December 23, 1999

Taliban execute foreign 'spies' hunting Osama
Frontier Post Report
PESHAWAR - Taliban militia have executed a Jordanian and a Saudi Arabian for "spying" on Osama bin Laden, highly-placed Afghan sources said here Wednesday. The sources close to Afghanistan's ruling militia told The Frontier Post that the
 

British expert on Afghan affairs passes away
LONDON (NNI) : A British expert of the Afghanistan Affairs, Anthony, Hymen has died, reports BBC.

Iran deplores continuation of Afghan war
TEHRAN (NNI): The former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani has thanked Iran for its efforts to end bloodshed in Afghanistan urging international communities and Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in particular to pay more attentio

Kazakhstan backs sanctions on Taliban
ISLAMABAD (NNI): President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has supported international sanctions on Afghanistan ruling Taliban for their alleged harboring of terrorism, reports VOA.

U.S. dismisses Taleban assurances on bin Laden
04:00 p.m Dec 22, 1999 Eastern
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The United States dismissed on Wednesday assurances from the Taleban rulers of Afghanistan that Saudi-born Islamist Osama bin Laden, wanted for bombing U.S. embassies last year, plans no attacks on

US finds Taliban assurances on Bin Laden 'laughable'
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (AFP) - The United States finds assurances from the ruling Taliban militia that suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden is unable to direct nefarious operations around the world "laughable," the State Department sai

UNICEF slams "humanitarian favoritism" of donor countries
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 22 (AFP) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) criticized the tendency of donor countries to focus on media-intensive causes such as Kosovo and East Timor and called for a 230-million-dollar aid fund fo

Afghanistan Obstacle
Conflicting strategic interests roil Iran-Pakistan ties
By ANTHONY DAVIS
Asiaweek
DECEMBER 24, 1999 VOL. 25 NO. 51
When Iranian and Pakistani officials discuss the ties between their nations, the talk is invariably of historic friendship and unbreakable bonds of Islamic brotherhood. The visit of Pakistan's new ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, to Iran last week was no