January 14, 2000

ICRC cuts food aid to widows, disabled Afghans
Sunday, January 14 7:59 PM SGT
KABUL, Jan 14 (AFP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Sunday decided to cut food distribution to 22,000 widows and their families and disabled Afghans, aggravating problem for Kabul's impoverished population.

United Front frustrates Taliban attack in Dasht-e-Qala
Islamabad, Jan 13, IRNA -- Sources close to the United Islamic Front of Afghanistan say the Front forces have beaten back a Taliban attack in Dasht-e-Qala,

Afghanistan asks Tajikistan to open border for refugees
Monday, January 15 1:18 AM SGT
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 14 (AFP) - Afghan Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Mutawakel asked the Tajikistan government Sunday to open its border for thousands

Pak-Afghan ministers discuss UN sanctions
ISLAMABAD (NNI): The visiting Afghan Foreign Minister Maulvi Wakil Ahmed and his Pakistan counterpart Abdul Sattar Saturday discussed the situation

UNHCR extending all out help to Afghan refugees: spokesman
ISLAMABAD (NNI): A UNHCR spokesman, Niaz Ahmed Khan has said that the UN Refugees Agency has launched efforts to provide every possible help to the newly arrived Afghan refugees in Peshawar.

Bin Laden vs. the world
by Craig Pyes,Judith Miller and Stephen Engelberg
The New York Times
The Associated Press
In 1987, several years after he began training Arab volunteers to oust Soviet forces from Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden had a vision. The time had come,

Kabul will comply with UN resolutions, hopes US
1/14/2001 11:41:46 AM
LAHORE (APP) - United States has every respect for human rights inAfghanistan and it has strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence

Omar rules out shift in Taliban policies
1/14/2001 11:41:46 AM
Frontier Post
Monitoring ReportPESHAWAR - The Supreme leader of Taliban Mulla Muhammad Omar has said that they would not back out from their stand and principle

‘US preparing for attack on Afghanistan’
The Nation
By Our Monitoring Desk
The United States, with the help of NATO countries, is preparing for a major attack on Afghanistan and a fleet of American warships has docked

US hopeful of Pakistan role on handing over of Osama
Dawn
By Tahir Mirza
WASHINGTON, Jan 13: With less than a week to go before enforcement of a new sanctions resolution against the Taliban regime, the US State Department said on Friday

US offers lifting of sanctions for Osama's extradition
1-13-2001
ISLAMABAD (NNI): The US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Karl Inderfurth has said that sanctions against the Taliban would be lifted provided they bring Osama bin Laden to justice.

Bush in no hurry to appoint Inderfurth's successor
The Times of India
January 13, 2001
WASHINGTON: The transition team of US President-elect George W. Bush appears to be no hurry to choose Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian

Pak scientist sees bright investment prospects in Afghanistan
1-13-2001
KARACHI (NNI): A former Pakistani nuclear scientist, Dr. Sultan Bashir Mehmood has hinted at bright prospects of investment in the war-torn Afghanistan.

Afghans killed in Tajik border
Russian troops have shot dead four Afghan men on Tajikistan's border.
Officials said the men opened fire when they were challenged by Russian border guards as they tried