rediff.com News
      HOME | US EDITION | REPORT
December 4, 2001
 US city pages

  - Atlanta
  - Boston
  - Chicago
  - DC Area
  - Houston
  - Jersey Area
  - Los Angeles
  - New York
  - SF Bay Area


 US yellow pages

 Archives

 - Earlier editions 

 Channels

 - Astrology 
 - Cricket
 - Money
 - Movies
 - Women 
 - India News
 - US News

  Call India
   Direct Service

 • Save upto 60% over
    AT&T, MCI
 • Rates 29.9¢/min
   Select Cities



   Prepaid Cards

 • Mumbai 24¢/min
 • Chennai 33¢/min
 • Other Cities




 India Abroad
Weekly Newspaper

  In-depth news

  Community Focus

  16 Page Magazine
For 4 free issues
Click here!
 Search the Internet
         Tips
 Links: Terror in America
E-Mail this report to a friend
Print this page Best Printed on  HP Laserjets

Taliban cracking up, some dissidents flee to Pakistan: Report

In a significant development, some senior Taliban officials have defected from the militia and fled to Pakistan hoping to negotiate a place for themselves in the new dispensation being put in place in Afghanistan, London's The Times daily reported on Tuesday.

The defectors want the Taliban's supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar to end the confrontation with the United States, the paper said.

The defectors have reached Pakistan's North West Frontier Province and are holding talks with local Pushtoon leaders.

The three most important dissidents are Mullah Abdul Kadir, the former governor of Nangarhar province and- considered to be the number 3 in the Taliban hierarchy, former education minister Mullah Amir Khan Muttaqi and former deputy foreign minister Abdul Rehman Zahid.

America's War on Terror: The Complete Coverage
The Attack on US Cities: The Complete Coverage

The Terrorism Weblog: Latest Stories from Around the World

External Link:
For further coverage, please visit www.saja.org/roundupsept11.html

Back to top

Tell us what you think of this report

ADVERTISEMENT      
NEWS | MONEY | SPORTS | MOVIES | CHAT | CRICKET | SEARCH
ASTROLOGY | CONTESTS | E-CARDS | NEWSLINKS | ROMANCE | WOMEN
SHOPPING | BOOKS | MUSIC | PERSONAL HOMEPAGES | FREE EMAIL| MESSENGER | FEEDBACK