March 24, 1999

Afghan opposition offers to free more than 1,000 prisoners
Wed 24 Mar 99 - 05:52 GMT
KABUL, March 24 (AFP) - Afghanistan's opposition Northern Alliance has offered to release more than 1,000 Taliban prisoners in a bid to push the tentative Afghan peace process further, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Taleban foes say leadership issue talks hurdle
09:36 a.m. Mar 24, 1999 Eastern
ISLAMABAD, March 24 (Reuters) - A top official of the anti-Taleban alliance said on Wednesday that the Taleban's insistence on being the rulers of Afghanistan was an obstacle for U.N.-sponsored peace talks.

WFP clarifies report on director visit to Kabul
ISLAMABAD (NNI): The World Food Programme Tuesday clarified press reports about the nature of the visit of WFP country director Mike Sackett to Kabul last week and said the visit was aimed at assessing food situation and

Osama spotted near Pakistan border
The News: Jang
By Amir Mir
LAHORE: The FBI's most-wanted Saudi fugitive Osama Bin Laden has reportedly moved from his Melawa camp hideout on the Pak-Afghan border was spotted commuting between various camps near the Jalalabad border,

UK supports Afghan reconciliation
ISLAMABAD (NNI): British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Derek Fatchett has said Britain supports national reconciliation in Afghanistan and encourages the Taliban to recognize that they need a broad based government.

Wheat import drops by Rs 26 b
ISLAMABAD (NNI): Minister for Food and Agriculture, Mian Abdul Sattar Laleka has said that wheat import bill has dropped to 26 billion rupees this year as a result of better government policies, self sufficiency in wheat and

Taliban greet Tarar, Nawaz on Pakistan Day
KABUL (NNI): Afghanistan ruling Taliban Tuesday greeted Pakistani leaders on the occasion of Pakistan Day.

Pakistan shows nuclear muscle
BBC
By Islamabad Correspondent Owen Bennett-Jones
Spectators cheered as the Ghauri and Shaheen missiles were driven down Islamabad's main road and past the country's top political and military leadership.