April 22, 2000

Afghans Agree to Polio Cease-Fire
.c The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Afghanistan's warring factions have tentatively agreed to a three-day cease-fire to allow the United Nations to carry out a polio vaccination campaign.

Nations Talk on Afghanistan Threats
By TIMOFEI ZHUKOV
.c The Associated Press
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) - Leaders of four former Soviet republics in Central Asia on Friday signed a security pact intended to help contain the flow of drugs and preventing radical Islamic groups from expanding their influence across the

Taliban accused of executing 26 in Gusfandi
ISLAMABAD (NNI): The Afghan opposition northern alliance has accused the Taliban of executing at least 26 people in Gusfandi district after the area fell to them, reports Radio Tehran.

Taliban Denounce Holy War Posters
.c The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban leadership distanced itself Friday from posters in which Osama bin Laden calls for a holy war against the United States, saying they weren't authorized by the Taliban or the Saudi Arabian exile.

RAWA asks Pakistan to change Policy towards Taliban
ISLAMABAD (NNI): The Revolutionary Association of the Afghan Women (RAWA) has asked the Pakistan government to change policy towards the Taliban and condemn their atrocities against the Afghan women.

"We cannot allow thousands of farmers to starve because the world only cares about drug addicts..."
Mullah Hameed Akhundzada, chief of Taliban government's State High Commission for Drug Control - The Friday Times (pakistan)