June 19, 2001

Afghan envoy wants Pakistan to end Taliban support
KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Kyodo) - An envoy representing the U.N.-recognized Islamic State of Afghanistan voiced disappointment Tuesday with the Organization of Islamic Countries

Afghan opposition wants sanctions kept on Pakistan
KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Reuters) - The United States should should maintain sanctions on Pakistan to pressure it into withdrawing support to Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement

New UN relief coordinator named for Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (Reuters) -  An Australian relief official, who headed the World Food Program in Afghanistan, has been named the new U.N. coordinator for the Central Asian country

Swiss pledge longer term assistance for Afghanistan
Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 19 June 2001-- The Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation (SDC) has just signed an agreement with the United Nations

Afghanistan: UN and Taliban settle bakery dispute
ISLAMABAD, 18 June, (IRIN) - After tense negotiations concerning the use of women to conduct a survey for WFP's subsidised bread programme, UN and Taliban officials on Sunday successfully

Pakistan urges U.S. to lift sanctions
By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent
Tuesday June 19, 4:16 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistani Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar on Monday appealed for the United States to treat his country equitably and not lift sanctions only on India.

Opposition, Taliban blamed for blasts in Bangladesh
The Economic Times Online
DHAKA
OPPOSITION parties in Bangladesh and religious fundamentalists backed by Afghanistan’s Taliban militia are being blamed for the weekend bomb blast that killed 22 people and injured over 100.

Afghanistan Wants Its Students To Work Here And Study
Malaysian National News Agency
KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Bernama) -- Afghanistan's Acting Foreign Minister Dr A.Abdullah Tuesday expressed the hope that its students at the International Islamic University of Malaysia

Afghan sides fight near Panj sector of Tajik-Afghan border
Tuesday, June 19, 2001 2:22 AM EST
DUSHANBE, Jun 19, 2001 (Itar-Tass via COMTEX) -- Patrols of the Panj border detachment spotted fighting taking place between Northern Alliance and Taliban forces in proximity to Tajik-Afghan

PESHAWAR: 4 Taliban troops injured in clash
Dawn
PESHAWAR, June 18: An armed clash took place between the Taliban forces and the supporters of former governor of Nangarhar province, Haji Abdul Qadir, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan

Russia, Iran cooperating in settling Afghan problem
Tuesday, June 19, 2001 5:16 AM EST
MOSCOW, Jun 19, 2001 (Itar-Tass via COMTEX) -- Moscow and Teheran are cooperating closely in promoting the settlement of the situation in Afghanistan, both within the framework

India, Russia to hold talks on Taliban
Dawn
NEW DELHI, June 18: India and Russia will hold intensive discussions on the internal situation in Afghanistan at a two-day meeting of the joint working group on Afghanistan in Moscow

Talibanization of Pakistan: myth and reality
Dawn (Opinion)
By Abid Ullah Jan
THE government of Pakistan has taken some initiatives towards deweaponisation and curbing the jihadi groups. The objective seems to be to tell the western capitals that it is putting a lid on