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Kabul, Sep 6 (AP) Hundreds of Afghans railed against the United States and called for President Barack Obama's death at a rally in the capital today to denounce an American church's plans to burn the Islamic holy book on 9/11.

4 Killed On Qadr Eve In Pattan; 12 Injured; Protests In Srinagar, Pampore
Pattan/Srinagar, Sept 6: Four persons were killed and 12 others injured when police opened fire on protesters at Palhalan and Wussan in Pattan on Monday. The killings on the eve of Shab-i-Qadr- holiest night of the year- come after a week of relative calm in the Valley which saw several relaxations in strike. With today’s killings, the number of civilians killed by police and para-military CRPF since June 11 in the valley has reached 69. Those killed are mainly youth and children.

Sun, Sep 5, While India has independently confirmed that the presence of Chinese troops in Gilgit and Baltistan is a bit exaggerated in terms of numbers, the real concern here is on the number of projects and works China has undertaken in those areas and in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). And the footprint is only growing larger.

Sat, Sep 4, Mumbai, Sep 4 (ANI): Expressing concern at China's remarks about the term 'India-controlled Kashmir', External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said that China must respect the sensitivities New Delhi has towards Jammu and Kashmir.

CARDIFF: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi blasted Yasir Hameed as being mentally a teenager as the batsman insisted he was duped by a newspaper over betting scam claims which eclipsed the team's defeat to England. One-day skipper Afridi tore into Test batsman Hameed, who claimed he had done nothing more than repeat the allegations of "spot-fixing" being faced by three Pakistan players.

NEW DELHI, Sep 4: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is in trouble as the Congress in its coalition government is having a rethink on the wholesome support he was extended despite public wrath and the heartburns of its state unit. Congress leaders, over past three months had continuously stood steadfast behind the Chief Minister.

Nine years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden’s network remains a shadowy, little-understood enemy. The truth, as revealed by one of its fighters, is both more and less troubling than we think.

The chilling video released this past July is proof of just how potentially dangerous Pakistan is to itself, the region, and the world. It shows would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-born American citizen, embracing Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, patting him warmly on the back and then vigorously pumping his hand. A voice-over deadpans: “We are planning to wage an attack on your side, inshallah.” Mercifully, the car bomb that Shahzad had learned to fashion last year while visiting the militants’ stronghold in North Waziristan, one of Pakistan’s semiautonomous tribal areas, failed to detonate on May 1. But as James Dobbins of the RAND Corporation think tank put it, “We are just one car bomb away from a major crisis with Pakistan.”

Nine years after 9/11, can anyone doubt that Al Qaeda is simply not that deadly a threat? Since that gruesome day in 2001, once governments everywhere began serious countermeasures, Osama bin Laden’s terror network has been unable to launch a single major attack on high-value targets in the United States and Europe. While it has inspired a few much smaller attacks by local jihadis, it has been unable to execute a single one itself. Today, Al Qaeda’s best hope is to find a troubled young man who has been radicalized over the Internet, and teach him to stuff his underwear with explosives.

Maulana Jalal-uddin Umri was fasting when he met a clutch of journalists last week. India's mainstream media had shown no interest in him so he decided to invite a few of those he believed could be trusted with his time-sensitive message.

London, Sep 3 (ANI): The chief rabbi, Lord Sacks, has lashed out at Stephen Hawking after the astrophysicist claimed in his new book that God had no role to play in the creation of the universe.

New Delhi, Sept 1 (PTI) Government today expressed its willingness to hold talks with "any group" from the Kashmir Valley wishing to come forward amid indications that it would be soon coming out with a series of measures to address the issue.

Tehran, Sept 3 (AP) Iran's military chief of staff says Tehran could strike Israel's nuclear facility if the Jewish state were to attack Iran's nuclear sites.
The semiofficial Mehr news agency quoted Gen. Hasan Firouzabadi as saying Iran hopes there won't "be a need to target the nuclear facility of the Zionist regime," but if there is Israel would receive "dreadful retribution."

2 Injured In Old City; Curfew In Kunzar; Protests In Srinagar, Islamabad
Srinagar, Sept 3: Six persons were injured when army personnel opened fire in Auqaf Market Varmul on Friday after some youths hurled stones on them. Two of the injured persons were immediately rushed to Srinagar for treatment in critical condition.

Geelani To Pro-India Politicians
Srinagar, Sept 3: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani Friday urged the pro-India politicians and activists to stop supporting genocide of Kashmiris and join the ongoing ‘Quit Kashmir Movement.’