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At 09:52 PM 10/30/2001, you wrote:
>It just may be that some areas of Pakistan may come under control of
>pro-taliban groups it would seem.
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>Cheers, Ken Hanly
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> Pak Taliban supporters seize northern town
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>ESHAWAR: Hundreds of armed pro-Taliban Pakistanis have seized a remote
>northern town demanding the government to stop supporting the US-led strikes
>on Afghanistan, witnesses said.
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>The rebels, armed with rocket launchers, Kalashnikov assault rifles,
>handmade guns and swords, took over most government offices in Chilas about
>350 km northeast of Peshawar on Sunday.
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>Pro-Taliban Pakistanis, meanwhile, continued their control of a portion of
>the key Karakoram highway for the fourth consecutive day severing northern
>Pakistan's links with its mighty neighbour China.
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>The Pakistani interior ministry said that troops were being sent to oust the
>rebels from the mountainous town and open the road.
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>The 1,200-km Karakoram highway was built along the ancient Silk Road that
>linked Asia with the west and connects Pakistan with Kashgar in China's
>northwestern Xinjiang region. It is a major trade link between Pakistan and
>China, though the Chinese all but sealed it after the September 11 attacks.
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>Hardline Muslims, specially those living along Pakistan's border with
>Afghanistan, are outraged by the government' decision to help the US in its
>war on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers.
>( AP )