July 6, 2001

Report: Taliban uses Pakistani children
By AAMIR SHAH
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 5 (UPI) -- Thousands of Pakistani children are being recruited by Afghanistan's Taliban regime, some as soldiers and others

Campaigner urges Afghan rivals not to use mines
KABUL, July 5 (Reuters) - A U.S.-based anti-mine campaigner urged combatants in Afghanistan to end the use of land-mines in one of the world's most heavily mined countries.

Turkmens, Kazakhs stress Afghan gas transit hopes
By Sebastian Alison
ASTANA, July 6 (Reuters) - Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov wound up a two-day visit to Kazakhstan on Friday, during which he and his host spoke

Ousted Afghan government holed up in remote mountainous province
FAIZABAD, July 5 (AFP) - Still the internationally recognised head of state of Afghanistan, President Burhanuddin Rabbani has fallen on hard times since

Taliban to attend peace talks in Germany sans UN envoy  - Frontier Post
Fakhar-ur- Rehman ISLAMABAD: Taliban regime in Afghanistan has expressed its readiness to attend the Bonn proposed peace talks on condition

Afghanistan seeks time to vacate Nasir Bagh camp - Frontier Post
ISLAMABAD (PPI): The Ambassador of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Islamabad, Mulla Abdul Salam Zaeef held talks with the Interior Minister

Islamabad gets tough on Afghan refugees
By Nadeem Yaqub
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Syed Iftekhar Hussain Shah, governor of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in Pakistan, was furious when he found

Ukraine praises Tajikistan efforts to solve Afghan problem
KIEV, July 5 (Itar-Tass) -- President Leonid Kuchma said Ukraine welcomes Tajikistan's progress in settling the situation in the Central Asian region.

Poverty, politics fuel wars around the world-ICRC
By Simon Denyer
NAIROBI, July 6 (Reuters) - Poverty, globalisation and the end of the Cold War have fuelled fighting worldwide, with more armed conflict now than at any time

Churches damn 'meanspirited' Australia on refugees
By Marie McInerney
ADELAIDE, July 6 (Reuters) - The World Council of Churches (WCC) on Friday called on Australia to rethink its "meanspirited" policy of locking up all asylum-seekers