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Killed Taliban leader was Pak officer
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ASIANAGE on 12 October, 2008 03:38:33
 
London: British officials covered up evidence that a Taliban commander killed by
special forces in Helmand in year 2007 was in fact a Pakistani military officer,
according to highly placed Afghan officials.
The commander, targeted in a compound in the Sangin valley, was one of six
killed in year 2007 by Special Air service regiment and Special Boat Service
regiment of the British Army.
When the British soldiers entered the compound they discovered a Pakistani
military ID on the body.
—ANI
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‘Give up war on terror to restore peace’
Islamabad: Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that
until the government gives up supporting the US-led war on terror, peace can’t
be restored in the country, reports our Pakistan correspondent.
"The government should tell the US that it will not support its policies and
cannot fight against its own people as it is their (US) war. Peace can only be
restored in the country if the Army refused to own (US) war on terror," Mr Ahmed
said. The JI chief said that he had refused to join in-camera briefing of
Parliament.
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Opposition plans Arroyo impeachment
Manila: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s opponents said on
Sunday they have prepared a new impeachment complaint against her over alleged
corruption, vote-rigging and human rights violations despite three unsuccessful
attempts in recent years.
The new complaint consolidates previous and new allegations of corruption and
constitutional violations against Ms Arroyo, said key complainant Jose de
Venecia III.
Ms Arroyo, who was swept to power in 2001, has steadfastly denied any
wrongdoing in office.
—AP
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Peru Prez names leftist as new PM
Lima: Peruvian President Alan Garcia on Saturday named Yehude Simon, a leftist
governor once jailed for alleged links to outlawed Tupac Amaru rebels, as the
country’s next Prime Minister.
Mr Simon, 61, will replace outgoing Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo, who
resigned on Friday along with Mr Garcia’s entire 13-member Cabinet in a bid to
avert an Opposition censure resolution in Congress over an oil-industry kickback
scandal. —AFP
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Serial attacks in Baghdad leave 13 dead
Baghdad: A spate of attacks in the Iraqi capital on Sunday killed at least 13
people and wounded 24 others, including women and children, security officials
said.
In the deadliest attack at least nine people were killed and 13 wounded in a
car bombing at a crowded market in Baghdad’s Bayaa district, a mainly Shia
area in the southwest of the capital, the police said. Workers at Yarmouk
hospital said women and children were among those wounded in the midday attack.
Two policemen were also killed. —AFP