Bin Laden declares decades of war on ‘powerless’ Obama
Pak started war with India in 1965, but achieved nothing: DurraniLAHORE - The Indian Army crossed the international border to launch full-fledged war against Pakistan in 1965 because “low-level skirmishes were started from this side,” said Pakistan’s former National Security Adviser Mahmood Ali Durrani. India, Pakistan may resume backdoor channel diplomacy: ReportISLAMABAD - India and Pakistan are likely to start their stalled composite dialogue through backdoor channel diplomacy to resolve outstanding issues, according to a report Sunday. BSF find fifth rocket shell in Punjab border villageAMRITSAR - Border Security Force (BSF) personnel Sunday found another rocket shell in the fields near a village in this district of Punjab, raising the number of rockets fired from Pakistan into India in the last 40 hours to five, officials said. Tortured in Pakistan, Hindu migrants want to stay in IndiaJODHPUR - “We Hindus in Pakistan are being discriminated against, tortured and harassed,” complains Ram Lal, a 45-year-old migrant from Pakistan, one of the estimated 10,000 migrants from that country settled in and around here in the desert state of Rajasthan. Unexploded shell found near Indian border (To go with ‘BSF retaliates to rocket attack from Pakistan, villagers protest’)AMRITSAR - An unexploded rocket shell was found in fields of an Indian border village near here late Saturday evening - a day after three rockets from Pakistan exploded in this Punjab district, an official said. 30 militants killed in PakistanISLAMABAD - At least 30 militants and a soldier were killed in clashes in Pakistan’s northwestern region, security officials said Saturday. BSF retaliates to rocket attack from Pakistan, villagers protest (Fourth Lead)AMRITSAR - Three rockets fired in quick succession from Pakistan exploded near a village in India’s Amritsar district, triggering retaliatory gunfire by Indian border guards, officials said Saturday as angry villagers from the region held protests. Response to new Indian dossier next week: PakistanISLAMABAD - Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik Saturday said Islamabad will send its response to the sixth Indian dossier on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks next week. BSF fires into Pakistan after rocket attack (Third Lead)AMRITSAR - Three rockets fired in quick succession from Pakistan exploded near a village in India’s Amritsar district, triggering retaliatory gunfire by Indian border guards, officials said Saturday. Trans-Kashmir trade booms, but barter not favouredSRINAGAR - When trade across the Indian and Pakistani sides of Kashmir resumed after a gap of nearly 60 years, there was euphoria. Almost a year on, business has soared, touching Rs.26.30 crore (over $5.2 million), but many are disheartened with the “medieval exchange” of goods. 107 MM army-type rockets fired into India: BSF (Second Lead)AMRITSAR - Even as the Pakistani authorities Saturday denied that any rockets were fired from its side into Indian territory, paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) officials here said they were fully equipped to retaliate against any provocation from the neighbouring country. Pakistan denies border firingLAHORE/AMRITSAR - Tension prevailed at the Pakistan-India border after loud explosions were heard on the Indian side near the Attari-Wagah check post. However, Pakistan denied Saturday that its forces were responsible for the blasts. BSF fires into Pakistan after rocket attackAMRITSAR - Border Security Force (BSF) troopers fired from machine-guns into Pakistan after rockets were fired into Indian territory in the Amritsar sector from across the border Friday night. India protests Pakistan’s Gilgit order, China-aided damNEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD - India Friday protested against Pakistan’s new autonomy package for the Northern Areas of Kashmir, renamed as Gilgit-Baltistan, and the construction of the proposed 7,000 MW Bunji dam in this region with Chinese assistance. Pakistan, however, said the protest was uncalled for. Pakistan rejects Indian protests on Gilgit-Baltistan, damISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI - Pakistan Friday rejected the Indian protest over the Gilgit-Baltistan empowerment and self-governance order, saying New Delhi had no locus standi in the matter. Krishna goes to New York for UNGA Sep 22, to meet QureshiNEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will go to New York Sep 22 on a six-day visit to represent India at the UN General Assembly session and will also meet his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi there amid a growing chill in sub-continental ties. India protests China-assisted dam in Pakistani KashmirNEW DELHI - India Friday protested against the proposed 7,000 MW Bunji hydroelectric project being built in the Pakistan-administered Kashmir with Chinese assistance. Pakistan to take up Kashmir, Afghanistan issues in UNISLAMABAD - Pakistan has decided to take up the Kashmir and Afghanistan issues during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly session, Online news agency reported. Pakistan challenges India to a debate over 26/11 probeISLAMABAD - Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik Friday challenged India to a “debate” during the coming session of the UN General Assembly over the conduct of its probe into the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. No headway in Pak on 26/11: PCWashington, Sept 11 (IBNS)Home minister P Chidambaram met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton here on Thursday and spoke against Pakistan not taking any action against the perpetrators of the Mumbai attack. BSF women troopers positioned at India-Pakistan borderAMRITSAR - After undergoing nearly 38 months of rigorous training, the first batch of Indian women troopers Friday joined duty at the international border in Punjab. India should trust Pakistan on 26/11 probe: ZardariISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari said Thursday India should trust Pakistan on its investigations into the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. India, Pakistan foreign secretaries to meet in New YorkNEW DELHI - Making it clear that terror and negotiations cannot go on at the same time, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday said the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet in New York later this month to review Islamabad action’s against the 26/11 perpetrators. Pakistan has vested interest in protecting Saeed, asserts KrishnaNEW DELHI - Ahead of his meeting with Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said that Pakistan has a vested interest in blocking the inquiry into the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and is safeguarding terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed. Gilgit-Baltistan amalgamation: India must react (Comment)With the signing of the Gilgit-Baltistan (Empowerment and Self-Governance) Order 2009 by President Asif Ali Zardari Sep 7, the Pakistan government has taken the first step towards amalgamating this strategically significant part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir into Pakistan. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government has patted itself on the back for undertaking far-reaching administrative, political, financial and judicial reforms in this region. Pakistani cabinet approves new education policyISLAMABAD - The Pakistani cabinet has approved a new education policy Wednesday after deliberating on the subject for four years, the Online agency reported. Chidambaram discusses counter-terrorism measures with USWASHINGTON - Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram met with top US officials Wednesday to deepen counter-terrorism cooperation between the countries after the Mumbai attacks last year. Greek aid volunteer kidnapped in PakistanISLAMABAD - A Greek aid volunteer was kidnapped in Pakistan’s northern Chitral district bordering Afghanistan, media reports said Wednesday. Security threats twice delay Pakistani cabinet meetingISLAMABAD - Security threats twice delayed a meeting of the Pakistani cabinet that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was to chair Wednesday, Online news agency reported. |
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ISLAMABAD - Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has said that US President Barack Obama is “powerless” to stop the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a transcript of a tape released by the terrorist organization’s media wing.
