October 4, 2000

MASUD ASKS MUSHARRAF TO WITHDRAW PAKISTANIS FROM AFGHANISTAN.
AHMED RASHID IN DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN.
The fate of Afghanistan and the prospects of further instability in Central Asia could be decided in the next few weeks, as the Taliban

Taliban deny UN report on blockade of Afghan opposition enclave
KABUL, Oct 3 (AFP) - Taliban Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmad Mutawakel Tuesday denied a UN report that the ruling militia had imposed a trade

UN appeals for $ 67m aid for Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (NNI): The United Nations has appealed for $67 million in aid for Afghanistan in the wake of food deficit of over two million tons this

Taliban deny receiving list of criminals from Pakistan
Islamabad, Oct 3, IRNA -- Taliban has denied receiving any list of Pakistani criminals, based in Afghanistan, from Islamabad.

Taliban Rulers Deny Russian Charges
By AMIR SHAH
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers Tuesday denied sending, sponsoring or training Islamic militants to wage war elsewhere in Central Asia.

Afghan question should be on the agenda of Bishkek summit
DUSHANBE, October 3 (Itar-Tass) - Stability in the Central Asian region is impossible unless the Afghan crisis is resolved. Tajikistan's president

Ex-Afghan monarch steps up efforts for ‘Loya Jirga’
ISLAMABAD (NNI): Former Afghan monarch Zahir Shah has stepped up efforts for convening traditional ‘Loya Jirga’ (grand assembly) to find out a

Zahir Shah soon to send a delegation to Tehran
Islamabad, Oct 3 (IRNA) -- A representative of former Afghan monarch, Zahir Shah has said that the Rome-based ex-king would soon send a

Taliban on the warpath
Afghan zealots spread the word
Wednesday October 4, 2000 - The Guardian
Four years after overrunning Kabul, the fundamentalist zealots of Afghanistan's Taliban are coming in from the cold. Not that recent