February 20, 2000

Massacres of Hazaras in Afghanistan Human Rights Watch Report, February 2001

Afghanistan : Action Needed to Prevent More Killings Human Rights Watch Report, February 2001

The Messy Side of Globalization: Women in Afghanistan By Nasrine Gross

 

One million Afghans face famine, UN says
Tuesday February 20, 3:45 PM
GENEVA (Reuters) - At least one million Afghans face starvation, and many are already dying, because of their country's long-running civil war and a devastating

Afghanistan's human tragedy deepens
Tuesday February 20, 10:14 AM
By Jack Redden
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A visitor passed an Afghan currency note worth a few cents toward the outstretched hand of a destitute woman standing by his truck

Warring parties in Afghanistan exchange tank gun fire
Tuesday, February 20, 2001 4:25 AM EST
DUSHANBE, February 20 (Itar-Tass) -- An exchange of tank gun fire between the warring parties in Afghanistan has been registered by Russian border guards in Tajikistan.

Fighting Continues in Bamyan
February 19: The claim of the Taliban that they had recaptured the city of Bamyan proved to be premature and fighting for control of the city still continues.

Santions fail to check Afghan fighting
The Times of India
By Mahendra Ved
NEW DELHI: The air raids on Baghdad may serve as a warning to the warring sides in Afghanistan engaged in the most ferocious winter-time

Old Bailey told of Taleban terror
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20 200
The Times UK
BY ADAM FRESCO
LIFE under the Afghan Taleban regime, with shootings and severed limbs hung on trees as a warning, has been described at the Old Bailey.

Afghans work to rebuild 15th century Women's Garden
Tuesday February 20, 9:23 AM
HERAT, Afghanistan, Feb 20 (AFP) - In the western Afghan city of Herat, an ancient Silk Road oasis at the crossroads between Persia, India and China,

Taliban reject report about handing over of Osama to Saudi Arabia
Islamabad, Feb 19, IRNA -- Taliban on Monday rejected media reports that the militia had agreed to hand over Osama bin Laden to Saudi Arabia. "Osama will not be handed

Afghan Taliban wipe out massive poppy crops: UNDCP
Tuesday February 20, 2:58 PM
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20 (AFP) - Afghanistan's Taliban militia have wiped out the massive opium industry in their territory just a few months after issuing a decree

500 terrorist organisations operate in various countries
Tuesday, February 20, 2001 7:40 AM EST
MOSCOW, February 20 (Itar-Tass) - Terrorism has turned into one of the most dangerous problems of present time, a factor, seriously destabilising the situation in various