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Diaz Meyer / The Dallas Morning News
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| Enjoying
a respite from recent cold weather, a pregnant Bibiast Boakhan, 20, sits
near her home in Qumqushlaq Camp in Northern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov.
1. Residents of the camp simply spend days waiting for help, greeting every
foreign visitor in hopes of aid. See related
story. • Video: From Afghanistan, Dallas Morning News reporter Tracey Eaton on refugees' winter preparations • Slideshow: Scenes from two refugee camps |
Musharraf slips out of Pakistan for trip
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – With violent protests at a minimum and key opposition clerics in detention, President Pervez Musharraf is confident enough to take his first foreign trip since Sept. 11, leaving his military government to deal with any threats at home.
Ambassador asked to stop propaganda
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan has told the Taliban ambassador – the most visible spokesman of the Islamic militia that rules Afghanistan – to stop using the embassy for propaganda after a series of internationally broadcast news conferences.
Qatari gunman killed
DOHA, Qatar – A Qatari gunman opened fire Wednesday on an air base used by U.S. military aircraft and was shot and killed by guards. The Pentagon didn't have any reports of Americans being wounded.
Tuesday, Nov. 6
• Blair says Taliban merged with al-Qaida
• Israel pulls out of West Bank town
• Egypt arrests Muslim Brotherhood members
• Iranians e-mail criticism to Bush
• Afghan opposition claim captures
• War raises risks, rewards for smugglers
• American aid worker spends 30th birthday in Afghan jail
Monday, Nov. 5
• Israel pulls troops out of West Bank
• Russian Muslims lash out at U.S.
• U.N.: Snowfall will hamper aid efforts
• Young pay for failures of Saddam, sanctions
Sunday, Nov. 4
• Arab leaders say bin Laden not representing them
Saturday, Nov. 3
• Iran to join UN's Afghanistan talks
Friday, Nov. 2
• Gunmen kill Israeli in West Bank
• U.S. criticizes Palestinian uprising
Thursday, Nov. 1
• Bush extends Sudan sanctions
Wednesday, Oct. 31
• Afghan women want role in peace negotiations
Tuesday, Oct. 30
• Saddam urges America to stop attacks
• Israel must stop demolishing homes
Monday, Oct. 29
• Peres preparing peace initiative
• Israel scales back demands
• Islamic militants roil northern Pakistan
Sunday, Oct. 28
• CIA sent drone to save Afghan guerrilla
• 16 killed in Pakistan church
• Taliban bury Haq corpse after execution
• Afghans can cross border to Pakistan
• Gunmen fire on Israelis in Hadera
• Three people die in bus explosion
Saturday, Oct. 27
• Militants stream toward Afghanistan
• Anger, like war wounds, festers at Afghan hospital
Friday, Oct. 26
• Taliban leader calls for protest
• Afghan leaders outline post-Taliban government
Thursday, Oct. 25
• Uzbekistan to open ports for aid
Wednesday, Oct. 24
• Israeli forces enter West Bank village
• Long before the bombing began, Taliban outlawed opium crops
• Powell renews call for Israeli pullback
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