November 23, 2000

Kazakhs Say Developing Regular Contact with Taliban
Wednesday November 22 9:03 AM ET
By Sebastian Alison
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan is establishing regular contact with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia, a foreign ministry official said on Wednesday, as its long-held hostility toward the radical group continues to ease.

Prominent Afghan dies in exile
A prominent former member of the Afghan pro-Communist government, General Mohammad Aslam Watanjar, has died of cancer in exile in the Ukrainian city of Odessa.

50 Afghan families enter Pakistan daily
Bureau Report
Dawn
PESHAWAR, Nov 22: An Afghan national was held at the Torkham border post after security personnel found US$100,000 in his possession. Abdul Qadir, son of Abdul Qadeer, from south eastern Ghazni

Taleban may move museum pieces
The Taleban authorities in Afghanistan have said they are considering moving artifacts out of the National Museum of Afghanistan for their safe-keeping.

Afghan envoy warns of dangers: India, Russia arming opposition troops
By Hasan Akhtar
Dawn
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Afghanistan believes that a Russia-India nexus was deliberately prolonging the civil strife in Afghanistan for their own ends, by pumping arms and armaments to the anti- Taliban

Taliban prepared to settle the issue of Osama bin Laden
Frontier Post
Jassim TaquiISLAMABAD - “The government of Taliban is considering options to resolve the issue of Osama bin Laden including trial by Supreme Court of Afghanistan

Shanghai Five calls for peaceful settlement in Afghanistan
Wednesday, November 22, 2000 12:52 PM EST
MOSCOW, November 22 (Itar-Tass) - The Shanghai Five called on the international community to facilitate the political settlement in Afghanistan, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.