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4 killed in resumed U.S. air raids on Kabul, Kandahar
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 13 (Kyodo) - U.S. bombardment Saturday killed four civilians and wounded eight others in a hamlet on the outskirts of Kabul in the early hours of Saturday
Taliban reject offer of bin Laden "second chance"
KABUL, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban on Saturday rejected an offer by U.S. President George W. Bush to halt air strikes if they handed over Saudi-born fugitive Osama bin Laden
US air campaign eases, air strikes clear way for opposition forces
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (AFP) - The US air campaign in Afghanistan eased Friday in a nod to Muslim sensibilities, but US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned that US air strikes on Taliban forces
Afghan opposition prepares to fight
By the BBC's Kate Clark in the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan
The opposition Northern Alliance in Afghanistan are gearing up for an offensive against the Taleban.
Afghans seek new leaders among multi-ethnic mix
By Tom Heneghan
Saturday October 13, 12:15 PM
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - In the jockeying for power in post-Taliban Afghanistan, almost everyone agrees the new government should be a multi-ethnic coalition with a leading role for
Opposition says Taliban no longer able to counterattack
Saturday October 13, 8:08 PM
JABAL-US-SARAJ (Reuters) - Six days of U.S. strikes on positions of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban have robbed their fighters of the ability to launch a counter-offensive
Taliban envoy rushes to Kandahar to discuss latest developments
Islamabad, Oct 13, IRNA -- The Taliban envoy to Islamabad, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, on Saturday morning dashed to Kandahar to discuss the leadership's latest develoments.
Afghans in Pakistan mull the make-up of a post-Taliban government
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 13 (AFP) - As US bombs and missiles rain on Afghanistan signalling an end in sight to the Taliban regime, one major question is fuelling bitter debate here.
Taliban takes cut in booming drug trade-sources
By John Fullerton
CHAMAN, Pakistan, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Afghan drug lords are cleaning out stocks of hashish, opium and heroin and sending the drugs flooding into Pakistan, while the besieged Taliban cash in by taking
Afghan veteran of Chechnya conflict shrugs off Taliban bullets
RABAT, Afghanistan, Oct 13 (AFP) - As the sniper bullets whizzed past him, landing with a loud thud in the mud-baked wall less than a metre away, Commander Shahwali stopped just for a moment before walking on.
Area children eager to contribute to Afghan relief effort
By DONALD BRADLEY - The Kansas City Star
Date: 10/12/01 22:15
Amelia Ellsworth, a third-grader, gets a buck-fifty allowance each week for doing chores and helping take care of her little sister.
Iran, Russia stress resolution of Afghanistan crisis
Moscow, Oct 10, IRNA -- Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and his Iranian counterpart Kamal Kharrazi, in a telephone conversation changed views on bilateral, regional and international
Kharrazi reiterates call for broad-based Afghan government
Doha, Oct 10, IRNA -- Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said here Wednesday that efforts should be made to ensure the formation of a broad-based government in Afghanistan which
Pir Gillani to discuss Afghan situation with Zahir Shah: daily
Islamabad, Oct 13, IRNA -- Headed by Pir Syed Ahemd Gillani, a high-level team of the Assembly for Peace and Unity of Afghanistan is leaving for Rome to discuss the Afghan situation
Omar's car 'hit by US bomb'
The Telegraph (UK) October 13, 2001
THE Pentagon last night appeared to confirm a report that a car belonging to Mullah Mohammed Omar, the leader of the Taliban, had been hit by an American bomb, possibly killing the occupants.
One-day war costs to rebuild Afghanistan-Wali Khan
By Tom Heneghan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Pakistan's leading Pashtun nationalist urged the United States on Saturday to put aside funds worth one day's bombing in Afghanistan to reconstruct the battered
Afghan Trial of Christian aid workers delayed
Saturday October 13, 8:43 PM
KABUL (Reuters) - The trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of promoting Christianity in Afghanistan resumed on Saturday and was immediately adjourned after the Supreme Court ordered
Afghan Stingers Difficult to Use
By LOUIS MEIXLER, Associated Press Writer
KIRKLARELI, Turkey (AP) - Sgt. Daniel Oliver points to an F-16 warplane flying low in the sky as he sits on top of a jeep carrying eight Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.
OIC to facilitate formation of broad-based govt in Afghanistan:
proposal Islamabad, Oct 13, IRNA -- The president of a Pakistani religious organization has proposed that in the post-Taliban scenairo, only the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Mullah Omar's seven relatives killed in air strikes
Saturday, October 13, 2001 7:46 AM EST
DUBAI, Oct 13, 2001 (Itar-Tass via COMTEX) -- Seven relatives of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar were killed in Kandahar in U.S. air strikes against Afghanistan
Afghan opposition impressed by US military might
Saturday October 13, 9:36 AM
KHWAJA BAHAUDDIN, Afghanistan, Oct 13 (AFP) - Afghan opposition fighters here, impressed by the military might of the United States, are becoming increasingly impatient to launch
Explosions jolt Kabul as US jets resume attacks on Afghanistan
Saturday October 13, 7:54 AM
KABUL, Oct 13 (AFP) - At least four explosions shook Kabul early Saturday as US aircraft resumed raids over Afghanistan's capital after a temporary halt during the Muslim holy day, residents said.
