January 16, 2000

Geopolitics of an Afghan Settlement By Peter Tomsen

Holy Warriors: Killing for the Glory of God, in a Land Far From Home
By JUDITH MILLER
PANJSHIR VALLEY, Afghanistan ‹ Muhammad Khaled Mihraban, a polite, soft-spoken 26- year-old Pakistani, thinks he has already killed at least 100 people. Maybe more; he isn't really sure.

Welcome to Taliban Camp. Please Don't Come In.
By JUDITH MILLER
It seemed an auspicious invitation.
Afghanistan, insisted Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil, the Taliban foreign minister, did not support terrorism or harbor those who committed it. Yes, he acknowledged, his country continued to harbor some Arab and non-Afghan

Fall of Khwaja Ghar airport to Taliban denied
ISLAMABAD (NNI): The Afghan opposition Northern Alliance has rejected the Taliban claim of capturing Khwaja Ghar airport in northern Afghan province of Takhar.

Russians see near-border clashes in Afghanistan
Tuesday, January 16, 2001 4:41 AM EST
DUSHANBE, January 16 (I ar-Tass) - Russian border guards observed localised clashes in Afghanistan's areas adjacent to its border with Tajikistan over the past 24 hours.

Taliban minister meets Musharraf Islamabad
By Zulfikar Raja - Gulf News
Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Mutawakkil, who is on a Pakistan visit, met the chief executive and discussed with him the likely impact of UN Security

CE for negotiated Afghan settlement
The News: Jang
By our correspondent 1/16/01
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Mutawakil called on Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf and discussed the likely impact of UN

Turkey calls for broad-based govt in Afghanistan
Hindustan Times
ISLAMABAD: Turkey's Foreign Minister Ismail Cem Monday called for an end to neighboring Afghanistan's bitter civil war and the establishment of a broad-based government.

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

Afghanistan - a bridge or a barrier?
By Abul Fazal
Dawn
THE Security Council's resolutions on Afghanistan propose a diktat, instead of negotiations, to solve the differences between America and Afghanistan

Over 2,000 Afghans repatriated from Iran
Gorgan, Iran, Jan 16, IRNA -- 2,100 Afghan refugees residing in this northern province have voluntarily returned home since a voluntary repatriation program was arranged with the United Nations High

Russian border troops to ensure security of civilian workers
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
DUSHANBE, January 16 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian border troops stationed in Tajikistan will assist in ensuring security of the Tajik workers who have been sent by the government of this Central Asian

Russian border guards detain three transgressors
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
DUSHANBE, January 16 (Itar-Tass) -- Three Afghan nationals were detained by Russian border troops on Monday evening after the transgressors had crossed the border into Tajikistan at its stretch guarded

Pak archaeologist confirms views of Iranian experts on mummy
ISLAMABAD (NNI): A top archaelogist of Pakistan on Sunday endorsed the views of an Iranian expert team, which announced that the mummy recently found in Pakistan was fake.

Haji Abdul Qadir:  The War Against the Occupiers Expands in the East
Office of th Islamic State of Afghanistan in Washington D.C.
18 Jadi (January 7, 2001): The war against the Pakistani and Taliban occupiers will soon expand in the East.
Haji Abdul Qadir, the head of the Eastern Council, said during an interview with a reporter from Payam-e-Mujahid that representatives of the Eastern provinces held a meeting last month in which they