August 6, 2001

Afghanistan Relief Organization Urgent Appeal

UN Resolution Seen as Step to Weaken Taliban

A Visit to the Taliban’s Foreign Troops  By Julie Sirrs

Afghan Taliban hold Christians, detain 59 children
By Sayed Salahuddin
KABUL, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said on Monday that 24 foreign and local staff from an international foreign aid agency detained

UN, embassies concerned as foreigners face Sharia law in Afghanistan
KABUL, Aug 6 (AFP) - The United Nations expressed concern Monday as Afghanistan's Taliban militia said eight foreigners arrested on suspicion of preaching Christianity

Taliban to campaign for UN seat
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ISLAMABAD (NNI): Afghanistan ruling Taliban plan to launch a campaign to seek Afghanistan's seat at the U.N. which is retained by the opposition northern alliance

47 Afghan dealers, 10 police killed in one month - Paper
Tehran, Aug 6, IRNA -- Police have killed 47 armed Afghan  drug-traffickers along the eastern border with Afghanistan in  one-month shootouts which have also left 10 cops dead and 12 others

Displaced Afghans eating shrubs in drought hit area
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Agencies): Refugees displaced by drought and civil war in Afghanistan are forced to live a miserable life in Balkh Province and have been eating

Afghans living in harsh condition in Panjsher
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ISLAMABAD (SANA): A French Senator, who conducted a private visit to Panjsher Valley, says that refugees are living there in difficult conditions

Iran mulls quarantine posts on Afghan border
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ISLAMABAD (SANA): Iran is setting up quarantine centers in the border areas of Khorasan province to curb animals smuggling from Afghanistan into Iran

Pre-screening of refugees starts today
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F P ReportPESHAWAR: The screening of Afghan refugees residing in Nasir Bagh and Jalozai Camps would start today (Monday).

Border Guard wounded
DUSHANBE, Aug 06, 2001 (Itar-Tass via COMTEX) -- A Russian border guard was wounded in the leg when an UAZ car carrying a border detachment along the Tajik-Afghan

Corps Commanders' meeting today
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ISLAMABAD (Online): Crucial meeting of Corps Commanders summoned by President Pervez Musharraf will be held today (Monday) at the General Headquarters.

24,000 Afghans seeking asylum in Europe
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ISLAMABAD (SANA): The United Nations says the largest groups of refugees seeking asylum in Europe and North America during past six months have come from Afghanistan and Iraq