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...broad-based unity government. And progress is slow. Pakistan, meanwhile, is working overtime to persuade the Taliban to ditch its leader, Mullah Omar, and his close comrade Osama bin Laden, and to join a 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...
...called the charges "politically motivated," and said she would sue the judge and seek a fair trial. AFGHANISTAN More Aid Threats The Taliban's Foreign Minister said it would allow Red Cross representatives to visit eight of 24 aid workers detained last month for "religious activities." But Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil warned that more aid agencies, including the U.N. World Food Program (WFP), might be implicated in the investigation into Christian proselytizing. WFP described the allegations as "baseless" and said it had never been involved in propagating religion anywhere. TAJIKISTAN No Rain, No Grain A two-year drought has left...
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