August 10, 2001

Taliban official says expulsion most likely for aid workers
Friday August 10, 5:23 PM
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10 (AFP) - Foreign aid workers detained in Afghanistan for allegedly preaching Christianity will probably be expelled, a Taliban official said Friday as US

US, Australian, German envoys meet Taliban ambassador
Friday August 10, 3:26 PM
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10 (AFP) - Senior US, Australian and German diplomats Friday presented a united front to Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia to demand access to eight aid workers detained in Kabul.

Grinding squalor dominates desperate Afghan lives
By Andy Soloman
Friday August 10, 3:56 PM
JALLOZAI CAMP, Pakistan (Reuters) - Muhammad Ghani's sad story is echoed again and again throughout the squalid Jallozai camp, home to around 70,000 recently arrived Afghan refugees

Benazir blames Taliban for her downfall
 Islamabad, Aug 10, IRNA - In a surprise revelation, former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto has blamed the Taliban militia in neighbouring Afghanistan for her downfall.

Afghan mine accidents cause $1.2million losses
Updated on 8/10/2001 11:45:01 AM
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F P ReportPESHAWAR: Afghanistan today is one of the most severely affected countries by landmines and unexploded ordinances (UXO) in the world.

French delegation visits Panjshir Valley
Updated on 8/10/2001 11:45:01 AM
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F P ReportPESHAWAR: A Three-member French team has recently visited Parwan Province to assess the humanitarian situation there.

Ex-monarch's representative for convening Loya Jirga
Updated on 8/10/2001 11:45:01 AM
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ISLAMABAD (Agencies): Hamid Karzai, the representative of the former Afghan monarch, Zahir Shah has said that efforts are being made to convene a Loya Jirga inside Afghanistan so that the people

KOHAT: Afghan refugees demand transfer of administrator
By Our Correspondent
Dawn
KOHAT, Aug 9: The representatives of Afghan refugees while criticizing the anti-Afghan policies of the district administrator for Afghan Refugees have demanded his immediate transfer

Biased sanctions can only harm Afghans — II
Farhan Bukhari
Updated on 8/10/2001 11:45:01 AM
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But the tightening arms embargo on the Taliban while the flow of arms to the Afghan opposition remains open, is certain to press the Taliban harder to spend more on their war effort which

WHO conducts training course in Faizabad
Updated on 8/10/2001 11:45:01 AM
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F P ReportPESHWARA: Professor Herbert Gilles a WHO consultant, conducted a two-day post-graduate training course in Faizabad public health hospital