September 24, 1998

UN Security Council big five call for Afghan ceasefire
Thu 24 Sep 98 - 21:29 GMT

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 (AFP) - The five permanent members of the UN Security Council on Thursday renewed an appeal for a ceasefire in Afghanistan and for an end to external arms supplies to all sides.
Moscow concerned about missile deployment along Afghan-Iran border
Thu 24 Sep 98 - 18:41 GMT

MOSCOW, Sept 24 (AFP) - Moscow authorities expressed concern Thursday at the deployment by Taliban forces in Afghanistan of missiles along the border with Iran, the Interfax news agency reported.
Religious scholars advise Taliban to exercise restraint
Thu 24 Sep 98 - 13:12 GMT

KABUL, Sept 24 (AFP) - About 2,000 Islamic scholars Thursday urged Afghanistan's ruling Taliban to exercise restraint in the face of "threats" from neighbouring Iran, conference officials said.

Taleban's Islamic scholars condemn terrorism
10:04 a.m. Sep 24, 1998 Eastern

By Sayed Salahuddin

KABUL, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A key meeting of Islamic scholars said on Thursday that Afghanistan's radical Taleban movement should not harbour terrorists - and had never done so.
Iran vows Taliban will not escape revenge for diplomat murders
Thu 24 Sep 98 - 16:00 GMT

TEHRAN, Sept 24 (AFP) - Iran's air force chief vowed Thursday that the Taliban Islamic militia will not be able to escape his country's determination to exact revenge for the murder of its diplomats in Afghanistan.
Taliban charge d'affaires leaves Saudi Arabia
Thu 24 Sep 98 - 10:00 GMT

RIYADH, Sept 24 (AFP) - The Taliban's charge d'affaires in Saudi Arabia, Mulawi Shihab Eddin left the kingdom Thursday following a freeze in relations between Riyadh and Kabul, an Afghani diplomatic source said.

Afghan envoy leaves Saudi Arabia - diplomat
05:45 p.m Sep 24, 1998 Eastern

KUWAIT, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's top diplomat in Saudi Arabia left the oil-rich kingdom on Thursday after being asked to leave by the Saudi government, an Afghan diplomat said.

Rep. Frank: Sudan Bomb Was an Error

Thursday, September 24, 1998; 6:45 p.m. EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Barney Frank, one of President Clinton's most outspoken supporters on Capitol Hill, said Thursday he believes Clinton made a mistake last month in ordering the bombing of a Sudanese factory suspected of manufacturing chemical weapons agents.

Russian Official Seeks Iran Ties

Thursday, September 24, 1998; 5:30 p.m. EDT

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's parliamentary speaker called Thursday for greater military cooperation with Tehran and said Russia should complete an agreement to build a nuclear reactor in Iran, despite U.S. objections.

Iran envoy says troops to stay at Afghan border
08:17 a.m. Sep 24, 1998 Eastern

ISLAMABAD, Sept 24 (Reuters) - An Iranian envoy said on Thursday that Iranian troops would remain on the border with Afghanistan for as long as his country felt insecure.
Last Tajik opposition fighters return from Afghanistan
Thu 24 Sep 98 - 04:58 GMT

DUSHANBE, Sept 24 (AFP) - The last 157 members of the Tajik opposition remaining in Afghanistan returned peacefully along with their weapons late Wednesday to the Central Asian republic, Russian authorities said.

'Osama not Saudi national'

The News: Jang

By our correspondent

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabian Charge d'Affairs Salman Al-Umari, who has been recalled by Riyadh from Afghanistan, said that the deteriorating situation in Kabul was the cause of his withdrawal from Afghanistan. Umari

Saudi downgraded ties over Taleban 's support to Osama

The News: Jang

RIYADH: An Afghan diplomat said on Wednesday Saudi Arabia apparently decided to downgrade ties with Kabul because the Taleban militia is harboring Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden.

iran greets saudi decision to expel taleban representative

athens, sept.24, irna --- iran's ambassador to riyadh, mohammad reza nouri, hailed the decision by saudi arabia to withdraw its top diplomat from kabul and expel the taleban representative from riyadh as "wise, brave and just." In

Afghan students appeal to Wali, Tarar for reopening of varsity

Frontier Post
SEPTEMBER 24, 1998 THURSDAY

PESHAWAR - The students of Ahmad Shah Abdali University of Afghan refugees in Peshawar have once again called for immediate reopening of the university. In three separate but simultaneously dispatched appeals on Wednesday to the President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the Rehbar-i-Tehrik of

Iran-Afghan conflict to harm Islamic world: COAS

Dawan
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Chief of Army Staff Gen Jehangir Karamat on Wednesday said a conflict between the two Muslim countries, Iran and Afghanistan will not be in interest of the Islamic world.

Pakistan-Afghan border temporarily sealed: Shujaat

By Our Correspondent

Dawn
PESHAWAR, Sept 23: Interior minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said the border with Afghanistan has not been completely sealed, rather some temporary measures have been taken to keep a check

Taliban rule out broad based govt in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: The Taliban supreme leader, Mulla Muhammad Omar Mujahid has dismissed the idea of formation of a broad based government in Afghanistan saying the Afghans have never accepted a government forcibly imposed from abroad, reports BBC.

'Taleban take 1,000 rival troops prisoner'

The News: Jang

ISLAMABAD: The Taleban claim to have arrested around 1,000 rival troops in Wardak province, west of Kabul over the past three weeks, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported. The prisoners belonged to Hezb-i-Wahdat, the

Taliban warn of major conflict in region

KABUL: The Taliban Foreign Minister has warned against the eruption of a major conflict in the region if international community and United Nations fail to stop Afghan opposition from carrying out rocket attacks on Kabul. He urged the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to help stop rocket attacks on residential areas of Kabul city.

Afghan DPs repatriation okayed

Frontier Post

By Imtiaz Hussain
PESHAWAR - The NWFP government Wednesday gave green signal for the
repatriation programme of about 1.2 million Afghan refugees at a

Uranium recovered from arrested Afghans

Frontier Post

By IMTIAZ HUSSAIN
PESHAWAR - In an operation at a Nasirbagh refugee camp, local police
late Tuesday night arrested two Afghans and recovered from their

Terror plot feared: Security for Afghan envoys beefed up

By AIMAL KHAN
Frontier Post
SEPTEMBER 24, 1998 THURSDAY

PESHAWAR - Security around Afghan Consulate and diplomats' residences in Peshawar has been beefed up in the wake of intelligence reports of possible terrorist attacks on key Afghan government officials in Pakistani. Earlier,

Iran not to harm Taliban leadership

Frontier Post
SEPTEMBER 24, 1998 THURSDAY

PESHAWAR - A spokesman for the consulate general of Islamic Republic of Iran in Peshawar has denied a news item appearing in a section of press, attributing it to the Taliban sources that the Taliban officials in Peshawar had intensified

What common sense demands
Dawn: Editorial
THE six-plus-two conference on Afghanistan held in New York on Tuesday has adopted a sensible stand on the Iran-Afghan crisis which has brought this region to the brink of war. One hopes that the two sides, especially the