July 1, 2001

Afghan opposition claims to cut Taliban supply route
Sunday July 1, 3:24 AM
KABUL (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Afghan opposition commander Ahmad Shah Masood claimed on Saturday that they had cut off a key supply route controlled by the ruling Taliban

Taliban repulse NA attack on Ghor
Updated on 7/1/2001 1:18:15 PM
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KABUL (SANA): Taliban claimed repulsing a major offensive of the opposition Northern Alliance against Chaghcharan, the capital of Ghor province killing fifteen opponents.

US Embassy Confirms Warning to Taleban
VOA News
30 Jun 2001 11:03 UTC
The U.S. embassy in Pakistan has confirmed that Washington has told Afghanistan's ruling Taleban it will be held responsible for any terrorist attacks against U.S. interests by Osama bin Laden.

Excerpts: U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Meets Taliban Representative
29 June 2001
(U.S. reiterates its concern about Taliban's links to terrorism)(1770)
The State Department's deputy spokesman Philip Reeker said U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan William Milam met the Taliban representative to Pakistan in Islamabad June 29

Taliban denies change in decision on Hindus
Updated on 7/1/2001 1:18:15 PM
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KABUL (Agencies): Taliban official has denied any change in decision on Afghan Hindus.According to reports a Taliban official on Saturday said there had been no change

Afghan refugees agree to vacate Nasir Bagh camp
Dawn
By Zulfiqar Ali
PESHAWAR, June 30: The inhabitants of the sprawling Nasir Bagh refugee camp have finally surrendered to the government pressure and agreed to vacate the site, official sources

Afghan refugees face eviction
Updated on 7/1/2001 1:18:15 PM
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PESHAWAR (Agencies): Nasir Bagh doesnot look like a refugee camp.There are noragged families sweltering under plastic tents or waiting in line for rations of flour.

Focus on locust infestation in north
Updated on 7/1/2001 1:18:15 PM
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BAGHLAN (NNI): Farmer Wali Jan shook his head in dismay as he watched swarms of locusts rise from his land in the northern Baghlan Province.

Impact of Taliban prohibition on opium
Updated on 7/1/2001 1:18:15 PM
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KABUL (Agencies): Mullah Omar declared the cultivation of opium poppy to be un-Islamic.
In the coming months it began to appear that poppy planting had been reduced in comparison to pervious years.

Taliban’s morality for the world
Updated on 7/1/2001 1:18:15 PM
Frontier Post
LONDON (Agencies): The Taliban government want to establish true Muslim way of life in Afghanistan, the movement has imposed new restrictions for foreigners staying in the country.

Mines block access to 87,500 Afghan houses: study
Dawn
ISLAMABAD, June 30: Mine victims still number between 150 and 300 a month in Afghanistan and it is estimated that access to 87,500 houses is blocked by land-mines

Iran controls drug flow from Afghanistan
Updated on 7/1/2001 1:18:15 PM
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TEHRAN (Agencies): Iranian military forces have achieved great success in controlling banditry and drug trafficking in the eastern borders with Afghanistan, said the Interior Minister

Zahir Shah most popular leader, says US
Updated on 7/1/2001 1:18:15 PM
Frontier Post
ISLAMABD (SANA): The United States has claimed that former Afghan monarch Zahir Shah is the most popular leader among Afghans and majority of them wants him to return home.

Police action against Afghan refugees criticized
Dawn
By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, June 30: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (Rawa) has strongly protested against police misbehaviour with Afghan nationals, through arrests