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To: Neeka who wrote (5134)	10/15/2001 12:10:37 AM
From: HG	Read Replies (1) of 281500

US, Pak drifting apart, delaying battle for Kabul (London, October 14) A rift between Washington and Islamabad has threatened to weaken the US-led campaign against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan as Pakistan implicitly hinted at cutting off intelligence and airspace clearance in an effort to prevent the Northern Alliance from seizing and taking over Kabul. "American use of Pakistani military bases and airspace is in jeopardy after President Pervez Musharraf objected to any decisive US military support for the Northern Alliance, the rebel group preparing the strike on Kabul," a media report said here today. US Secretary of State Colin Powell is to visit Islamabad this week to address Pakistan's concerns, which threaten to limit the Pentagon's options in taking the war against the Taliban as far as possible before the onset of winter. The setback emerged as Pentagon officials admitted that a precision-guided American "smart bomb" aimed at Kabul airport had gone astray and exploded in a poor residential area in which about four people were killed, The Sunday Times reported. Instead of launching a ground offensive after a week of American air strikes, the Northern Alliance remains stuck on its front lines because the Pentagon has not targeted Taliban positions guarding the approaches to Kabul. "The battle of Kabul is on hold," the report quoted a diplomatic source in Islamabad. "The last thing Pakistan wants is a hostile alliance sitting on its borders," said another diplomat in Washington. US Secretary of State Colin Powell left for South Asia Sunday in an attempt to strike a delicate balance between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan as well as explore options for post-Taliban Afghanistan. hindustantimes.com

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