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protesters burn an American flag during a rally in Orangi town, 30 kilometers
(18 miles) northwest of Karachi, protesting the military strikes in Afghanistan
by U.S. and British forces on Tuesday, Oct. 9. |
Refugees know decades of turmoil
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Mahbooba Hamidi clings to faint childhood memories of Afghanistan at peace, memories long overshadowed by nearly three decades of war.
Nationwide strike called across Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Merchants by the thousands kept shops shuttered across Pakistan on Monday after Muslim leaders called for a national strike against government support of U.S.-led military strikes on Afghanistan.
Indian army shells Pakistani posts across cease-fire line
JAMMU, India – India's army shelled Pakistani military posts across the disputed cease-fire line in Kashmir on Monday after a 10-month border calm, destroying nearly a dozen Pakistani posts, a senior army official said.
Monday, Oct. 15
• Tear gas, warning shots, water cannons used in Jakarta
• In Uzbekistan, Western ways and Islam coexist peacefully
• Saudi Arabian official criticizes U.S. attacks
• Delegation of former Afghan king meets with Pakistani officials
• Arafat meets British leaders
• Iranian leader says U.S. threatening global peace
• Yemen investigates following allegations of ties to bin Laden
• World Trade Organization may move meeting out of Middle East
• Turkey faces public opposition to strikes
Sunday, Oct. 14
• Egyptian president says Israel is a dictatorship
• Kuwait strips bin Laden's spokesman of his citizenship
• Agreement spells out new U.S.-Uzbekistan relationship
• Americans, Britons wary but not leaving
• Militants surge toward southern Pakistani air base
• Afghan opposition sets aside 2,000 officers to act as police in Kabul
Saturday, Oct. 13
• Taliban arming backers along border
• Taliban snub 'second chance' offer
• Prayer services call for war, stir violence
Friday, Oct. 12
• Mideast condemns U.S. attacks
Wednesday, Oct. 10
• As terror threats escalate, U.S. pleased with backing of Muslim countries
• Turkish parliament authorizes government to send troops to Afghanistan
• Arafat acts against bin Laden backers
Tuesday, Oct. 9
• Pakistan orders detention of three
• Pakistanis: British reporter freed
Monday, Oct. 8
• Northern alliance moves equipment, men southward to Afghan capital
• Protests turn violent in Pakistan
• Violence breaks out as Palestinian leadership distances itself from bin Laden
Sunday, Oct. 7
• Explosions, lights out in Kabul
Saturday, Oct. 6
• Saudi Arabian explosion kills two
• Musharraf's army chief term extended
• Sources: Jordan royal family targeted
• Anti-aircraft guns fire over Kabul
• U.S., Israeli alliance is tested
• Donor countries meet Annan's appeal
Friday, Oct. 5
• Arab station releases what it says appears to be most recent tape of bin Laden
• Malaysia to lobby Islamic countries to oppose attacks on Afghanistan
• Crews collect pieces of Russian jetliner as families gather near Black Sea
• U.N. aid agencies want to speed Afghan relief effort before winter
• Afghanistan U.N. envoy lashes out at Pakistan, pleas for help to liberate country
• Sharon's criticism of Bush stance on Palestinians rejected by White House
• Angry Israel sees U.S. support for Palestinian statehood as rewarding terrorism
• Saudi diplomat: Osama bin Laden, not Taliban, real power in Afghanistan
• Muslim preachers across Middle East urge their countries not to join anti-terror coalition
Thursday, Oct. 4
• U.S. plans humanitarian airdrop
Wednesday, Oct. 3
• How can Afghanistan re-form into stable state?
Tuesday, Oct. 2
• Powerful tribes resent king's union with northern alliance
• Taliban again refuse to hand over bin Laden without proof
• Terrorist acts put Bush effort toward Mideast peace on hold
• India blames Pakistan for car bombing Powell considers a "heinous act'
• U.S.-British aircraft hit artillery site in Iraq
Monday, Oct. 1
• Fleeing Afghans tell of killing, hunger and growing fear
• Pakistan's president: Taliban's days appear numbered
• Food supplies arrive safely in beleaguered capital
Saturday, Sept. 29
• Taliban: "We're preparing for attack"
• Pakistan shuts down Islamic group
• Afghans: reporter faces spy charges
• U.N. ships food to Afghanistan
Friday, Sept. 28
• Official: U.S. forces in Afghanistan
• Taliban won't surrender bin Laden
• Jordan's king pledges united front
• Taliban says message delivered to bin Laden
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