61.   An unofficial ceasefire has been agreed between forces loyal to Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani and the rival Taliban religious movement, a defence ministry official said here Saturday.

62.   Besides Operations Parakram and Sangram, India will also be conducting Operation Chivalry soon in the same region, the defence official said.

63.   Bir is accompanied by a large group of defence industry officials.

64.   Both events will be hosted by Japan, the daily said, quoting an unidentified defence ministry official.

65.   But an Afghan defence ministry official said bin Laden was hunkered down in mountains on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border under the protection of a hardline Islamic leader.

66.   But an Afghan defence ministry official said bin Laden was hunkered down in mountains on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border under the protection of a hard-line Islamic leader.

67.   But a dispute broke out between defence officials and the CIA over who should conduct the reconnaissance mission to confirm the POWs were really at Nhommarath.

68.   But an Afghan defence ministry official said bin Laden was hunkered down in the mountains along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border under the protection of a hard-line Islamic leader.

69.   But the final stages of negotiations between Indian defence ministry officials and British Aerospace had reportedly broken down earlier this year over costs.

70.   But the town was abandoned when soldiers stormed it after smashing bunkers and trenches manned mostly by LTTE women fighters, who retreated further south, defence officials said.