February 11, 2000

Resisting the Taliban and Talibanism in Afghanistan: M. Nazif Shahrani

The Shade of Extremism Over Central Asia Askar Aytmatov

Could Afghanistan be a Key to Asian Co-operation and Security? Timur Kocaoglu

Geopolitics of an Afghan Settlement Peter Tomsen

Containing the Taliban: Path to Peace in Afghanistan Ishtiaq Ahmad

 

Taliban threatens tit-for-tat closure of U.N. mission
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 11 (Kyodo) - Taliban Foreign Minister Abdul Wakil Mutwakkal on Sunday reiterated that the Taliban government would close the U.N.

Taliban warn of closing UN Office in Kabul
Islamabad, Feb 11, IRNA -- Taliban on Saturday warned it would close the UN political office in Afghanistan if their office in New York was closed down.

Taliban attack on Yakawlang repulsed
Islamabad, Feb 11, IRNA -- Taliban militia launched a big offensive on Yakawlang town in the province of Bamyan here but was repulsed after they

Taleban plea to US
Wakil Ahmed Mutawakel: "Fourth proposal" possible - BBC
Afghanistan's Taleban authorities say they are willing to consider proposals to resolve the dispute with the United Nations about Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden,

UN blocks Afghan safety flights
The Ariana fleet is in effect grounded - By Kate Clarke in Kabul - BBC
The United Nations has refused to allow the national Afghan airline, Ariana, to fly two of its planes to Pakistan for safety checks.

Afghan opposition tells U.N. it's ready to end war
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's opposition alliance has told the United Nations it is ready to end war with the ruling Taleban movement and begin

20,000 more expected in western Afghan camps: UN
HERAT, Afghanistan, Feb 11 (AFP) - The drought in Afghanistan is expected to drive 20,000 more people into displacement camps around this western city,

Russia sends aid to starving refugees on Afghan-Tajik border
KUNDUZ REFUGEE CAMP, Afghanistan, Feb 10 (AFP) - Russian humanitarian aid convoys delivered emergency supplies Friday to refugees camping

Aid reaches Afghan refugees facing death from cold
By Jack Redden
HERAT, Afghanistan, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Emergency aid arrived by road and air on Saturday for some 80,000 Afghans who have fled war and drought to U.N.

Aid for Afghanistan too late for many
HERAT, Afghanistan, Feb 11 (AFP) - International emergency aid finally arrived in Afghanistan last week, but it was too late for the parents of scores of children

Hizb-e-Islami demands interim government in Afghanistan
Islamabad, Feb 11, IRNA -- The Central Council of Hizb-e-Islami of Afghanistan, at its meeting in Peshawar city of Pakistan on Sunday, demanded

U.S. Probing Reports of Drop In Afghanistan's Opium Crop
New York Times - Barbara Crossette - Sunday, February 11, 2001
Both U.S. and U.N. anti-narcotics agencies say they have been receiving reports of a sharply reduced opium crop in Taliban-controlled areas

No progress in Pak-Taliban talks on hand over of criminals: Baber
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 (NNI): PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar has said that considerable progress could not be made on the real issue of hand over

SSP welcomes Moin’s visit to Afghanistan
GOJRA, Feb 10 (NNI): Terming as encouraging the visit of Interior Minister, Moinuddin Haider to Afghanistan , Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, (SSP),

Four hurt as blasts rock Kabul, Jalalabad
The Nation
KABUL: Four people were injured in separate bomb blasts in Afghanistan's capital Kabul and provincial capital Jalalabad on Saturday, soldiers from the

Afghan Hindus in Germany denied visas to India
Times of India
COLOGNE: Hindu refugees fleeing religious fanaticism and the civil war in Afghanistan may have found shelter in Germany, but they have complained