February 22, 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

 

Pakistan asks 100,000 Afghan refugees to go home
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 22 (AFP) - Pakistan has asked some 100,000 Afghan refugees to leave their homes in a 20-year-old camp to make way for a housing development, officials said Thursday.

Fighting, Famine and Freeze Sap Afghan Spirit
Wednesday February 21 08:52 PM EST
By Leela Jacinto ABCNEWS.com
The world's fiercest conquerors never managed to accomplish in Afghanistan what a combination of civil war, famine and a freezing winter have: Breaking the indomitable Afghan spirit.

Pakistan urges aid for poppy substitution in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22 (AFP) - Pakistan on Thursday warned that Afghan farmers might revert to poppy cultivation if international aid is not forthcoming for massive crop substitution programmes.

Taleban accuse rebels of massacre
BBC News Wednesday, 21 February, 2001, 18:01 GMT
Afghanistan's Taleban militia have accused opposition forces of massacring at least 120 civilians.
They allege the massacre took place during the opposition's brief occupation of the central city of Bamiyan last week.

Amnesty Statement is Unfair
The press release issued by Amnesty International about the execution of six murderers on December 4 in Panjshir and the proposal of forming a world body to investigate violation of human rights

Pak Govt Concerned over Death of Afghan Refugees
Wednesday, February 21, 2001 10:55 AM EST
ISLAMABAD (Feb. 21) XINHUA - Pakistani Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Abbas Sarfaraz Khan Wednesday expressed concern

Silence of the damned
West ignores African and Afghan crises
Wednesday February 21, 2001
The Guardian
In West Africa and Afghanistan, major humanitarian crises are unfolding almost unnoticed by the west. Tens of thousands fled camps in Guinea last week where

Osama bin Laden: Web of terror
Financial Times 21 Feb 2001
By Robin Allen in Dubai and Carola Hoyos in New York
Osama bin Laden supports his scrawny frame on a cane and looks out over Afghanistan's barren mountainous landscape while governments around the globe try

Analysis: US combs airwaves for bin Laden
By JOHN C. K. DALY
WASHINGTON, Feb.21 (UPI) -- America's dispute with Osama bin Laden is now known to all, and he has achieved the dubious distinction of both a $5 million

Witness admits bin Laden murder plot
UPI, Tue 20 Feb 2001
The star prosecution witness in the U.S. embassy bombings trial testified under cross examination Tuesday that he broached a plan with Saudi Arabian officials

Tajikistan sees Russia as key partner -- president
Wednesday, February 21, 2001 1:25 AM EST
MOSCOW, February 21 (Itar-Tass) - Russia is a main strategic partner for Tajikistan, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov said in an interview published by Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Russia to continue contribution to Afghanistan settlement
Wednesday, February 21, 2001 3:45 PM EST
MOSCOW, February 21 (Itar-Tass) - Russia will continue to contribute constructively to the international settlement efforts in Afghanistan within the United Nations

And now, Chinese jehadis
The Hindustan Times
INDIA AND China now seem to have a common enemy: Islamic fundamentalism. In the third week of January, the Indian armed forces gunned down four mercenaries

US president for dialogue to solve problems between India, Pakistan
Islamabad, Feb 21, IRNA -- US President George W. Bush has underlined the need for a dialogue between India and Pakistan to resolve their bilateral issues

UN official warns against drug stocks in Afghanistan
Vienna, Feb 21, IRNA -- Head of the U.N. International Board to Monitor Drug Trafficking, Professor Hamid Qods, here on Tuesday warned against the existence of stockpiles

AN UNEXPECTED LIGHT Travels in Afghanistan
The International Herald Tribune
Reviewed by Richard Bernstein New York Times Service
Wednesday, February 21, 2001
When Jason Elliot was just 19, he obeyed a powerful yearning for adventure and spent his summer vacation in Afghanistan, whose people were then fighting the Soviet