Opposition forces seized provincial capital
Saturday October 13, 4:18 AM
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (AFP) - Opposition forces have seized a provincial capital in central Afghanistan, and Taliban forces in the north are believed to have defected to the Northern Alliance
US air campaign eases, air strikes clear way for opposition forces
Saturday October 13, 6:44 AM
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (AFP) - The US air campaign in Afghanistan eased Friday in a nod to Muslim sensibilities, but US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned that US air strikes on Taliban forces
Washington turns to the United Nations for Afghanistan's future
Saturday October 13, 4:34 AM
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (AFP) - The United States, confronted with a tangle of ethnic groups and rival factions in Afghanistan, has turned to the United Nations to help the country turn a page after
Afghan opposition sees no future role for Taliban
By Peter Graff
JABAL-US-SARAJ, Afghanistan, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's opposition Northern Alliance warned on Friday the Taliban would produce "hundreds of other Osamas" if the United States
US holds fire on "pre-planned" Afghan targets
By Deborah Zabarenko
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - U.S. forces stopped blasting fixed Taliban and al Qaeda targets on Friday in deference to the Muslim holy day, but kept up pressure on "emerging targets"
U.S. mulls new military ties with Pakistan
By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The Bush administration is considering a possible new military relationship with Pakistan that could include transfers of new arms but does not anticipate a more formal military
Attacks 'on hold' for holy day
BBC News 10/12/01
US forces have suspended attacks on scheduled targets in Afghanistan on Friday because it is the Muslim day of prayer.
Afghan opposition prepares to fight
By the BBC's Kate Clark in the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan
The opposition Northern Alliance in Afghanistan are gearing up for an offensive against the Taleban.
Anti-Taliban Fighters Seize Areas
Friday, October 12, 2001 5:15 PM EDT
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AP) -- Anti-Taliban fighters in Afghanistan seized strategic points in the country's west-central region to block Taliban supply routes, a spokesman for the fighters
Pakistan to deport at least 60 Afghan protesters
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities in the port city of Karachi arrested at least 60 Afghans on Friday in violent anti-U.S. protests and have decided to deport
UN's new peacemaker
BBC News
The UN has reappointed Lakhdar Brahimi to be the envoy for Afghanistans at a time when the country is the focus of an international effort to target militants accused
Afghan Taliban said to advance against foes
Saturday October 13, 2:40 AM
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban forces recaptured a western district from the opposition Northern Alliance on Friday and also launched attacks
Taliban forces prevent setting up camps for Afghan refugees
Mashhad, Khorasan prov. Oct 10, IRNA -- Officials in Iran's Khorasan province said Wednesday that the Taliban forces prevented the Iranian officials from setting up camps for the Afghan refugees near
Excerpts from President George W. Bush's Press Conference, Oct. 11, 2001:
QUESTION: Mr. President, you've said on repeated occasions that you're not into nation-building. Yet it appears in this case, given the politics of the region, it may play a crucial role in resolving this crisis.
Weary Afghans emerge after U.S. bombs strike dumps
By Sayed Salahuddin
KABUL, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Weary Afghans emerged on Friday after a fifth night of U.S. air strikes that rocked the cities with giant explosions in an assault the hardline Taliban say has killed
US attacks delay Afghan opposition's meeting in Rome
ROME, Oct 12 (AFP) - The US-led military strikes on Afghanistan have delayed a visit to Rome by a delegation of Afghanistan's opposition Northern Alliance to resume talks with the ex-king
Annan says U.N. willing to play key role in Afghanistan
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (Kyodo) - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said Friday the United Nations is willing to play a key role in the rebuilding of Afghanistan after an eventual ousting of the Taliban government.
Bin Laden likely in S.Afghanistan-opposition envoy
MADRID, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden, prime suspect in last month's attacks on the United States, and the leader of the Taliban are probably both in southern Afghanistan
Former king calls on Afghans to unite - BBC
The exiled former king of Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Shah, has appealed to his countrymen to unite for peace and democracy. Speaking on Italian television
Pakistani official predicts Taliban defections
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 12 (Kyodo) A Pakistani official on Friday predicted major military and political defections in the ranks of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban amid rumors that Taliban Foreign
Annan says U.N. willing to play key role in Afghanistan
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (Kyodo) - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said Friday the United Nations is willing to play a key role in the rebuilding of Afghanistan after an eventual ousting
Pakistan blames Taliban for 'very serious' situation
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 12 (Kyodo) - Pakistan on Friday described the situation currently facing besieged Afghanistan as ''very serious'' but reminded that country's Taliban authorities they
Spies give Afghan opposition eyewitness view of US bombing in Kabul
CHARIKAR, Afghanistan, Oct 12 (AFP) - Radban, a 25-year-old Kabul shopkeeper, leads a double life, spying for the Afghan opposition under the nose of the Taliban regime.
Mob attacks Pakistan consulate in southwest Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A mob angered by the U.S.-led air strikes on Afghanistan attacked the Pakistani consulate in the southwest Iranian town of Zahedan near the Pakistani border on Friday, witnesses said.
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