Mukherjee said while India has been included in the Majors List, there was no year in which it was listed as a country that failed demonstrably to adhere to international counter-narcotics agreements or take counter-narcotic measures.
Kenzo Oshima led a 10-member mission to Afghanistan earlier this month.
General Musharraf had claimed that some ISI leaders have helped the Taliban.
'Terrorism itself is as old as the human species; it goes back at least as far as the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Terrorism is much older than Islam, or Christianity.'
Rakesh Saini was nabbed from a barrier during routine checking on Sunday, police said.
"The nexus between Nepali Maoists and Indian Naxalites has further worsened the situation," he added.
Figures available with the Narcotics Control Bureau reveal that 30 per cent of the drugs seized in the country during the last three years were produced in the remote areas of Afghanistan and reached India through the Indo-Pak border.
The IFA, the parent body of the game in West Bengal, has offered the club its membership if it switches allegiance.
Muktyar Ahmed is has spent 15 years despite completing his sentence.
Ahead of his meeting with US President George Bush, The Afghan President said he wants greater control over American military operations in his country and punishment for any US troops who mistreat prisoners.
The literary giant will be honoured at his birthplace in Motihari, Bihar.
'We don't want to see our relations with one country undermining our relations with another, says Afghanistan Foreign Minister Dr Abdullah Abdullah.
Time magazine said that at the same time US forces would mount a spring offensive of their own, in tribal areas along the borders of Afghanistan and Pakistan, to flush out Osama bin Laden.
Indian officials say Kashmiri militant groups may soon have enough funds from narcotics to operate independently of their former patron, Pakistan.
Narottam Singh Dhillon alleged links came to light during interrogation of two drug smugglers, who were arrested four days back, Superintendent of Police, Muktsar, Surinder Pal Singh said.
Exports from India to the United States has risen by 21.4 per cent in 2002 to $11.82 billion, the highest in past decade, the US Commerce department said.
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