March 4, 1999

Bin Laden, Taleban said to have falling-out-NYT
02:50 a.m. Mar 04, 1999 Eastern
NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters) - Suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden and the Taleban, who have protected him in Afghanistan, have had a violent falling-out, Thursday's New York Times reported, citing senior American officials.

Why Osama disappeared?
The Nation
KANDAHAR (AP)-Two weeks ago Osama bin Laden disappeared from his refuge in southern Afghanistan. Since then, his whereabouts have been a mystery.

U.S. Looks to Restore Pakistan Ties
By David Briscoe
Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, March 3, 1999; 5:07 p.m. EST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Clinton administration hopes to resume training programs for the Pakistani military and eventually to end all sanctions against both Pakistan and India, a State Department official told Congress on Wednesday.

Afghanistan May Hold Peace Talks
By Kathy Gannon
Associated Press Writer
Thursday, March 4, 1999; 7:51 a.m. EST
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's feuding factions will hold face-to-face talks to try to find a peaceful end to their protracted and bloody conflict, a U.N. envoy said today.

 Afghan Foes Agree To Peace Talks March 10
07:45 a.m. Mar 04, 1999 Eastern
By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan's warring sides have agreed to hold another round of direct peace talks on March 10 in Turkmenistan, U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi announced Thursday.
 
Taliban offer of talks with opposition will "fail": official Thu 04 Mar 99 - 09:36 GMT
TEHRAN, Mar 4 (AFP) - The Taliban militia's offer to negotiate a ceasefire with the opposition in northern Afghanistan is "doomed to failure," an Afghan official said in an interview published here Thursday.

Little hope for early solution to Afghan issue
By Hasan Akhtar
Dawn
ISLAMABAD, March 3: Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi, UN Secretary General's special envoy to Afghanistan, said here on Wednesday he found a mood of considerable despondency among the Afghan leaders of the non-Taliban

Infighting claims 36 lives in Kabul
Dawn
ISLAMABAD, March 3: At least 36 opposition men, including four prominent commanders, were killed and eight others injured in a clash near the frontline along old Kabul highway on Wednesday, reports Bakhtar news agency.

Turkmen FM holds talks with Omar
meets opposition in Tajikistan
Frontier Post
By AIMAL KHAN
PESHAWAR - In a significant move, Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Boris Sheikhmuradov held a crucial meeting with Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid, the Taliban's supreme leader, in southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Tuesday.

Taliban launch hunt to find Kabul's leather jacket rippers
Thu 04 Mar 99 - 14:39 GMT
(AFP) - KABUL, March 4 (AFP) Taliban religious police Thursday denied they were conducting a bizarre crackdown on leather jacket wearers, and vowed to hunt down fanatics believed to be responsible for tearing jackets from Kabul residents.
 

2,000 hijacked vehicles reach Afghanistan
By Sabihuddin Ghausi
Dawn
KARACHI, March 3: Over 2,000 vehicles hijacked in Pakistan, mostly in Karachi, during the last few years are now in Afghanistan and one such recovered automobile -a Pajero of 1994 make- has been returned recently to the

 NWFP to restrict Afghan refugees to camps from 15th
F.P. Report
PESHAWAR - In an effort to control crime and to ascertain their exact population, the NWFP government will restrict the movement of Afghan refugees throughout the province to their camps from the 15th of this month.