Shoora takes over Kandahar: Fighting, looting in some areas
 QUETTA/PESHAWAR, Dec 7: Thousands of fighters loyal to interim Afghan prime minister Hamid Karzai and former Mujahideen commander Mulla Naqibullah took control of Kandahar after the Taliban militia surrendered their spiritual...
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Investment down in first quarter: Growth linked to Afghan solution: SBP
KARACHI, Dec 7: The State Bank of Pakistan says doubts will linger on about Pakistan’s economic prospects — and about the speed with which things will return to normal — until...
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District Nazims to control police
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The President on Friday amended the Police Act to make the police responsible to the newly-elected district Nazims. It also provides for the establishment of District Public Safety...
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IMF okays $1.3bn facility
WASHINGTON, Dec 7: The International Monetary Fund’s executive board agreed late on Thursday evening to lend $1.3 billion to Pakistan for Poverty Alleviation Programme....
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39 groups put on US ‘terrorist exclusion list’
WASHINGTON, Dec 7: Lashkar-i-Taiba is among the 39 groups which the US State Department said on Thursday had been placed on a “terrorist exclusion list” that gives powers to the US...
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US concerned over Mulla Omar’s whereabouts
WASHINGTON, Dec 7: With the reported Taliban surrender of Kandahar, the whereabouts and fate of Mulla Mohammad Omar, who was said to have been in the besieged city, was the subject...
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Wapda ordered to hold inquiry: Loss of Rs52.968 million
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Wapda has been ordered to hold an inquiry into a loss of Rs 52.968 million due to irregular escalation of rates for the transportation of material by the...
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Queen Noor holds talks on Afghan refugee situation
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan and a delegation of Refugees International called on the minister for Kana and Safron, Abbas Sarfaraz Khan, here on Friday and discussed...
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Amnesty for Omar not granted: Keith
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Coalition spokesman Kenton Keith on Friday welcomed the fall of Kandahar and refuted reports that interim prime minister Hamid Karzai had granted amnesty for Mulla Omar who, he...
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Peacekeepers soon: UN
PARIS, Dec 7: Mr Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN envoy who brokered a deal on an interim administration in Afghanistan, said on Friday he hoped to see a multinational peacekeeping force “as...
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Differences minor, says Qanuni
NEW DELHI, Dec 7: The interior minister-designate of Afghanistan’s new interim administration said on Friday that differences within the Northern Alliance over the new cabinet were minor and would be ironed...
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Pakistan hails accord
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Pakistan welcomes the agreement reached in Kandahar among the Afghan groups to end hostilities, said Foreign Office spokesman Aziz Ahmad Khan on Friday....
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Five killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Dec 7: Two Indian army intelligence agents were among five people killed in occupied Kashmir on Friday, police said....
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Marines, Taliban clash
WASHINGTON, Dec 7: US Marines clashed with armed Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters leaving Kandahar on Friday, engaging them with fire from the ground and helicopter gunships, the commander of US forces...
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