Afghanistan News July 9, 1998

July 9, 1998

Former Afghan defence minister assassinated in Pakistan

Thu 09 Jul 98 - 15:25 GMT

QUETTA, Pakistan, July 9 (AFP) - Unidentified gunmen assassinated a former communist era Afghan defence minister in Quetta, capital of southwestern Pakistan's Baluchistan province Thursday, police said.

Surviving relics to return to Kabul museum

Thu 09 Jul 98 - 14:21 GMT

KABUL, July 9 (AFP) - Valuable relics from Afghanistan's rich cultural past that have survived years of looting are to go back on display in the capital's battered museum, officials said Thursday.

Taliban warn against conversion from Islam

Thu 09 Jul 98 - 10:59 GMT

KABUL, July 9 (AFP) - The Taliban on Wednesday issued a strict ban on the attempted conversion of Afghan Moslems to any other religions, state-run radio Shariat announced.

UN plane, foreign aid staff narrowly escape Kabul rocket attack

Thu 09 Jul 98 - 08:43 GMT

KABUL, July 9 (AFP) - Foreign aid staff preparing to board a United Nations plane narrowly escaped death or serious injury early Thursday when a rocket crashed into the Taliban-held capital Kabul's airport, an AFP reporter saw.

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tehran, july 9, irna -- pakistan's representative on afghan affairs

iftikhar murshid and foreign minister kamal kharazi in

Egypt Jihad leader threatens US Mideast interests
10:49 a.m. Jul 09, 1998 Eastern

KUWAIT, July 9 (Reuters) - A leader of Egypt's banned Islamic Jihad group said in a rare interview published on Thursday that there was no alternative for Islamist groups to a holy war against American interests in the Middle East.
Taleban telly ban

BBC

The Taleban movement in Afghanistan has given residents 15 days to throw out their television sets, videos and satellite dishes in line with its version of Islam.