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To: Bilow who wrote (41691)	11/16/2001 8:49:17 PM
From: Condor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Foxnews is reporting that Taliban T-Shirts are going unsold in Peshawar ahah! ...just as I suspected.....they should never have placed them next to the Barry Manilow T-shirts.

To: Bilow who wrote (41691)	11/16/2001 8:53:35 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

United Nations diplomats are involved in hectic consultations with the Americans to devise a peacekeeping strategy for Afghanistan that entails deploying a Turkish-led multinational force to police Kabul and dispatching British and French troops to control two key airfields.

To: Bilow who wrote (41691)	11/16/2001 9:00:36 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Signalling its most humiliating defeat, Afghanistan's beleaguered Taliban movement decided on Friday to withdraw from its southern stronghold, Kandahar, and to take to the mountains. This is the reason for shirts going unsold, the emperor is found with no clothes. The misery and spontaneous jubilations in Kabul punctured any thought of Afghan nation with Taliban; it is now well now that nation was taken hostage by fiery brand of extremists. Almost seven years to the day since he captured Kandahar, Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar decided to hand it to two former mujahideen commanders after days of talks with his military commanders. AIP identified Mullah Naqeebullah and Haji Bashar, both of whom were anti-Soviet guerrilla commanders during the war against Moscow's occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, as the men to whom Mullah Omar decided to hand over Kandahar. Naqeebullah during the anti-Soviet conflict was associated with the Hezb-i-Islami party of Northern Alliance titular president Burhanuddin Rabbani, and Bashar with the Hezb-i-Islami faction led by hardline Maulvi Yunis Khalis. It appeared uncertain if these two warlords who once ran Kandahar as a fiefdom until they and their allies were toppled by Mullah Omar in November 1994. The city is a prize in the sights of two other Pashtun tribal leaders -- former Kandahar province governor Gul Agha and a former deputy foreign minister, Hamid Karzai. Earlier, another opposition warlord holding the western city of Herat, Ismail Khan, said he would march on Kandahar and occupy it if necessary despite opposition from local tribes to an outside force taking the city. Armed followers of Karzai and Agha have established positions in southern Pakistan to take on the Taliban, witnesses arriving in Pakistan said on Friday. A nobleman of the Popalzai tribe and advocate of a Loya Jirga, or grand council, to decide on a post-Taliban government, Karzai has been in central Afghanistan since shortly after the U.S. bombing began on October 7. He is drumming up support among local tribes for deposed former King Zahir Shah, in exile in Rome, and has fought at least one skirmish with Taliban forces. Agha crossed into Afghanistan earlier this week to join the anti-Taliban struggle. Up to 100 British commandos have flown into Bagram airbase north of the Afghan capital Kabul, defence sources said on Thursday. The sources said the Royal Marines were checking out the base's facilities and paving the way for humanitarian operations in an area which is now in the hands of the opposition Northern Alliance. "They did not have to fight their way in," said one defence source. The British soldiers were drawn from forces retained in the area after Operation Swift Sword, a major military exercise staged in Oman.

To: Bilow who wrote (41691)	11/16/2001 9:03:03 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Implosion happening.. Authorities have blocked the return of a radical Islamic leader who led thousands of volunteers to Afghanistan to join the Taliban fighting against the United States, officials said on Friday. Wakil said the firebrand Maulana Sufi Mohammad, head of Tehrik Nifaze Shariat Muhammadi movement, and 30 followers had been stranded at the border since Thursday. "They are fully armed and carrying rocket launchers and other weapons," he said. "We have received orders from the higher authorities not to allow anyone cross the border (from Afghanistan)," Wakil Ahmed, Assistant Political Agent of the northwestern Kurram tribal agency bordering Afghanistan, told Reuters. Pakistan decided to send 3,000 troops to the Afghan border at a meeting chaired by President Pervez Musharraf on Friday. The meeting was attended by Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider, Vice Chief of Army Staff General Mohammad Yousaf, governors of Balochistan and NWFP, corps commanders of Quetta and Peshawar, provincial police chiefs and inspector-general FC and other senior officials. "Western border security has been tightened to the extent to block entry of armed Taliban fighters, who have been fleeing away after withdrawing from many Afghan provinces," said a senior official, who attended the meeting. Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider briefed the meeting about the possible motorable and Katcha routes from where some armed Taliban could enter Pakistan. "There will be aerial reconnaissance to identify in advance any large-scale gathering across the border," said the senior official. Moinuddin Haider informed the meeting about the measures contemplated to block these routes by posting troops, civil armed forces, police and scouts to deny entry to any armed person. "We will not allow any person to enter into Pakistan, as no law-breaking would be allowed," said the official. It is leant that the long porous border on the western side has more than 500 entry points, and posting around 10 people at one point can block any chance of illegal entry by any armed person from the Afghanistan side. On the deployment of troops and strengthening the security on the entire western border, it is learnt that troops with strength of a brigade would be sent on forward positions from within the existing strength of corps of Quetta and Peshawar. "We do not see at this point of time sending extra troops, though it all depends on the situation and how it develops in the coming days," said the senior official. The official said it was also decided to push back this incoming armed Taliban influx on Afghan soil, as it would be better to disarm these Taliban before blocking them on the border. "Pakistan is determined not to allow entry to any of these people as it would not bode well for its security, though that possibility is also little difficult in the sense to first disarm these people and then to push them back," said the senior official. When asked, the official foresees no situation likely to be created on the western border as withdrawing and fleeing troops cannot put up any fight but to beg for their lives. "Present situation is not serious at all. Nothing is alarming as our troops and law-enforcing agencies are fully geared up and ready to meet any eventuality," said the official. It is learnt that law-breakers and those trying to enter Pakistan illegally would not be given any deal. "They would be dealt with strict application of law," added the official. This meeting also discussed measures to be implemented following the recently-held meeting of senior military officials at the Joint Staff Headquarters. Some sources say that the corps commanders' conference, with focus on western border situation, would be held in the first week of December, which can be brought forward if any situation emerges. Wakil's remarks echoed those of Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider on Thursday when he said the government had closed the border to prevent the Taliban, Osama bin Laden or members of his al-Qaeda network from entering. "If anybody does it he will be arrested," Moin said. He said the tribal administration has banned the display of weapons in Kurram Agency, which has a history of tribal and sectarian feuds. "We will let them in only if we get clearance for them from the authorities," he said. A local reporter said dozens of Maulana Sufi's supporters had been disarmed and detained as they fled home after the stunning reverses of the beleaguered Islamic militia across Afghanistan.

To: Bilow who wrote (41691)	11/16/2001 9:07:13 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50167

Never before Sindh had celebrated victory of a country over other country with such fervour as they celebrated the victory of Anglo-American coalition over Afghanistan last week. As people heard the news of fall of Kabul they came out on the streets. They, accompanied by drums, danced in frenzy to the tune of their favourite song 'Jeway Jeway-Amrika, Ho Jamalo'. They fired volleys of live ammunition in the air. Distributed sweets. Exchanged bouquets. Dined with friends. Ten years ago when Afghanistan had inflicted crushing defeat over Soviet Union and had driven them out from their soil Sindh had not celebrated their victory with fanfare. But, last week Sindhis from Karachi to Kashmore and Kandhkot celebrated the victory of Anglo-American forces over Afghanistan.