September 15, 2001

THE ROVING EYE Masoud: From warrior to statesman

List of  foreign Taliban prisoners of war captured by the United Front

Afghan refugees fear death at hands of Taliban AFP

Acceptance Speech by Ahmed Rashid

The Role of Islamic Parties in Pakistani Politics

	Our heartfelt condolences to the noble Afghan nation at this sensitive and testing time in its history for the loss of its brave son and defender, Ahmad Shah Massoud
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Massoud, Afghan National Hero, Freedom Fighter and Resistance leader, Dies
By Omar Samad
WASHINGTON, 09/15/2001 - AAR - Ahmad Shah Massoud, the legendary Afghan resistance leader, died Saturday morning inside Afghanistan among his people - in the homeland he loved and whose people

Masood, Key Taliban Foe, Dead From Assassins-Aide
Saturday September 15 9:12 AM ET
By Jack Redden
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The legendary anti-Taliban guerrilla leader Ahmad Shah Masood died in an Afghan hospital from wounds suffered in a suicide bomb attack this week by two Arabs

Pakistan: Unlikely to Use Military Outside Border
Saturday, September 15, 2001 10:48 AM EST
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan on Saturday said it did not expect to take part in any international anti-terrorism operation outside its borders in the wake of the devastating attacks on New York and Washington.

Taliban threatens war if Pakistan aids US attack
Saturday September 15, 9:50 PM
KABUL, Sept 15 (AFP) - The Taliban Saturday threatened Pakistan with a "massive attack" if it helped the United States launch military strikes on Afghanistan in retaliation for the terrorist atrocities

Taliban Urge Frightened Afghans to Stay and Fight
Saturday September 15 8:58 AM ET
KABUL (Reuters) - Fearful Afghans began fleeing the country on Saturday as their hardline Taliban rulers vowed to wage a holy war against anyone helping Washington launch attacks on the country

Taliban Say May Attack Neighbors Helping U.S.
Saturday, September 15, 2001 3:04 AM EST
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said on Saturday they might attack any neighbor which gave assistance to U.S. strikes on their country, the Afghan Islamic Press reported.

Taliban Leader Urges Muslims to Prepare for Jihad
Saturday, September 15, 2001 12:41 AM EST
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The supreme leader of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban has urged Muslims there and around to world to face the threat of U.S. attack firmly and prepare for jihad (holy war)

Afghan Refugees Vow to Return if U.S. Strikes
By Ovais Subhani
Saturday September 15 8:56 AM ET
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Akhter Mohammed sums up the fatalism so widespread in the dozens of Afghan refugee camps that are home to around two million Afghans just inside Pakistan's border.

U.S. War on Terrorism Is Fight on Many Fronts
Saturday, September 15, 2001 9:27 AM EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has declared war on terrorism, but battling loose networks of small extremist cells spread through the world will require more than military

Nuclear Pakistan in Eye of Building Storm
Saturday, September 15, 2001 9:47 AM EST
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan, now seemingly caught in a building storm after the United States suffered history's worst terror attacks, may be a poor country but it is a nuclear armed one.

Pakistan grapples with US demands
Saturday, 15 September, 2001, 09:44 GMT 10:44 UK
By the BBC's Susannah Price in Islamabad
Pakistan's military government was meeting for a second day on Saturday to decide what help to provide to the United States in its response to Tuesday's attacks on New York and Washington.

India, Pakistan Air Bases Crucial to Any U.S. Strike
Saturday, September 15, 2001 8:49 AM EST
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A string of air bases and airports in India and Pakistan could be used by the U.S. air force in the event of Washington launching air strikes against Afghanistan in retaliation

Taliban Ask Foreigners to Leave Afghanistan
Saturday, September 15, 2001 7:33 AM EST
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement on Saturday asked all foreigners to leave the country in view of a possible attack by the United States, Pakistan-based

Islamic scholars condemn terrorism, say American shouldn't support
Israeli oppression Al-Khalil, Sept 15, IRNA -- Muslim scholars all over the globe have strongly condemned the suicidal plane-crashes in the United States, saying that Islam shouldn't be blamed

UAE Reviewing Ties with Taliban After U.S. Attack
Saturday September 15 8:54 AM ET
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates, one of only three states to recognize the Afghan Taliban government, is reviewing its ties with the Taliban following the terror attacks on the United States

Bin Laden Family Condemns Attacks on U.S. -Report
Saturday, September 15, 2001 3:55 AM EST
DUBAI (Reuters) - The family of Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden, a prime suspect in terror attacks on the United States, distanced itself from the assaults that it said defied Islam, a Saudi-owned

Emulate the US
The News Jang (Editorial)
The day of reckoning for the ruling elite of Pakistan, both military and civil, has probably started knocking at the door with the power-drunk and excessively arrogant American establishment now feverishly seeking

There we are, then, nth time
The News Jang (Opinion)
Kamran Shafi The writer is a retired army officer and a freelance columnist
I write this on the second day of the World Trade Centre madness. I write this as one, who too went through hell on that sad, sad day, because I thought I had (May God Almighty prevent that, always)