and is important every day. I don't ever want to lose that feeling.”

Assuming there is no change of heart and Hitchcock sticks to the plan, he will leave the coaching fraternity with few regrets. He admits his arrogance got the better of him and his team, the Dallas Stars, in 1998 when he failed to recognize the will of the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings, who eliminated the Stars in the Western Conference final before going on to claim a second consecutive championship. It was a valuable lesson Dallas used to win the Stanley Cup a year later.

He offers another regret that is somewhat surprising. While the memories of his time in Columbus remain vivid and mostly positive, Hitchcock thinks back on his time with theNOWSHERA: Chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Maulana Samiul Haq has announced full support for the new Afghan Taliban chief Maulana Akhtar Mansoor, and urged all jihadi groups to shun differences and accept his leadership.

He was addressing ulema of Pakistan and Afghanistan at the inaugural ceremony of the new education year at Darul Uloom-i-Haqania here on Wednesday.

Samiul Haq said it was need of the hour to stand united against foreign powers as they were hatching conspiracies against Afghan people who had rendered sacrifices of their lives for freeing their country from ‘foreign occupation’.

He appreciated the role of Taliban fighters for ‘forcing’ the US and former USSR to quit Afghanistan. He paid homage to Mullah Omar, and said late Taliban chief would be remembered as a great