February 4, 2000

Taliban Jets Attack Afghanistan


The Los Angeles Times
KABUL, Afghanistan--Taliban fighter jets pounded a district held by opposition fighters in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, an opposition spokesman said.

Afghan factions reject ceasefire
BBC
Afghanistan's warring factions have refused to stop fighting, despite a United Nations plea for a ceasefire. The UN tried to intervene on behalf

Russia says Taleban support 30 guerrilla camps
MUNICH, Germany, Feb 4 (Reuters) - A top Russian security official said on Sunday Afghanistan was supporting about 30 "terrorist" camps aimed

Int'l community must adopt collective steps to save calamity in Afghanistan: dailies
Tehran, Jan 4, IRNA -- Two English-language dailies on Sunday expressing grave concern over the mounting humanitarian catastrophe in war-torn

Cold snap claims more lives in eastern Russia and Afghanistan
MOSCOW, Feb 4 (AFP) - Unusually harsh winter weather continued to claim lives in eastern Russia and northern Afghanistan over the weekend with many

Hundreds die from the bitter cold in Afghanistan
Kabul, Feb 4, IRNA-IINA-OANA -- Some 600 Afghans have died because of the bitter cold, aggravated by hunger and poverty, in refugee camps to

Iran laments consequences of war, drought in Afghanistan
Tehran, Feb 3, IRNA -- Iran expressed its profound concern over a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan amid reports that over 500 people had died

Taliban minister confirms giving asylum to Uzbek rebel leader
Islamabad, Feb 2, IRNA -- A Taliban minister has confirmed that his group had given political asylum to Uzbek rebel leader, Juma Namangani. Minister

Moin may visit Afghanistan on Feb 7-8
By Rahimullah Yusufzai - The News Int.
PESHAWAR: Interior Minister Lt-Gen (retd) Moinuddin Haider is now tentatively scheduled to visit Afghanistan on February 7-8, official sources said here on Saturday.

Bin Laden focus of U.S. embassy bombing trial in NY
By Gail Appleson, Law Correspondent
NEW YORK, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Four alleged associates of Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, suspected of being behind the attack on the USS Cole,

Refugee problem
Editorial The Nation 2/4/01
THE United Nations must make up its mind about Afghanistan and the Taliban. This is the message sent across by the Chief Executive to the UN

Banks seek 100% cash margin from Kabul importers
Dawn - By Sabihuddin Ghausi  2/3/01
KARACHI, Feb 2: International banks, operating in Dubai and other states of the UAE, are now demanding a 100 per cent cash margin from the Afghan importers

US Congressional team due in Pakistan, India
The Nation
WASHINGTON-A four-member US Congressional bipartisan delegation will embark on weeklong trip to India and Pakistan to assess and promote