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As the U.S. Carpet Bombs Afghanistan, Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan and Pakistan Deepens

Huge US B-52s attacked front line positions north of Kabul this morning, carpet-bombing Taliban troops in the field in wave after wave of strikes. Plumes of black smoke rose over the Shomali Plain about 30 miles outside the city as the bombs hit.
Nov 02, 2001 | Story
As Pakistani and Afghan Refugees Flee the US-Led Attacks, a Boat Carrying Refugees Along Theaustralian Smuggling Route Sinks, Killing Hundreds

Last week, a wooden boat reportedly carrying illegal immigrants to Australia sank off Indonesia’s coast, killing morethan 350 people. The refugees were mostly Iraqis, but also Iranians, Afghans, Palestinians, and Algerians. Each hadpaid several thousand dollars for the journey from Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, along the smuggling route toAustralia. UN officials say only 45 survivors were pulled from the water, of over 400 on board....
Nov 01, 2001 | Story
Militant Pakistanis Block Silk Route to China with Landmines and Take Over a Town: Aconversation with a Secular Anti-War Activist About Peaceful Protest in Pakistan

The Pakistani government failed to end a standoff with militant protesters in the northern highlands after a day ofnegotiations. Militants continued to blockade of the fabled Silk Road with landmines and boulders.
Oct 30, 2001 | Story
As U.S. Attacks Front-Line Taliban Troops, Paving Way for Northern Alliance to Takemazar-I-Sharif, a Discussion with An Afghan Journalist in Pakistan

Taliban troop concentrations in northern Afghanistan became a target of American air strikes for the first time yesterday in what seemed to be a shift in strategy towards the Northern Alliance, paving the way for the opposition fighters to launch a fierce assault on the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Last night Alliance forces seemed to be closing inon the town, with thousands of troops amassing just a couple miles south of the city. The city is the...
Oct 18, 2001 | Story
Princeton Scientist and Peace Activist Zia Mian

India accused Pakistan of unprovoked heavy firing from across the border of Kashmir today. This, after Pakistan saidyesterday its military was on full alert and ready to retaliate following troop movements on the Indian side of theborder.
Oct 18, 2001 | Story
As Secretary Colin Powell Visits India and Pakistan This Week, Relations Between the Nuclear Rivals Deteriorate

Secretary of State Colin Powell is in India today. As the US attacks on Afghanistan intensify, Powell is trying to shore up support from Pakistan and India, intense rivals over the Kashmir territory, for the US military campaign .
Oct 17, 2001 | Story
UN Warns of Humanitarian Disaster in Afghanistan

Pre-dawn attacks on Kabul this morning ushered in a sixth day of raids against Afghanistan. US war planes attacked targets around Kabul and the Taliban’s main stronghold of Kandahar. US officials said that B-52 and B-1 bombers had targeted Taliban troops with cluster bombs. The bombing is causing a flow of refugees to continue streaming toward the Pakistani border.
Oct 12, 2001 | Story
Pakistan Detains 3 Leading Muslim Clerics As Protests Sweep Pakistan, India and London

In India-administered Kashmir thousands demonstrated against across India’s Muslim-majority Kashmir state with peoplepouring onto the streets of Srinagar, stoning taxis and chanting slogans against the US. Security personnel firedtear gas shells to disperse the crowd. Protests broke out in at least five different areas of the city. Around 200students also participated in a peaceful protest on the campus of Kashmir University amid tight security.
Oct 09, 2001 | Story
The US and Britain Attack Afghanistan with Bombers and Cruise Missiles to Condemnation Inmuch of the Muslim World

Pakistani police opened fire on thousands of anti-U.S. demonstrators who demonstrated in several cities today toprotest the war on Afghanistan.
Oct 08, 2001 | Story
Gandhi's Bithday, Part I: On Gandhi's Birthday, India- Administered Kashmir Reels From The Car Bomb That Killed More Than 30 People

Today is Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. Hundreds gathered in Dehli for a major peace vigil to mark the occasion. The vigil comes one day after a car bomb exploded outside the state legislature in Kashmir, leaving 31 people were killed and 75 wounded. A Pakistan-based Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Oct 02, 2001 | Story

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As the U.S. Carpet Bombs Afghanistan, Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan and Pakistan Deepens

As Pakistani and Afghan Refugees Flee the US-Led Attacks, a Boat Carrying Refugees Along Theaustralian Smuggling Route Sinks, Killing Hundreds

Militant Pakistanis Block Silk Route to China with Landmines and Take Over a Town: Aconversation with a Secular Anti-War Activist About Peaceful Protest in Pakistan

As U.S. Attacks Front-Line Taliban Troops, Paving Way for Northern Alliance to Takemazar-I-Sharif, a Discussion with An Afghan Journalist in Pakistan

Princeton Scientist and Peace Activist Zia Mian

As Secretary Colin Powell Visits India and Pakistan This Week, Relations Between the Nuclear Rivals Deteriorate

UN Warns of Humanitarian Disaster in Afghanistan

Pakistan Detains 3 Leading Muslim Clerics As Protests Sweep Pakistan, India and London

The US and Britain Attack Afghanistan with Bombers and Cruise Missiles to Condemnation Inmuch of the Muslim World

Gandhi's Bithday, Part I: On Gandhi's Birthday, India- Administered Kashmir Reels From The Car Bomb That Killed More Than 30 People

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