Word: quetta
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...Shah Gilani, who was thought to be linked to the abduction of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. A little-known group called the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty demanded $2 million and the release of Pakistan?s former Taliban ambassador in exchange for Pearl. In Quetta, police said they detained the Taliban?s former Chief Justice and Deputy Foreign Minister but that their subsequent whereabouts were unknown. THE PHILIPPINES New Front The jungle island of Basilan became the latest focus of the war on terrorism as U.S. and Philippine troops launched joint military exercises against Islamic...
...insist, the supposed turncoats' cover was blown. "I think it destroyed their mission," says Engineer Pashtun, Sherzai's chief aide. "Most of the medium-level Taliban feel they were betrayed by Omar." Pashtun claims he didn't think Turabi, who is reportedly across the Pakistan border now in Quetta, was on America's wanted list. Pentagon leaders threw up their hands. "We can't verify [the surrender] ever happened," Donald Rumsfeld told reporters Friday. "It's hard to be released if you're never in custody...
...judgment of a civilian. As an elder of the half-million-member Popolzai tribe in southern Afghanistan, he has leadership experience. Karzai's father was also chief tribal leader until July 1999, when the 75-year-old was shot to death on the street in the Pakistani city of Quetta, where father and son had both fled from the Taliban. The killing is presumed to have been carried out by Taliban agents. All but one of Karzai's siblings--he has six brothers and one sister--have built successful careers in business or academia in the U.S. Two Maryland-based...
...notable element of Karzai's Cabinet is that it will include two women. Suhaila Seddiqi, a doctor in Kabul, will be the Minister of Public Health. Sima Samar, who works with a nongovernmental organization in Quetta, will be Minister of Women's Affairs, as well as one of Karzai's five deputies...
...Sima Samar left Afghanistan in 1984 but runs two hospitals in Afghanistan as well as 10 clinics from her base in Quetta, Pakistan. "There was a lot of harassment from the Taliban," she says. "They would enter the hospital at 1 in the morning saying they had received a report that our female staff was not dressed properly or was talking with the male staff...