July 14, 2001

Taliban foes urge India to discuss Afghan issue
KABUL, July 14 (Reuters) - The opposition to the ruling Taliban urged India on Saturday to include the Afghan issue in the agenda of talks with Pakistan

Afghan universities abroad not recognised
BBC News
KABUL, July 13 -- Reports from Afghanistan say the ruling Taleban will no longer recognise academic qualifications from universities outside the country.

Afghan cholera 'under control'
BBC News
KABUK, July 13 --  The World Health Organisation says an outbreak of cholera in northern Afghanistan has been brought under control.

Freak flood brings ruin to struggling drought-hit Afghan farmers
KABUL, July 13 (AFP) - Struggling farmers outside the Afghan capital Kabul were counting their losses Friday after a freak flood wiped out fields

Afghanistan: Alarming levels of child mortality
ISLAMABAD, 13 July (IRIN) - Child mortality rates in a district of the northern Afghan province of Faryab have reached "alarming levels"

Afghans attack Russian guards
Frontier Post
DUSHANBA (NNI): A group of Russian border guards were attacked on Russian Federation's border line with Tajikistan by what the Russian

Taliban reject peace moot
Frontier Post
KABUL (SANA): Taliban have rejected Birmingham moot on Afghanistan saying such processes cannot help resolve the Afghan conflict.

Watan Party seeks EU's help for Afghan solution
Frontier Post
ISLAMABAD (NNI): The Afghanistan Watan Party has urged the head of the European Parliament to play her role in the resolution of the Afghan

Peace seminar to be held in Kabul
Frontier Post
ISLAMABAD (NNI): A two-day peace seminar would be held in Kabul at the initiative of the Solidarity of Afghan Non-Governmental

Civil war, drought force Afghans to leave country
Frontier Post
Nissar HoathAbdul Latif is from Salang Pass, the gateway to Baghlan, 100 kilometres north of Kabul, and northern Afghanistan