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...stage-managed three small but noisy demonstrations by school children. Led by their teachers and some village elders, the boys shouted anti-U.S. and pro-Taliban slogans and vowed to wage jihad for the glory of Islam and defense of Afghanistan. Pakistan's military leader, General Pervez Musharraf, was also a target of their ire for helping the U.S. attack Afghanistan. In fact, some of the villagers in Khrum and in roadside bazaars along the way made no secret at their displeasure over the presence of Pakistani journalists in our group. Earlier, aggrieved Khrum villagers had tried to attack...
...India was reassured by Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit this week that India wouldn't suffer the consequences of Washington's renewed affection for Pakistan. "Officials accompanying Secretary of State Powell on his trip to the region were quoted as saying he carried explicit assurances from General Musharraf to the Indian leadership that he (Musharraf) will try and contain extremism in Pakistan," the Times wrote. "After the Clinton administration had virtually discarded Pakistan to the dust heap, the Bush dispensation has decided that it needs to 'manage' Pakistan instead of isolating it. Indian officials say that suits India...
...over in Pakistan, the daily Dawn was less concerned with invitations to Washington than with how long General Musharraf will be around to accept one: "A number of difficult decisions were forced on him in the last few days. Any of these could easily go wrong and in the process not only destabilize his government but also have drastic consequences for the country and the region?There is little doubt that had he not responded to the American demand for cooperation in the manner that he did, the consequences for Pakistan could have been far worse than the specter...
...broadly-based government. Pakistani officials reportedly held meetings in Islamabad with Taliban foreign minister Mullah Mutawakil even as Secretary of State Colin Powell was visiting the city on Tuesday, and its efforts to salvage an "acceptable" Taliban minus the Al Qaeda connection are likely to intensify. Powell and Musharraf on Tuesday both emphasized a role for moderate Taliban elements in a future government, although the Northern Alliance immediately rejected any Taliban presence in a future political arrangement...
...Armed with the report, Blair visited President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, President Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in New Delhi to reinforce their support for international moves against bin Laden. Musharraf affirmed Pakistan's belief in the evidence of the U.S. dossier and was offered an aid package and military support in return. U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld set out on a tour of the Middle East, touching down in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Egypt for consultations before moving on to Uzbekistan, which agreed to allow U.S. forces to use one of its airbases...