April 27, 2001

Children of War inc. at Jalozai camp

List of  foreign Taliban prisoners of war captured by the United Front

Taliban Attacks Intensify in Northern Afghanistan
Start of Spring Offensives Signals Pakistani Commitment to Military Solution
By Omar Samad
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2001 - AAR - Following several weeks of small-scale skirmishes in northern and central Afghanistan between the Taliban and United Front opposition forces, the start

Afghan opposition says Taliban jets bomb enclave
KABUL, Apr 27 (Reuters) - Jets of the ruling Taliban movement bombed a besieged opposition enclave in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing one civilian and critically wounding eight,

UN envoys fear increased fighting in Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS, April 26 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council said on Thursday it was alarmed that fighting in Afghanistan could intensify, saying negotiations were the only way

Fighting breaks out in Afghanistan
By M. Ismail Khan
Dawn
PESHAWAR, April 26: Heavy fighting has broken out between the ruling Taliban and the Northern Opposition Alliance in northern Afghanistan, heralding the beginning of what is known

Pakistan, Iran to promote reconciliation in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, April 26 (Kyodo) - Pakistan and Iran have agreed to promote a cease-fire among the warring Afghan factions and the establishment of a broad-based government in Afghanistan,

Afghan Taliban complains to Pakistan over refugees
ISLAMABAD, April 26 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement complained on Thursday to its main ally Pakistan about the alleged mistreatment of Afghan refugees in the country.

Afghans face new war threat
Financial Times
Faizabad, April 26 - The threat of a new war in Afghanista n between its Taliban rulers and the Northern Alliance, the key opposition resistance, is looming over the central Asian country,

Taliban to slash war expenses
By M. Ilyas Khan DAWN (Pakistan) April 26, 2001
PESHAWAR, April 25: The Taliban government have decided to cut down its war expenses necessitated by their increasing financial straits, sources informed Dawn, on Monday. Such decision

Afghan artifact turns up in Tokyo
The Asahi Shimbun
KABUL, April 26 -- An ancient marble sculpture, ``Left Foot of Zeus,'' which vanished from the Kabul Museum in Afghanistan in 1993, has turned up in Tokyo and will be displayed at the Ancient

Afghan woman in burqa on cover of French Elle, a first
PARIS, April 26 (AFP) - An Afghan woman with her face invisible behind the traditional burqa, with just a grill for the eyes, appears for the first time on the cover of a special issue of the French women's

Tajikistan wants Russia, US to help settle Afghan crisis
By Galina Gridneva and Valery Zhukov
DUSHANBE, Apr 26, 2001 (Itar-Tass via COMTEX) -- "Being as they are members of the U.N. Security Council and parties to the 6+2 international group, Russia and the United States must

The Islamic State of Afghanistan agrees to attend a UN-mediated peace talks with the Taliban in Tokyo
News Release
Thursday, April 26, 2001
Approached by the office of the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan (UNSMA), and following its welcoming “in principle” of the Japanese Government proposed peace talks

Arrival of US commandos, threat to Afghanistan: Maulana Fazl ur Rehman
Source: Pakistan News Service
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 25 (pns): Chief of Jamiat-e-Ulama-e-Islam Maulana Fazl ur Rehman has said that arrival of US commandos at Chitral Airport is correlated with their preparations

Pakistan-born Afghans may seek citizenship
By M. Ismail Khan DAWN (Pakistan) April 26, 2001
PESHAWAR, April 25: Consultations are on between Afghan refugees and Pakistani human-rights activists on how to invoke the Pakistani Citizenship Act 1951 to seek citizenship rights for

OSCE chief in Tajik capital for talks on Afghanistan
DUSHANBE, April 26 (AFP) - General secretary of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Jan Kubis, here for talks centring on the Afghan situation, was due to meet

Italian-funded hospital opens for Afghan war victims
KABUL, April 25 (AFP) - An Italian-funded, 120-bed hospital for war-wounded Afghans opened here Wednesday just in time for a new round of summer battles between the ruling Taliban militia

Japanese aid for Afghans
By Our Correspondent
Dawn
ISLAMABAD, April 26: The Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan (UNCHA) on Thursday said that the Government of Japan had donated $280,000 to UNICEF Afghanistan.