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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2001
 

Fresh US attacks on Kabul
Taliban mocks at Bush's offer; claims 270 killed in attacks
*Red tape, security concerns keeping aid from refugees
*Pre-dawn raids may have targeted Taliban front line

ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Continuing the military strikes against Afghanistan, US war planes launched a series of fresh attacks today over Kabul. The US fighter jets launched the pre-dawn strikes in the north and east of Kabul shortly after President Bush addressed a press conference at the White House where he said "it may take a year or two" to track down bin Laden and his terrorist network Al Qaeda, but asserted that after the military operations, launched on Sunday night, "we have got them on the run." ..............more


Representatives of various Sikh organisations participating in protest demonstration which was organised against sacrilege act in a Punjab village. -Excelsior/Ashok
Representatives of various Sikh organisations participating in protest demonstration which was organised against sacrilege act in a Punjab village. -Excelsior/Ashok

Sikhs protest sacrilegious act

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 12: To lodge protest against sacrilege act in a Punjab village, various Sikh organisations today organised a massive demonstration in the city and demanded action against those who were involved in this act...........more

Bush offers second chance to Taliban to surrender Laden

George W BushWASHINGTON, Oct 12: Offering a surprise "second chance" to Afghanistan’s Taliban regime to hand over terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, President George W Bush today said the Saudi fugitive has "hijacked a whole country and forced it to accept his radical thoughts.". Bush, addressing a White House conference one month after the 11 Sept terror attacks in the US, said that he did not know whether bin Laden is alive or dead but "I want him brought to justice." Even now the Taliban has a second chance to comply with his demands to deliver bin Laden and those in his terrorist network in Afghanistan, Bush said.......more

Activists of Asiya Andrabi’s Dukhtaraan-e-Millat protesting against the American military strike on Afghanistan and expressing solidarity with the Taliban supremo Mulla Mohammad Omar and Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Srinagar on Friday.
Activists of Asiya Andrabi’s Dukhtaraan-e-Millat protesting against the American military strike on Afghanistan and expressing solidarity with the Taliban supremo Mulla Mohammad Omar and Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Srinagar on Friday.

Sudanese Fidayee among 4 Lashkar ultras killed
Shutdown, pro-Taliban protests in Valley

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 12: Even as all formidable militant organisations and the separatist amalgam, Hurriyat Conference, are left with nothing to comment on the Afghanistan crisis, Kashmir valley today observed a shutdown amid anti-America and pro-Taliban demonstrations. No credible organisation or political party had called for a strike. Meanwhile, in two grenade attacks militants have killed a soldier of Rashtriya Rifles and left four civilians wounded in north Kashmir............more

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US, Britain ban Jaish; widen terrorist list

WASHINGTON, Oct 12: In a coordinated action, the US and Britain tonight banned Pakistan-based militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), which claimed responsibility for the October 1 terrorist attack on Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, and froze its assets, days ahead of US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s visit to India....................more

Cash, jewellery worth lakhs looted; 32 hurt
Dacoits strike in Jammu train

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 12: Armed dacoits struck in Jammu bound Holiday Special train around Panipat station last night wounding 32 passengers including a dozen-odd women and looting cash and jewellery worth several lakhs in a second sleeper class bogey..................more

Delhi committed to root out terrorism
India rejects US assessment

NEW DELHI, Oct 12: India tonight rejected United States description of Kashmir as the "most dangerous place in the world" and declared that New Delhi was determined to root out cross-border terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir by mounting "special efforts given the present circumstances."..........more

Student shot at
Two sisters, woman killed

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 12: A Matric student was shot at and seriously injured in his house by two local terrorists of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit at village Hullar in Kishtwar tehsil of Doda district while two minor sisters were among three women killed in lightning in Koteranka area of Rajouri last night................more

Cabinet expansion on Monday

NEW DELHI, Oct 12: An expansion of the Union cabinet will be carried out on Monday amidst indications that Planning Commission Deputy Chairman K C Pant may be the new Defence Minister.............more

Pak declines to condemn killings

ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Pakistan today said it regretted civilian deaths in the ongoing US strikes in Afghanistan but declined to condemn them saying the US forces were not deliberately targeting civilians but were only attacking terrorists and their supporters.................moreMissing
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Pak situation can worsen: Advani.....

US reduces military action for holy day .....

India hails ban......

India wants US to include Dawood's name in list.....

Hamdani becomes Dy Secy to CS.....

Imam warns hunger strike.....

Annan, UN win Nobel prize.....

Vigilance arrests LAWWDA Director.....



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