Afghanistan News July 17, 1998

July 17, 1998

Kabul hit by heavy rocket attack, factions fight in north

Fri 17 Jul 98 - 10:10 GMT

KABUL, July 17 (AFP) - Four heavy rockets fired by anti-Taliban forces slammed into the airport of the militia-held Afghan capital as the rivals battled in the north of the country, residents and officials said Friday.

Group Complains About Afghan Edicts

By Nicole Winfield
Associated Press Writer
Friday, July 17, 1998; 3:04 a.m. EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A group of international aid organizations is drafting a letter to send to Afghanistan's Taliban rulers explaining why they cannot work effectively under the hard-line religious government's growing list of edicts, sources said.

Pak donates Rs.50 million for Afghanistan's reconstruction

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday donated Rs.50 million for the reconstruction work in the war-shattered Afghanistan, official sources said.

pakistan-afghanistan                                                  
    nawaz sharif, his top aides review afghan issue                   
islamabad, jul 16, irna-- current situation in afghanistan was        
discussed at a high level meeting held under chairmanship of pakistan

prime minister nawaz sharif in islamabad thursday.