December 17, 1999

Anti-Taliban alliance gains ground in northern Afghanistan
KABUL, Dec 17 (AFP) - Afghanistan's anti-Taliban alliance claimed Friday its fighters have gained ground in the northern province of Sar-i-Pul after they hit back a dawn attack by the ruling militia soldiers.

Hectic diplomatic efforts on to convene Loya Jirga
By AIMAL KHAN Frontier Post
PESHAWAR - The dissident Hizb-i-Islami Afghanistan leader Hamyoun Jareer held a meeting on Wednesday last with key anti-Taliban leaders in Tehran and discussed the convening of loya Jirga. According to credible Afghan sources Hamyuon Jareer

WFP concerned at food scarcity in Afghanistan
Frontier Post Report
PESHAWAR - World Food Program (WFP) has expressed serious concern over the deteriorating food security situation and the increasing cost of wheat in Afghanistan. It is to be mentioned that the food security situation in Afghanistan, particularly

Traders seeks goods' export to CARs via Afghanistan
Frontier Post
PESHAWAR (Online) - Frontier's traders and industrialists have demanded of the government that they be allowed to export goods to Central Asian Republics (CARs) via Afghanistan. The demand was made in a meeting of Jamrud

un expresses concern over depletion of forests in afghanistan
islamabad, dec. 16, irna -the united naitons on thursday expressed deep concern over the growing depletion of forests in kunar province of eastern afghanistan. in a statement,

Afghanistan: Reeling under factional war
by Imtiaz Gul The Friday Times December 17-23, 1999 Vol XI, No. 42, Regd No. CPL-116
An encounter with the waiters at the restaurant of the majestically located Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul makes one feel as if time has frozen. Draped in worn-out pre-1978 revolution uniforms, a frail and haggard waiter hands in the menu

Taliban to be responsible if Americans attacked: US
WASHIGNTON (NNI): The United States has seen link between Osama bin Laden and those arrested in a Middle East recently, says a report published in Washington Times Thursday.

Pakistan Extradites Terror Suspect
By Jamal Halaby Associated Press Writer Friday, Dec. 17, 1999; 8:33 a.m. EST
AMMAN, Jordan –– Pakistan has extradited a Jordanian suspected of leading a group accused of planning terror attacks on tourist sites and U.S. targets in the kingdom during millennium celebrations, an official said today.


Child mortality declines, poverty rises-UN report
07:56 a.m. Dec 17, 1999 Eastern By Nizam Ahmed
DHAKA, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Child mortality rates in South Asia are falling but more children are living in poverty now than a decade ago, the U.N. children's fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.

Making sense of Afghan policy
The Friday Times: Opinion December 17-23, 1999 Vol XI, No. 42, Regd No. CPL-116
Ejaz Haider recommends a review of Pakistan's Afghan policy and says it must be pegged to Pakistan's larger interests


Kabul hits back on warning
Dawn
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: The Taliban on Thursday slammed the United State's warning that it would hold them responsible for any anti-American attacks by Osama bin Laden.