by Omar Samad
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 1999 - AAR - The Afghan version of a hastily arranged late Sunday morning community get-together lasted twice as long as expected and covered more topics than anticipated. More than 150 Afghans from the

U.S. Warns Taliban on Bin Laden Plans
12:18 a.m. Dec 15, 1999 Eastern
By Jonathan Wright
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has told the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan it will hold them responsible for any attacks on Americans by followers of Saudi-born Islamist Osama bin Laden, officials said on Tuesday.

Taliban Dismisses U.S. Warnings
By Amir Shah
Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1999; 3:13 p.m. EST
KABUL, Afghanistan –– U.S. warnings that terrorists plan to attack Americans are nothing but propaganda aimed at justifying sanctions against Afghanistan, the ruling Taliban militia said Tuesday.

Taliban mount hunt for 'foreign spies'
Frontier Post
By AIMAL KHAN
PESHAWAR - The puritanical Taliban government has mounted a massive man-hunt for an Arab gang spying for "an external power" in the militia-held areas inside Afghanistan.

Afghan Fighter Claims US Interests In Jordan Targeted
ISLAMABAD (AP)--A man who says he was recently at a training camp in Afghanistan claims the followers of suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden have drawn up plans for attacks on U.S. interests in Jordan next year.

Afghan Taliban Delegation May Visit Iran
Wednesday, December 15, 1999 5:40 AM EST
ISLAMABAD (Dec. 15) XINHUA - A Taliban delegation may visit Iran to hold talks with the Iranian authorities on the issue of refugees, Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Mutawakil said Wednesday.

Osama bin Laden's accomplice arrested
Wednesday, December 15, 1999 4:59 AM EST
ISLAMABAD, December 15 (Itar-Tass) - The Pakistani police arrested an accomplice of international terrorist Osama bin Laden, a certain Abu Ayed, a Jordanian who held a US passport. This was reported on Wednesday by the paper The News

Girls long to learn at school for refugees
The Independent
By Peter Popham in Delhi
15 December 1999
The gangs of men on the road from the Afghan capital, Kabul, to Peshawar in Pakistan are not, as first appears, mending the suspension-shattering surface with their spades and picks. That is a charade: they are

Hillary invited to visit Afghanistan
Dawn
KABUL, Dec 14: The Taliban have invited Hillary Clinton to visit Afghanistan to find out the truth about rights for women in the war-torn country, official sources said on Tuesday.

Kabul plans to purge civil servants
Dawn
KABUL, Dec 14: Afghanistan's hardline Taliban plan to purge civil servants who received merit awards, did military training or studied in a socialist country during the former 14-year communist regime, official sources said on Tuesday.

Feminist revolution in sight in Afghanistan
LONDON (NNI): A feminist revolution is insight in war-ravaged Afghanistan as 13 girls schools have been opened in the capital Kabul, reports BBC.

UN completes 1st phase of food supplies operation to Panjsher
ISLAMABAD (NNI): The United Nations World Food Programme has successfully completed first phase of emergency food supply to thousands of stranded people in the opposition-controlled Panjsher valley, a UN spokesperson said Tuesday.