October 16, 1998

Taliban team arrives for talks with UN special envoy
Fri 16 Oct 98 - 15:21 GMT

ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (AFP) - A high level Taliban delegation headed by the Islamic militia's chief spokesman Wakil Ahmad arrived here Friday for talks with United Nations special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, Afghan Islamic Presssaid.

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Afghan Taleban to hold talks with Iran in Jeddah
03:24 a.m. Oct 16, 1998 Eastern

By Sayed Salahuddin

KABUL, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Islamic Taleban militia, locked in a military standoff with neighbouring Iran, are to hold peace talks with Tehran in the Saudi Arabian city Jeddah, a militia spokesman said on Friday.
Taliban vows to protect but restrain bin Laden
Fri 16 Oct 98 - 09:18 GMT

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Oct 16 (AFP) - Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden will be allowed to live safely in Afghanistan but he will not be allowed to engage in any activity against any country, a Taliban spokesman said Friday.

Taliban release 250 prisoners

KABUL: The Afghan Taliban militia has released 250 prisoners belonging to the opposition forces, reports Radio Kabul.

Brahimi holds talks with Iranian ambassador

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy on Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi held a meeting with the Iranian Ambassador in Pakistan, Mehdi Akhonzadeh, and apprised him of his talks with Taliban officials and the Pakistan authorities.

Taliban team arrives on Friday for follow-up talks with UN

ISLAMABAD: A high level Taliban delegation will arrive in Islamabad today (Friday) for follow up talks with the visiting envoys of the United Nations and Organization of Islamic Conference on Iran-Afghanistan tension and UN

Pakistan backs peace move in Afghanistan

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ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz assured on Thursday Pakistan's fullest cooperation to UN-OIC mission in defusing tension between Iran and Afghanistan and the restoration of durable peace in Afghanistan.