July 7, 2001

Radio education for Afghan children
The BBC is launching a new radio series aimed at children in Afghanistan who have been deprived of normal schooling by almost 20 years

Taleban criticises opposition for Moscow visit
BBC News
Afghanistan's ruling Taleban have accused their opponents, the Northern Alliance, of seeking aid from Moscow - likening them to the former Afghan president

Afghanistan has right to count on military aid -- minister
MOSCOW, July 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Afghanistan h as not asked for military aid from the international community, but it has a right to count on it

Russia, Afghanistan for peaceful way out of Afghan conflict
MOSCOW, July 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia and Afghanistan share the idea that military solution to the internal Afghan conflict does not exist

Taliban, Pakistan for enhanced ties
Frontier Post
F.P Report PESHAWAR: Taliban and Pakistan have called for further promotion of bilateral relations between the two countries.

Musharraf lacks mandate: Benazir
DAWN
LONDON, July 6: Former prime minister Ms Benazir Bhutto has said India was making a "colossal mistake" if it believed that President Pervez Musharraf

'Abu Sayyaf receive training in Afghanistan'
The Times of India
MANILA: At least 50 suspected members of the Filipino Muslim kidnap-for-ransom group Abu Sayaff are undergoing training in Afghanistan

Taliban thank Chinese assistance
Frontier Post
ISLAMABAD (NNI): Taliban regime in Afghanistan has appreciated the humanitarian assistance of China to the people of the war-ravaged country

UAE charities pledge aid for Afghanistan
Frontier Post
DUBAI (Agencies): The UAE Red Crescent Society will provide funds and assistance to dig wells and renovate an orphanage in drought-hit

Thousands of illegal Afghan immigrants await deportation
Frontier Post
ABU DHABI (Agencies): While the United Nations continues to debate the issue of humanitarian flights into Afghanistan, the fate of thousands of illegal Afghan

Afghanistan: Pasta project employs hundreds of women
MAZAR-E SHARIF, 6 July (IRIN) - Afghanistan is not a country normally associated with producing pasta, but there is now a project to produce it

Terrorist Describes Dog Torture Chamber
WASHINGTON, July 6 (New York Post) -- A jihad terrorist who hardly batted an e ye while testifying about his mass-murder plots against Americans