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PAK2001112404 - 24 NOVEMBER 2001 - ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw (L) talks at a press conference with Pakistani Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar in Islamabad November 23, 2001. Pakistan won qualified support from Britain for its call for a louder voice for Afghanistan's ethnic Pashtuns, who form the core of the Taliban movement, in a future government for the war-torn country. mk/UPI

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