September 11, 2000

Letter from Dr. Nour Ali Former Afghan Commerce Minister (1965-69) To Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, Ambassador of Pakistan to the USA Courtesy of Dr. Nour Ali & AOP

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE 2002 DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM (DV-2002)

US State Department 2000 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom: Afghanistan

Afghan Taliban Rulers Urge Peace
By AMIR SHAH
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers urged opposition forces Sunday to lay down their arms to allow an end to the war as fighting raged between on two northern fronts after advances last week by Taliban forces.

Taleban calls for end to resistance
Sunday, 10 September, 2000, 22:36 GMT 23:36 UK
Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement has appealed to its opponents in the north of the country to end their resistance.

Taliban to lose Taloqan soon: Sayyaf
ISLAMABAD (NNI): A senior leader of the opposition Northern Alliance, Professor Sayyaf has said that the capture of the strategic Taloqan city by the Taliban is temporary as the alliance forces are determined to oust them from the city.

Fall of Imam Saheb to Taliban denied
ISLAMABAD (NNI): Afghan opposition Northern Alliance has denied the fall of Imam Saheb, Dasht-e-Archi and Hazar Bagh to the Taliban.

8 Taliban killed in opposition guerilla attack
ISLAMABAD (NNI): Afghan opposition Sunday claimed killing eight Taliban in an overnight guerilla attack north of capital Kabul.

Tajikistan for peace keeping forces in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (NNI): Afghan war can be checked with the help of deployment of peacekeeping forces in the war-torn country.

AFGHANISTAN OFFERS INCENTIVES FOR PAKISTANI INVESTMENT
QUETTA, Sep 11, 2000 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- Afghanistan has offered Pakistani businessmen a 7-year tax-holiday and other incentives for investment, Balochistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries, president,

Pak envoy meets Taliban minister
ISLAMABAD (NNI): Pakistan ambassador to Afghanistan, Arif Ayub held a meeting with the Taliban interior minister in Kabul and discussed with him matters of mutual interests, reports Bakhtar News Agency.

More than 70,000 Afghans sent home from Iran since April
TEHRAN, Sept 10 (AFP) - More than 70,000 Afghans have been sent home from Iran since a UN-administered "voluntary repatriation programme" began in April, the interior ministry announced on Sunday.