December 4, 1999

Sanctions not aimed against Afghan people: US
ISLAMABAD (NNI): US Ambassador to Pakistan, William B Milam has described as Taliban-sponsored disinformation the claims that the UN sanctions are aimed against the people of Afghanistan.

US welcomes loya jirga
WASHINGTON (NNI): The United States has welcomed the initiatives for convening emergency Loya Jirga (assembly) to address the continuing conflict in Afghanistan.

Who is responsible for 'my suicide'?
Frontier Post
By WASEEM AHMAD SHAH
PESHAWAR - The dead body of an Afghan refugee is posing a simple question to the society. Who is responsible for my suicide? The answer might appear to be simple, but in fact it is not. Within a few minutes on Thursday, five children turned

America's debt to the people of Afghanistan
By Sima Wali, 12/04/99
The Boston Globe
It has been 21 years since Afghanistan was plunged into a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union, 21 years since the government of the Republic of Afghanistan in the capital city of Kabul has exercised self-determination and the

Who Gets Hurt By Sanctions On Afghanistan
San Francisco Chronicle
Friday, December 3, 1999
Lewis Dolinsky
Bay Area law graduate Kawun Kakar (Hastings) and graduate students Walid Majid (Caltech) and Jan Mohammad (University of Arizona) have examined the potential effects of U.N. sanctions against their native Afghanistan, which the United