January 15, 2000

Afghanistan's Taliban Seek Muslim Unity Against Sanctions
Monday January 15, 2:37 PM
ISLAMABAD (AP)-The supreme leader of Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, Mullah Mohammed Omar, appealed to fellow Muslim countries to unite behind

RF, India to facilitate political settlement in Afghanistan
Monday, January 15, 2001 12:19 PM EST
MOSCOW, January 15 (Itar-Tass) - Russia and India confirmed their determination to facilitate U.N. efforts to settle the conflict in Afghanistan by political methods.

No response to urgent UN appeals to feed Afghan refugees: WFP
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (AFP) - International donors have failed to respond to an urgent appeal for 4.9 million dollars to help feed 60,000 Afghan refugees this year

Arms embargo to clip Taliban’s military might: Vendrell
ISLAMABAD (NNI): The UN Security Council sanctions particularly arms embargo may curtail Taliban’s military might and boost the morale of the opposition Northern Alliance

Sanctions to curtail govt military power
Frontier Post
PESHAWAR- The UN Security Council sanctions particularly arms embargo may curtail Taliban’s military might and boost the morale of the opposition Northern Alliance

Opposition push back attack
Frontier Post
PESHAWAR-The Northern Alliance spokesman Aseem Sohail has claimed that Northern Alliance forces have beaten back a Taliban attack in Dasht-e-Qala

Pakistan may not reduce Taliban’s diplomatic strength: Mutawakel
ISLAMABAD (NNI): Pakistan may not reduce diplomatic strength at the Afghan Missions as these missions are already short of the required strength.

Afghan foreign minister meets Pakistan's Musharraf
Monday, 15-Jan-2001 2:40PM
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (AFP) - Afghanistan's foreign minister called on Pakistani military ruler General Pervez Musharraf Monday to discuss the imminent imposition of tougher UN sanctions on the Taliban militia.

Afghan hijack hostages speak out
BBC News
By Kate Clark in Kabul
For the first time, some of the former hostages on an Afghan plane hijacked to the UK have spoken publicly about their decision to return home.

Afghan Taleban asks Britain to extradite hijackers
KABUL, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement on Monday urged Britain to extradite 14 people accused of hijacking an Afghan airliner last year as a London court began their trial.

U.S. offers $5 mln for info on Cole bombers
ADEN, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Monday announced a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest of those who attacked a U.S.

Effects of droughts in Afghanistan
Frontier Post
In the worst drought to strike Afghanistan since 1971, the hardest hitarea so far is southern Afghanistan, with a belt of severe drought in Kandahar, Helmend, Zabul, Urozgan and Nimroz.

Bin Laden after chemical, nuclear weapons
The Hindustan Times
SAUDI DISSIDENT Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda group operates about a dozen Afghan camps that have trained as many as 5,000 militants who have created

No international assistance for Afghan refugees
Radio Australia
The United Nations World Food Programme says international donors have failed to respond to an urgent appeal for nearly five million US dollars to help feed 60,000 Afghan refugees this year.

Turkey trying to engage Afghan groups: Ismail Cem
Islamabad, Jan. 15, IRNA -- The Foreign Minister of Turkey, Ismail Cem, who is presently visiting Pakistan, on Monday said his country was trying to engage

What price Jihad culture?
Dawn (Opinion)
By Afzaal Mahmood
THE activities of religious militants in and outside Pakistan have not only created serious domestic problems but have also adversely affected Pakistan's relations with

Fighting Continues in Yakawlang
As recieved by AAR
Office of the Islamic State of Afghanistan in Washington D.C.
News Update
Fighting Continues in Yakawlang January 11, 2001: To avoid casualties among civilians, Abdul Karim Khalili ordered the Mujahideen to evacuate Yakawlang town

Afghan moderate party leader calls on Afghans to join Taleban to restore peace
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Jan 10, 2001
Former Afghan Mojahedin leader Mowlawi Mohammad Nabi, who is seriously ill and under treatment in Islamabad, has urged all