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Ifs are on my right, buts on my left.
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by
Sandeep Joshi
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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.
TRIBUNE SPECIAL
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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Taliban ready for talks
September 20, 2001
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Taliban set terms
September 19, 2001
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Taliban
refuse to hand over Bin Laden
September 18, 2001
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USA gears up for war; Taliban firm on Laden
September 17, 2001
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US marines
reach Pak to target Laden
September 16, 2001
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USA prepares for war
September 15, 2001
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USA mounts pressure on Pak
September 14, 2001
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America begins counting its dead
September 13, 2001
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10,000 feared dead in attacks on US targets
September 12, 2001
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Global
slump to have limited impact
September 11, 2001
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