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Friday, September 21, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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Clerics ask Laden to leave Afghanistan
USA rejects call, begins positioning fighter planes
Washington, September 20
The USA tonight began positioning a formidable array of over 100 air force planes and a 14-ship naval task force for possible military operations against Afghanistan after rejecting a call by Taliban clerics for Osama bin Laden to leave the country voluntarily.

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Two Swedish “Viggents” fighters fly over Krumovo airport near the city of Plovdiv, some 125 km east of Sofia, during a NATO military exercise on Thursday. Two Swedish “Viggents” fighters fly over Krumovo airport near the city of Plovdiv, some 125 km east of Sofia, during a NATO military exercise on Thursday. — Reuters photo

USA to work closely with India, Pak: Bush
Washington, September 20
US President George W. Bush has said terrorist strikes in New York and Pentagon have provided Washington with an “opportunity to refashion thinking between India and Pakistan” and to “shake terrorism loose from sponsor states.”

Jaswant ‘scolds’ Musharraf
Says Taliban have asked J&K ultras to return
New Delhi, September 20
It was diplomatic symbolism all the way at a surprise press conference of External Affairs and Defence Minister Jaswant Singh here today in which he took Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf head on and remarked that he was “very glad” that Pakistan was now confronting its own child — the Taliban.

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Pak groups step up anti-US protests
PPP, PML not to support protesters
Peshawar, (Pakistan), September 20
Protesters stepped up their opposition today to the USA and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to support possible US attacks on Afghanistan.
Pakistani policemen in riot gear block a road in Lahore on Thursday, during a demonstration by pro-Taliban supporters. Pakistani policemen in riot gear block a road in Lahore on Thursday, during a demonstration by pro-Taliban supporters.
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Pak domestic opinion remains sharply polarised over assistance to the USA.
 (28k, 56k)		 Dozens of Pakistani youth took to the streets on Wednesday
to protest against America and its allies, in Karachi.
 (28k, 56k)

China’s support ‘not conditional’
Beijing, September 20
China today said its support for international action against terrorism was not conditional but expressed its principled stand that any such effort should have the backing of the UN charter and international laws.

 

 

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IN PASSING

IN PASSING
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Lashkar fears elimination
New Delhi, September 20
In a development of far-reaching importance to Islamabad’s ongoing proxy war against India, militants belonging to two of the hyperactive and most ruthless outfits — Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) — have gone into hiding fearing they may be eliminated at the behest of Pakistan.

Blackwill soothes Muslim sentiments
New Delhi, September 20
The US Ambassador to India, Mr Robert Blackwill today attempted to assuage the feelings of Muslims in India by explaining the position of his country to leaders of the community here.

Services Chiefs cancel visits
New Delhi, September 20
The developing security scenario in the Indian sub-continent has forced all three service chiefs to cancel their scheduled visits abroad beginning this week.


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How Pak-Taliban nexus works: a factsheet
The Pakistan-Taliban nexus was at its height barely a fortnight before the terrorist attack in the USA. According to intelligence reports, a meeting of the Afghan Defence Council (renamed Defence of Pakistan and Afghanistan Council) was held in Islamabad on August 26 in which Pakistan’s former ISI chief, Lieut-Gen Hamid Gul, assured the participants that the supply of more sophisticated weaponry would not be a problem as General Musharraf was committed to supporting the Taliban with whatever means necessary.

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