France claims Mullah Omar's presence in Pakistan

PARIS: Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar is based in Pakistan and everyone knows it, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner claimed Tuesday, calling on Islamabad to do more to help end the conflict. "It's not a secret for anyone, everyone knows that Mullah Omar is in Quetta, if he's not now in Karachi," Kouchner told French lawmakers. "Taliban leaders have been given shelter in Pakistan. I'm not revealing anything," Kouchner said, telling parliament's foreign relations committee why Afghanistan has called on Pakistan to help negotiate a peace de...

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WASHINGTON DIARY: Feudal-mullah alliance —Dr Manzur Ejaz

The combination of rising mullah shahi and feudalism has produced the most corrupt and inhumane systems in human history. From mediaeval Europe to India to modern Pakistan, the feudal-clergy alliance — in most cases the clergy was the feudal — has devastated social development The last time I checked the history books, it was clear to me that the British gave lands to our feudals. I had to check it again during the last week and I did not find anything contrary to my previous assessment. The cause for doubting my own recollection of history was due to an e-mail response to one of my articles from a reader. The reader had serious problems with my emphasis on abolishing feudalism and enforcing a strict land reforms programme. The reader asserted that the land was given to the feudal class...

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United States is selling $60-billion worth of aircraft to Saudi Arabia

The Pentagon is reportedly all set to notify the US Congress over selling up to 60 billion dollars worth of sophisticated warplanes to Saudi Arabia, and could add another 30 billion dollars worth of naval arms in the biggest deal designed to counter the rise of Iran as a regional power. According to the BBC, the deal would apparently represent the largest single US arms sale ever approved. Pentagon spokesman Col Dave Lapan said Congressional notification was expected within "the next week or so" but declined to comment on details of the proposed package. However, defence officials have indicated that the US would allow Saudi Arabia, the...

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