September 15, 1998

Refugees Report Deaths by Taliban
By Nicole Winfield
Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, September 15, 1998; 7:54 p.m. EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Taliban fighters engaged in a ``killing frenzy'' after capturing the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif, according to refugees' accounts, U.N. officials said Tuesday

US Detached From Iran-Afghan Clash

By John Diamond
Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, September 15, 1998; 7:10 p.m. EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Administration officials and members of Congress are following rising tensions between Iran and Afghanistan with detachment as intelligence reports indicated Tuesday the situation could erupt into a cross-border war at any time.
Washington wants investigation into reports of Taliban massacres Tue 15 Sep 98 - 22:47 GMT
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (AFP) - The US State Department called Tuesday for an international investigation into allegations that the Taliban militia massacred civilians during fighting against Afghanistan's Iranian-supported Shiite opposition.
UN Security Council condemns Taliban killing of diplomats Tue 15 Sep 98 - 22:08 GMT
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 15 (AFP) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned the murder of Iranian diplomats "by Taliban combatants" in northern Afghanistan.
UN, Taliban to discuss emergency aid for Bamiyan Tue 15 Sep 98 - 16:55 GMT
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 15 (AFP) - UN and Taliban officials are to discuss Tuesday an emergency aid operation to help the population of the central Afghan city of Bamiyan, UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said.
Taliban threatens strikes on Iranian cities in case of attack Tue 15 Sep 98 - 16:24 GMT
ISLAMABAD, Sept 15 (AFP) - The Taliban warned Tuesday its forces would strike Iranian cities if Tehran launched an attack on Afghanistan, a private Afghan information service reported.

Sudan express regret over killing of Iranian diplomats in Afghanistan

Tue 15 Sep 98 - 15:59 GMT

KHARTOUM, Sept 15 (AFP) - Sudan expressed its regret on Tuesday over the killing of nine Iranian diplomats in the central Afgahnistan city of Mazar-i-Sharif as it was being captured by the Islamic Taliban militia.
Taliban offer to release 40 Iranians for Rabbani Tue 15 Sep 98 - 14:06 GMT
RIYADH, Sept 15 (AFP) - An official of the Afghan Taliban militia has offered to release 40 Iranian prisoners in exchange for leaders of the anti-Taliban alliance who have sought refuge abroad.

Voice of America

INTRO: THE TALEBAN SAY THEY HAVE CAPTURED AN IMPORTANT PASS IN

CENTRAL AFGHANISTAN FROM AN OPPOSITION FACTION THAT SHARES

Iran Military Ordered on Full Alert

Tuesday, September 15, 1998; 6:06 a.m. EDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran ordered its military and top civilian officials on full alert today amid heightened tensions with neighboring Afghanistan, state media reported.
Khamenei orders armed forces to be on the ready for Afghanistan Tue 15 Sep 98 - 11:41 GMT
TEHRAN, Sept 15 (AFP) - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the armed forces on Tuesday to be prepared to take action against the Taliban Islamic militia in Afghanistan.

FOCUS-Afghan Taleban calls for talks with Iran
03:08 a.m. Sep 15, 1998 Eastern

By Kaveh Basmenji

TEHRAN, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taleban called for negotiations with Iran under U.N. law after a sharp Iranian warning to the movement and Pakistan that their actions in Afghanistan could provoke a major regional conflict.
Taliban secure strageic areas around Bamiyan as Iranian pressure mounts Tue 15 Sep 98 - 11:37 GMT
ISLAMABAD, Sept 15 (AFP) - Taliban forces Tuesday secured strategic areas surrounding the central Afghan town of Bamiyan and offered a local amnesty as Iran moved to protect its "national interests" from the hardline militia.

taliban conducting house to house search in bamian

dushanbe, sept. 15, irna -- the taliban militia are conducting a house to house search in the bamian under the pretext of hunting for armed men and in the process harassing the city's residents, sources affiliated to the islamic united front said on
Iranian diplomats killed in "barbaric way": Iran Tue 15 Sep 98 - 10:43 GMT
TEHRAN, Sept 15 (AFP) - Iranian diplomats slain by the Taliban militia in Afghanistan were killed in a "barbaric way" immediately after their capture last month, the official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia does not approve of Taliban's behaviour: Iran Tue 15 Sep 98 - 09:10 GMT
BEIRUT, Sept 15 (AFP) - Saudi Arabia does not approve of the Taliban militia's behaviour towards Iran despite being one of its most powerful allies, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Sadr said Tuesday.

Pak-Afghan border sealed

By our correspondent

The News:jang

JAMRUD: Pakistani borderguards have sealed unconventional routes along the Pak-Afghan border to plug the arrival of fresh refugees into Pakistan. The personnel of Khyber Rifles and Khasadars have been deputed on Gurko and Zaman Spri, the two illegal border points, to check
the inflow of fresh refugees fleeing northern and central Afghanistan which fell to the Taleban recently.

Masood vows to purge Kabul from mercenaries

PANJSHER (Afghanistan): Afghan commander Ahmed Shah Massod has vowed to purge capital Kabul from "foreign mercenaries" very soon.

Iran torturing Afghan refugees

KABUL: Taliban have accused Iran of pressuring and torturing the Iran-based Afghan refugees on different pretext of its diplomats.

Taliban refuse to apologize, extradite diplomats killers

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan's Islamic Taliban militia on Sunday rejected Iran's demand for an apology and extradition of those Taleban commanders involved in killing of the Iranian diplomats. The ruling militia denied its involvement in the killing of the diplomats.

UN Urged to Prevent More Killings as Taliban Offensive Continues

Source: Human Rights Watch
Date: 14 Sep 1998

(September 14, 1998) - Human Rights Watch today warned that the Taliban's current military offensive in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan could result in the torture and deaths of many more ethnic Hazaras, a Shi'ite minority whom

Afghanistan: Iran Risks Much With Threat To Taliban

Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Date: 14 Sep 1998

By Michael Lelyveld

Boston, 14 September 1998 (RFE/RL) -- While Central Asia watches and worries, Iran may be risking its chance for business and investment as it threatens military action against Afghanistan's Taliban.

pakistani prime minister offers condolences to president khatami

tehran, sept. 15, irna -- pakistani prime minister mohammad nawaz sharif offered condolence to president mohammad khatami on the massacre of iranian consulate personnel in afghanistan. ''i wish to convey the deep sense of anguish and

more forensic tests on bodies of iranians slained by taliban

tehran, sept. 15, irna -- relatives of the iranian diplomats and journalist who were martyred in mazar-i sharif by the taliban went to tehran coroner's office early tuesday morning to identify body of their beloved ones. the dismantled bodies of

Britain accuses the Taleban of drug trafficking

Tuesday, September 15, 1998 Published at 20:04 GMT 21:04 UK

A British government minister has accused the Taleban authorities in Afghanistan of being the main supplier of drugs for markets in Western countries.
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