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Two Foreign Forces on Afghan Soil: One For Peacekeeping & Another For Prosecuting War
UNITED NATIONS (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Britain has accepted the task of leading and organizing a multinational force for Afghanistan, which the U.N. Security Council is expected to approve by Friday, U.S. diplomats said on Monday. But U.N. officials are worried that the NATO nations, who are to form the core of the force, may not deploy troops.. More -
Annan Collects Nobel
OSLO (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan collected the centenary Nobel Peace Prize on Monday, urging more focus on human rights in a U.N. quest to end poverty, prevent conflicts and foster democracy. Annan, who shares the 951,600 prize with the United Nations, said the world body should be led in the 21st century by the idea that to save.. More -
Russia, U.S. Closer on Missile Cuts
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia and the United States are near agreement on drastic cuts in long-range nuclear arsenals but remain at odds over a U.S. missile defense, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said the arms-reduction deal could be ready for the next summit between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir.. More -
Arafat, Sharon Mark September 11 Anniversary
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in separate statements on the three-month anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the United States, called on Tuesday for a global fight against terrorism. ``On this sad occasion, I call upon the world to stand united in fighting terrorism and to.. More -
Afghan Commander Says Al Qaeda Agree to Surrender
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda fighters defending their last hideouts in the cave-riddled mountains of eastern Afghanistan were due to surrender on Wednesday under a deal with their Afghan attackers. Haji Mohammad Zaman, commanding local forces assaulting al Qaeda strongholds in the rugged Tora Bora region, told an Afghan news service.. More -
Afghan Army Chief Calls for Small Peace Force
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's interim defense minister said Tuesday an international peacekeeping force should be confined to only 1,000 troops with a ``very limited'' role guarding government meetings. Mohammad Fahim also told reporters the Northern Alliance-led security forces now in control of the capital would remain, despite a pledge to ``withdraw.. More -
Israel Severs Ties with Arafat & The United States Points a Finger at the Palestinian President
JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israel sent its warplanes against Palestinian targets early on Thursday and severed ties with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in a move that seemed likely to scupper the latest U.S. Middle East peace efforts. The Middle East faced a fresh spiral of violence as Israeli planes struck in a wave of retaliatory.. More -
American Bombers Hit Tora Bora Caves As Pushtun Leaders Workout Differences in Kandahar
TORA BORA, Afghanistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - American bombers pounded the hills and caves of Tora Bora on Sunday, trying to soften al-Qaida defenses for a ground assault by Afghan tribesmen. Pakistani forces moved to seal off escape routes on their side of the border. In the south, rival tribal leaders worked out differences over the administration.. More -
US-Brokered Security Talks Resume in the Territories Despite On-going Intifadha Confrontations
JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli and Palestinian security chiefs prepared to square off on Sunday for another tense round of U.S.-brokered talks as violence on the ground showed no sign of easing. The previous round of talks on Friday, aimed at ending nearly 15 months of bloodshed, almost degenerated into a brawl, a Palestinian official.. More -
Inter-Tribal Tension Mounts Over Spoils of Kandahar
KABUL/CHAMAN, Pakistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - U.S. Marines in Afghanistan focused on the hunt for U.S. public enemy number one Osama bin Laden on Saturday as tribal groups clashed and bickered over the spoils of the Taliban's fallen stronghold of Kandahar. The Taliban abandoned southern Kandahar, their birthplace and last bastion, on Friday as.. More -
Irish Launch Probe of Dead Refugees in Container
WEXFORD, Ireland (Reuters) - Ireland launched a massive investigation on Saturday after eight refugees, including two children, were found dead in a shipping container. ``We certainly will do all in our power, with the help of our colleagues, to bring those people that are responsible for trafficking to justice,'' police Superintendent John Farrelly.. More -
OIC Backs UN Afghan Pact, Urges Help for New Govt.
ISLAMABAD (OIC) on Thursday backed a U.N.-brokered power-sharing deal signed by rival Afghan groups and urged member states to help the new government. OIC secretary-general Abdelouahed Belkeziz told a news conference after two days of talks with Pakistani authorities that the OIC group supported the deal signed on Wednesday in Bonn after more than.. More -
U.S. Troops in Southern Philippines
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (Islamweb & News Agencies) - At least 16 U.S. soldiers landed in the southern Philippines on Friday as Filipino troops battled religious extremists holding two American missionaries some 12 miles away. It was unclear why the Americans had been dispatched amid an ongoing clash with Abu Sayyaf rebels that had left at least three.. More -
Taliban Abandon Kandahar, Inter-Pashtoon Differences Emerge
KABUL/QUETTA, Pakistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The Taliban abandoned their last stronghold of Kandahar on Friday as the militia disintegrated after weeks of pulverizing U.S. air strikes. But as rival groups tussled over control of the city, any prospect that opposition tribal groups or the United States might collar Taliban supreme leader Mullah.. More -
NATO Head Says Defense Clause May Cover Iraq -Paper
BERLIN (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Lord Robertson believes NATO's mutual defense clause, invoked after the September 11 attacks on the United States, will not be lifted immediately and could be used to cover action elsewhere, such as in Iraq, German newspaper Die Welt said on Friday. ``Should evidence be put forward that Iraq is involved, Article.. More
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