December 7, 2000

UN Seeks Sanctions Against Taliban
By EDITH M. LEDERER
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Accusing Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia of promoting terrorism, Russia and the United States are calling for U.N. sanctions to pressure the Taliban to close terrorist training camps and hand over a suspected terrorist.

Taleban vow to protect Osama bin Laden
By Sayed Salahuddin
KABUL, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement vowed on Thursday that any tougher sanctions would not force it to change its policy of protecting Saudi Arabian-born terrorism suspect Osama bin Laden.

No state can cope with terrorism alone-Russian diplomat
UNITED NATIONS, December 7 (Itar-Tass) - Russian United Nations Ambassador Sergei Lavrov told a security council meeting on international terrorism on Wednesday that no country could afford to ignore the phenomenon or hope to resolve it alone.

Expats in Afghanistan uneasy over UN sanctions
KABUL, Dec 7 (AFP) - Foreigners with humanitarian agencies in war-torn Afghanistan are keeping a "low profile" amid fears of violent protests against further UN sanctions, aid workers said.

Tajikistan Urged To Admit Refugees
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees on Wednesday urged Tajikistan to admit up to 10,000 Afghans who have been stranded for weeks on the border between the two countries.

Human Rights Alliance: Afghans Make A Decisive Movement Towards Peace, Democracy and Reconciliation
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 /U.S. Newswire
Decades of war and factionalism have brought tremendous suffering to the people of Afghanistan as well as violence and instability to the region. It has resulted in the death of tens of thousands of civilians and the displacement of millions

Pakistan Borrowed Time
An IMF loan brings tough demands for reforms that will fuel hostility toward
the regime - By Ahmed Rashid/Lahore
Far Estaern Economic review
For most of this year, Pakistan's military regime has hung on by its fingernails to maintain fiscal credibility and avoid defaulting on its huge foreign debt of $38 billion. Now hope may be at hand. The International

Wild horsemen nurture heritage with the help of a headless goat
Monday, December 4, 2000
PAKISTAN by RORY MCCARTHY in Peshawar
From the far corner of the camp a horseman in a fur-trimmed hat comes galloping wildly through a cloud of dust. In his clenched teeth he holds a whip and in his right hand he grips the carcass of a headless goat.

Excerpt: Remarks by the President at Human Rights Day observance
DEC 7, 2000, M2 Communications - THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, and good morning. Let me begin by thanking Secretary Albright for her remarks and her eight years of leadership