China Forbids Some Muslims from Fasting, Wearing Hijab
China has ordered many Muslims in its tense Xinjiang province to ignore religious rules during the holy month of Ramadan, forbidding them from fasting and ordering women not to tie scarves around their heads...

Top Al-Qaeda Official Believed Killed
Mohammed Atef, a top al-Qaeda official, is believed to have been killed in a U.S. air strike near Kabul, a U.S. official said.

Surrender Talks for Taliban's Last Northern Hideout
Anti-Taliban forces closed in on the former ruling militia's last bastions of power Friday, facing heightened pressure to help establish an Afghan government of unity and avoid a factional turf war.

Northern Alliance Admits Massacre of 520 Soldiers
Northern Alliance (NA) soldiers admitted Thursday they had killed hundreds of pro-Taliban fighters holed up in a school, providing the first direct evidence of massacres by the victorious opposition forces.

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• China Sentences 21 Uighur Separatists, Executes Two, at Public Rally
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• Seven Philippine Hostages Freed from Abu Sayyaf Kidnappers
• Sighting Ramadan's New Moon Confuses Swedish Muslims
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• Northern Alliance Frees Afghan Staff, Foreign Aid Workers
• Taliban Officially Declare Kandahar Capital