But in his view, as he explains here, the US missed an opportunity to try to bring lasting peace.... Then the second plane, and another at the Pentagon.... None of our lives would ever be the same....

Sarwari said hundreds of houses had been destroyed in impoverished areas in the Qadis District, in

They struck 25 miles east and 31 miles southeast of Qala-e-Naw, the provincial capital.... The more powerful of the temblors hit the Qadis district in the southern tip of the province, where the majority of the damage and deaths occurred, according to Mr.... Some homes in Qala-e-Naw suffered cracks but no major injuries or widespread damage, he added....

But he said Taliban officials would conduct a curriculum review, and suggested the group would not abandon its hard line.... “ We will not allow female and male students to study in one classroom, ” Haqqani said.... 11, 2001, to signify it was beginning the business of governing. Advertisement Story continues below advertisement Much of the international community has yet to recognize the new government....

The district has one national and three provincial assembly seats？... However, she got only 5, 000 votes.... This time round, Mir Amanullah is contesting the polls by himself from the platform of the PML-N. The constituency also has significant presence of Punjabis, who had been voting for the PML-N in all previous elections....

KARACHI: Mayor Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that Pakistan Peoples Party is participating in elections without crutches because the party does not need any alliance with any party as being forged by other parties. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the newly constructed Fatima Jinnah Park in North Karachi, Sector 11-E, on Friday, the mayor said after the upcoming general elections, the PPP would form the government in the country if the people gave them the mandate to do so.“ We

Situated at an ancient Silk Road crossroads near the border with what is now Iran, it is western Afghanistan’s commercial capital, home to more than half a million people.In its ancient incarnations, the city saw centuries of conquest and upheaval.... Modern-day Herat suffered in the Soviet era, endured the lash of Taliban rule and was not immune to bloodletting during the two-decade American-led military presence, triggered by the terrorist attacks of Sept.... A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef

THE TALIBAN has unveiled its twisted suicide bomber squadron to' fulfil God’s will'as fears of attacks on the West grow.... The video comes amid reports the Taliban have launched a specalised squadron known as the' Mansoor army'to be deployed at the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan.... The group would carry out suicide attacks, targeting the previous Afghan government's security forces as well as Western allies....

A PREGNANT mum has reportedly been shot dead in front of her kids and husband in a vile door-to-door execution by the Taliban. Banu Negar was brutally killed yesterday night at her home in Ghor, Afghanistan, in the latest incident of violence committed by the jihadi regime.... Banu, a former police officer, was reportedly six months pregnant and also had an infant son.... Click here to upload yoursClick here to get The Sun newspaper delivered for FREE for the next six weeks....

11, 2001, and after investing more than$ 80 billion to build up an Afghan army and then government institutions, the very same group, the Taliban, was returning to rule, with the U.S. beating a hasty retreat.... Helicopters are landing at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as diplomatic vehicles leave the compound amid the Taliban advanced on the Afghan capital.... Helicopters airlifted American diplomats to the fortified airport to await departure....