August 12, 2001

Taliban refuse envoys permission to meet detainees
By Syed Salahuddin
Sunday August 12, 8:44 PM
KABUL (Reuters) - Western diplomats will not be allowed to meet eight foreign aid workers held in Afghanistan on charges of trying to convert Muslims to Christianity, the ruling Taliban's

Taliban sends mixed messages over fate of foreign aid workers
Sunday August 12, 8:22 PM
The Taliban sent mixed messages about the fate of eight foreign aid workers detained in Afghanistan for allegedly preaching Christianity.

Taleban 'investigate' aid workers
BBC News
The UN's special envoy has arrived to plead for clemency
The Taleban Foreign Minister, Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil, says police are still investigating whether eight foreign aid workers in Afghanistan are guilty of promoting Christianity.

Opposition warns Taliban against new offensive
Updated on 8/12/2001 11:59:45 AM
Frontier Post
DUSHANBE (NNI): Taliban are building up their military forces in the provincial centres of Kunduz and Taloqan in the northeast of Afghanistan, a source close to the leader of the North Alliance

Taliban commit atrocities in Ghore: United Front
Islamabad, Aug 12, IRNA -- After the Taliban's failure to crush the resistance in Ghore, eastern parts of Herat and Farah province, they resorted to the massacre of civilians and the burning of their houses.

Pak tells US to talk to Taliban directly
The Times of India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has said that the US should deal directly with Kabul on the issue of Saudi terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden and not involve Islamabad in it.

Taliban free children, jail fathers in charity row
The Times of India
KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban movement, in the latest move in a dispute over Christian evangelism, on Saturday freed dozens of children it had accused of receiving Christian teaching and imprisoned their fathers instead.

Annan asked to help resolve Afghan conflict
Updated on 8/12/2001 11:59:45 AM
Ftontier Post
F P ReportPESHAWAR: Shahzada Masood, Chairman foreign relations committee of the Great National Islamic United Front of Afghanistan, in a press statement appealed to the Secretary General

Pakistan criticized for closing border with Afghanistan
By Qamar Ahmed
Dawn
LONDON, Aug 11: Pakistan's military regime has been accused of breach of international law for closing the border with neighbouring Afghanistan and at the same time pushing the refugees back into Afghanistan.

NA commander escapes from Kandahar jail
Updated on 8/12/2001 11:59:45 AM
Frontier Post
F P ReportPESHAWAR: A prominent commander belonging to the opposition is reported to have escaped from Taliban headquarter Kandahar jail.

117,891 tons of wheat to be distributed among Afghans
Updated on 8/12/2001 11:59:45 AM
Frontier Post
KABUL(Agencies): World Food Programme (WFP) Headquarters has approved emergency assistance to the drought victims in different provinces of Afghanistan.According to report

Aid group establishes school at Jalozai
Updated on 8/12/2001 11:59:45 AM
Frontier Post
F P ReportPESHAWAR: A local aid group has established a school at Jalozai makeshift campfor Afghan children.

Scores of people die of cholera
Updated on 8/12/2001 11:59:45 AM
Frontier Post
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Agencies): Scores of people have so far died from cholera in Mazar-i-Sharif and Samangan.

Kabul govt decreases passport fee
Updated on 8/12/2001 11:59:45 AM
Frontier Post
F P ReportPESHAWAR: After a special order by the Taliban supreme leader Mulla Muhammad Omar Mujahid, Taliban government has announced a sharp decrease in fees of Afghan national passports.

Tightening the noose around the Taliban
By Khalid Mahmud Arif
Dawn (Opinion)
THE US Security Council has voted a mechanism to monitor and enforce the international arms embargo imposed on the Taliban government in December last year. It is designed to keep a track of