December 19, 1999

Pakistan Holds 200 Near Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani authorities arrested more than 200 people they fear may try to attack U.S. citizens in Pakistan, an intelligence official said Sunday.

Taleban to 'free' Afghan POWs
By Kate Clark in Kabul
BBC
The Taleban movement in Afghanistan have said they are due to exchange 14 prisoners of war with the Afghan opposition.

rabbani arrives in tehran
tehran, dec. 19, irna -- head of afghanistan's islamic government burhanuddin rabbani arrived here sunday morning and was welcomed at the airport by deputy foreign minister for asia and pacific affairs, mohsen aminzadeh. rabbani, accompanied

Gul pleads for Pak-Iran-Afghan strategic alliance
ISLAMABAD (NNI): Former Chief of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. Hameed Gul has pleaded for establishing of a strategic and economic alliance among Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan.

attempt to smuggle wheat to afghanistan foiled
islamabad, dec. 19, irna -- authorities in pakistan have foiled an attempt to smuggle a huge quantity of wheat flour to afghanistan under the cover of united nations aid, press reports indicated here on saturday. a joint team of pakistan army an

NWFP seeks special flour quota for refugees
Frontier Post
PESHAWAR (Online) - In view of complains that huge quantity of flour was taken away by the Afghan refugees and to ensure sufficient quantity of the commodity to the people, the provincial government has decided to provide flour only to the Pakistan

Canada to continue humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (NNI): The Secretary General Human Rights Wing of International Development Department of Canada, Hunter McGill has said that besides mines sweeping programmes, Ottawa would continue humanitarian aid to Afghanistan i

US officials suspect links between arrested suspect, bin Laden
SEATTLE, Washington, Dec 18 (AFP) - US law enforcement officials said Saturday the man arrested four days ago with bomb-making materials at a US-Canadian border crossing near Seattle might have links to accused terrorist Osama bin

Another Burning of a Woman by Her Husband
 Received from RAWA organization, based in Pakistan.
By RAWA reporter
Seyyed Abdul-Rahman, a former resident of Ghazni and an aviation engineer, who works for the Intelligence Ministry in Kabul, had an argument with his wife, Salehah, on October 25, 1999