April 12, 2001

India says Taleban a threat
BBC 4/11/01
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has described Afghanistan's Taleban rulers as a threat to regional stability. In an address to the Iranian parliament, Mr Vajpayee

Russian, US appear to mend fences after Powell-Ivanov meeting
PARIS, April 12 (AFP) - The United States and Russia seemed to have mended fences Friday with US Secretary of State Colin Powell announcing plans for

Iranian president and UN chief discuss Afghanistan situation
TEHRAN, April 11 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan spoke by telephone Wednesday about the situation in Afghanistan,

France denies seeking support against Pakistan
The News Int. 4/12/01
ISLAMABAD: France dismissed reports on Wednesday as disinformation that Paris was contemplating on or seeking support in the Security Council to get sanctions imposed

Taliban asks for U.S. evidence against bin Laden
DOHA, Qatar (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban has demanded proof from Washington to back U.S. terrorism charges against Afghan-based Saudi dissident

US congressman proposes peace plan in talks with Taliban
DOHA, April 11 (AFP) - A US congressman said in statements published here Wednesday he had submitted a peace plan to a delegation from the hardline Islamic Taliban regime,

Taliban want EU to be "neutral" in Afghan conflict
KABUL, April 11 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban urged the European Union on Wednesday not to become involved in the country's long-running conflict by siding

Switzerland toughens sanctions against Afghanistan's Taliban
BERN, April 11 (AFP) - The Swiss government on Wednesday announced new sanctions against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban fundamentalists, tightening visa restrictions

Ukraine joins UN sanctions against Taleban
Wednesday, April 11, 2001 12:18 PM EST
KIEV, Apr 11, 2001 (Itar-Tass via COMTEX) -- Ukraine on Wednesday joined the U.N. sanctions against the Taleban movement in Afghanistan.

Impotence of the Taliban
Elie D. Krakowski - 4/4/01 - The Washington Times
If the Taliban´s destruction of ancient statues reflects anything, it is the utter impotence of that movement within their own country. Far from negating their potential for foreign

Vajpayee's Iran visit
The Nation (Pak.) editorial 4/12/01
INDIAN Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's Tehran visit, the first by an Indian head of government in seven years, should sound alarm bells in Islamabad.

Pro-Taliban Pakistani Islamists slam West
By Tahir Ikram
TARO JABBA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A rally of more than 100,000 Muslims in northwestern Pakistan condemned international sanctions against Islamic nations Wednesday

Fazal denies Osama's message
By Rahimullah Yusufzai, The News: Jang - April 11, 2001
PESHAWAR: Reacting to reports that Osama bin Laden has sent a message of solidarity to the Deoband conference now in progress near Peshawar, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam

Artists, industrialists take up "Bamiyan Buddhas" project
NEW DELHI: The country will soon have its "very own Bamiyan Buddhas" with a group of artists, sculptors and industrialists assuming the responsibility to reconstruct the "lost link of the civilisation."