SIDELIGHTS
Kanwaljit Singh ignored?
Amritsar, November 18
Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance Minister, Punjab and general secretary, Shiromani Akali Dal who has been coordinating bicentenary celebrations of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s coronation from day one felt ignored today.

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Army convoy attacked, 10 jawans killed
Jammu, November 18
At least 10 soldiers were killed and 24 others were wounded when militants struck in a big way at Ramban on the Jammu-Srinagar highway today. The police said as an Army convoy reached the Ramban suspension bridge, the soldiers alighted from their vehicles to allow trucks to throw light on the bridge.

Warlords hold gun to peace
Islamabad, November 18
Notorious Afghan warlords are carving out territory for themselves following the collapse of the Taliban regime, raising the spectre of more internal chaos and civil war.

US bombs kill 30 in Afghan village
Islamabad, November 18
At least 30 persons were killed in US-led bombing of a village today in an eastern Afghan province under the rule of local mujahideen commanders, the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) said.

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Afghan women in burqa buy clothes in Kabul's city market on Saturday, four days after the Northern Alliance took control of the capital.  — AP/PTI