Rockets kill 17 in Kabul

ISLAMABAD. Oct 9 Alleast 17 people were killed when dozens of rockets rrashed Into the Afghan capital Kabul today, radio Kabul reported The broadcast monitored here blamed rival leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-1-Islam! faction for the barrage, saying that 62 rockets were counted in the city’s residential district, reports AFP

Iran blasts EU

NICOSIA (Cyprus). Oct 9: Iran has blasted the European Union for inviting British novelist Salman Rushdie, sentenced to death by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini for allegedly blaspheming Islam to meet with three of its foreign ministers The Iranian ambassador to Bonn. Hoseyn Musavian. lodged a vigorous protest Friday with German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel whose nation holds the routing EU presidency, the Islamic Republic News Agency said, reports