Al Qaeda troops agree to give up: Commander assures fighters of safety
 PESHAWAR, Dec 11: Al Qaeda fighters holed up in the mountains of Tora Bora area in eastern Afghanistan have agreed to surrender to the anti-Taliban eastern Alliance on Tuesday, a military...
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Pakistan ready to hold talks with India: Friendly ties with Kabul foreseen
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: Pakistan said on Tuesday that it was ready to hold dialogue with India on all issues and to improve environment for talks if there were any hurdles in...
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Public debt swells to Rs3,000 billion
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: Pakistan’s increased fiscal and current account deficits have resulted in an explosive accumulation of Rs3,000 billion public debt and over $43 billion external debt....
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Musharraf a big loser, says paper
TORONTO, Dec 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is a “big loser in Afghan endgame,” according to a leading Canadian newspaper....
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400 Taliban supporters massacred in Kandahar: Prisoners die in containers
CHAMAN, Dec 11: Anti-Taliban tribal forces have launched a campaign to kill non-Afghan fighters in Kandahar and other parts of southern Afghanistan....
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UK-led security force for Kabul by 22nd
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11: The United Nations security council is ready to authorize Britain to lead and organize a multinational force for Afghanistan which could be placed in Kabul by Dec...
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Palestinian base in Gaza destroyed
 GAZA CITY, Dec 11: Israeli helicopters destroyed a base of Yasser Arafat’s elite Force-17 guard in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, while troops in the West Bank shot dead two Palestinians...
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CE wants Saarc to be effective
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: President General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday stressed the need for making the Saarc an effective forum....
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China becomes WTO member
BEIJING, Dec 11: China officially entered the World Trade Organization Tuesday, becoming its 143rd member....
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‘Osama has no weapons of mass destruction’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The US-led coalition has not found any evidence that Osama bin Laden or Al Qaeda had acquired or produced weapons of mass destruction, spokesman Kenton Keith said on...
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UN rejects concerns over security force
KABUL, Dec 11: UN special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi rejected concerns on Tuesday over the size of a proposed international security force for Kabul under a post-Taliban power-sharing deal for Afghanistan....
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Germany gives $22m to fight poverty
BERLIN, Dec 11: Germany has given Pakistan 50 million marks ($22.8 million) in additional aid to fight poverty, improve education and health care and support Afghan refugees, the overseas development ministry...
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Six killed in Valley
SRINAGAR, Dec 11: An army officer was among six people killed in occupied Kashmir on Monday night, police said....
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Foreigners be provided protection, says AI
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: Following reports that significant numbers of Al-Qaeda fighters are surrendering in the Tora Bora region of southern Afghanistan, Amnesty International called for appropriate arrangements to be made for...
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Pressure being put on Tora Bora: US
WASHINGTON, Dec 11: The Pentagon said on Tuesday that anti-Taliban forces were putting pressure on an area in the Tora Bora region that was becoming increasingly restricted for the Al Qaeda...
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China to seek return of its nationals
BEIJING, Dec 11: China said on Tuesday it would ask for the return of any Chinese Muslims caught fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan....
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Computers seized in US raids
WASHINGTON, Dec 11: The US government moved to crack a massive software piracy ring on Tuesday, seizing computers in 27 cities in raids coordinated with four other countries....
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Frenchman indicted in Sept 11 probe
WASHINGTON, Dec 11: Zaccarias Moussaoui of France was charged in connection with the Sept 11 attacks on Tuesday in the first indictment from the US probe of the attacks, Attorney General...
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