February 19, 2000

Taleban Commanders Are Accused of Massacres
Barbara Crossette New York Times Service
International Herald Tribune
Field commanders of the Taleban movement in Afghanistan have been involved in massacres of several hundred civilians over the past year in areas where fighting continues

More than 300 civilians massacred in Afghanistan: report
Monday February 19, 2:06 PM
WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (AFP) - The ruling Taliban militia has massacred more than 320 civilians in central Afghanistan over the past nine months, in a bid to scare the local

Taleban accused of mass killing
BBC News:  Monday, 19 February, 2001, 07:46 GMT
By Afghanistan correspondent Kate Clark
Human Rights Watch has released a report detailing the mass killing of civilians by Taleban troops in central Afghanistan last month.

Taliban vows further attacks after retaking Bamiyan
The Times of India
KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban soldiers are gearing up for more attacks against the opposition after retaking Bamiyan city in the central highlands, officials of the ruling militia said Sunday.

"Pak's Taliban link complicating ties with US"
by John Johnston
The Times of India
ATHENS, Georgia: A top Pakistani diplomat has acknowledged that his country's close ties with the ruling Taliban regime in Afghanistan have complicated Islamabad's

After 21 years, Afghans take war in stride
The Times of India
HERAT, Afghanistan: Occasional explosions, rockets or shootings failed to disrupt this month's grand opening of the Mowafaq Hotel, proudly described as the finest

Kabul agrees to extradite Osama to Saudi Arabia
Dawn
By Rauf Klasra
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Afghanistan has agreed to extradite Osama bin Laden to his home country Saudi Arabia for trial on charges of terrorism,

Saudi Arabia not interested in trying bin Laden: diplomat
Monday February 19, 9:50 PM
RIYADH, Feb 19 (AFP) - Saudi Arabia has no interest in putting on trial suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, a Western diplomatic source told AFP

Citizens blame Taliban, curbs for sinking economy
The News: Jang
HERAT: As one frustrated local merchant put it, Afghanistan's ancient western city of Herat could be like the Hong Kong of South Asia, but the notion

Daily urges UN to adopt stronger steps to check Taliban savagery
Tehran, Feb 19, IRNA -- `Kayhan International' in its viewpoint column on Monday deplored the inaction of international circles and regional countries to

Talks on status of Afghans continue
The News: Jang
By Raja Zulfikar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United Nations are ostensibly locked in an argument over the status of the displaced Afghans camped in Pakistan, and discussion

Iran arrests 32 Afghan aliens
Tehran, Feb 19, IRNA -- Iran's police have arrested 32 illegal Afghan immigrants in the central province of Isfahan, press reported Monday. The daily Hayat-e Now said Kashan

NGO stopped from helping Afghan DPs
Dawn
Bureau Report
PESHAWAR, Feb 18: The Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan on Saturday urged the government to allow it to distribute relief goods at Jalozai,