March 8, 1999

Pakistan to Confine Afghan Exiles
By Mohammad Riaz
Associated Press Writer
Monday, March 8, 1999; 12:45 p.m. EST
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- More than one million Afghan refugees will now have to live in refugee camps in the rugged Northwest Frontier province, a top politician said Monday.
 

Taliban ignore International Women's Day, criticise Hillary Clinton
Mon 08 Mar 99 - 08:26 GMT
KABUL, March 8 (AFP) - International Women's Day went unmarked here Monday as the Taliban militia scoffed at a call by US First Lady
Hillary Clinton for restoration of women's rights in Afghanistan.
Taleban say women policy based on 'Islamic injunctions'
The News: Jang
Dismiss US Human Rights report on Afghanistan
KABUL: The Taleban students militia on Sunday defended their treatment of women and, on the eve of international women's day, accused Western critics of rights violations.