanuddin Rabbani will head a new Afghan interim government, diplomats monitoring power-sharing talks in Germany said on Saturday....
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Musharraf’s wife not buying house in US
WASHINGTON, Dec 1: The Pakistan embassy here has dismissed as utterly baseless and motivated a report said to have been published in India that the wife of Gen Pervez Musharraf has...
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War till Omar heads Taliban: Washington
WASHINGTON, Dec 1: The war will continue as long as Mulla Omar retains control of the Taliban, says Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld....
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