June 21, 2001

New U.N. coordinator, Taliban hold talks
Islamabad, June 20, IRNA -- A Taliban official in Islamabad and the newly appointed U.N coordinator for Afghanistan, Mike Sackett Wednesday held talks

Osama Bin Laden threatens to assassinate U.S.' Bush at G8 Summit
Thursday, June 21, 2001 6:20 AM EST
MOSCOW, Jun 21, 2001 (AFX-Europe via COMTEX) -- Osama bin Laden has threatened to assassinate U.S. president George Bush at next month's G8 meeting,

Mulla Omar greets President Musharraf
Islamabad, June 21, IRNA -- Taliban leader Mulla Mohammad Omar Thursday greeted Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf on assuming office as President

U.S. Condemns Pakistan Presidency Move
Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:30 PM EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States condemned the decision by Pakistani military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf to declare himself president on Wednesday

Bangladesh PM says bombs coming from Pakistan and Afghanistan
Wednesday, 20-Jun-2001 7:00PM
DHAKA, June 20 (AFP) - Prime Minister Sheikh H asina Wajed said Wednesday that Pakistan and Afghanistan appeared to be the source of bombs which have killed 81

U.N. concerned at plight of Afghans
Islamabad, June 21, IRNA -- The United Nations on Thursday expressed  great concern over the situation of vulnerable communities in northern Afghanistan.

Aid community establishing camps in Northern Afghanistan
Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 21 June 2001-- The situation of vulnerable communities in northern Afghanistan is getting

Poverty Eradication and Community Empowerment (PEACE) Afghanistan Project
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
More than 20 years of war have devastated the infrastructure, economic base and social capital of Afghanistan and left the country with little or no functioning system

World comity urged to help repatriate Afghan DPs
By Our Staff Reporter
Dawn
ISLAMABAD, June 20: The government has called upon the world community to help rebuild the grass-root infrastructure in Afghanistan for safe return

KOHAT: Afghan DPs surrender weapons
By Our Correspondent
Dawn
KOHAT, June 20: Displaced Afghans residing in four camps in Hangu district surrendered huge quantity of arms and ammunition on Wednesday.

Pakistan: Screening of Jalozai refugees set to begin
UN OCHA Integrated Regional Information Network for Central Asia (IRIN-CA)
ISLAMABAD, 20 June (IRIN) - The screening of refugees at the controversial makeshift camp at Jalozai in northwestern Pakistan is scheduled to begin on Thursday

Afghanistan: The plight of Afghans on World Refugee Day
Source: UN OCHA Integrated Regional Information Network for Central Asia (IRIN-CA)
ISLAMABAD, 20 June (IRIN) - The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution naming 20 June as World Refugee Day, the first-ever official commemoration

Afghanistan: IRIN Focus on war-affected displaced in the north
Source: UN OCHA Integrated Regional Information Network for Central Asia (IRIN-CA)
KUNDUZ/BAGHLAN, 20 June (IRIN) - Despite stares from dozens of male onlookers, Sawlad Begum showed little remorse in breast-feeding her child in public.

UNHCR urges Tajikistan to accept Afghan refugee
Wednesday, 20-Jun-2001 6:40PM
DUSHANBE, June 20 (AFP) - A UN official called Wednesday on the Tajikistan government to open its borders to thousands of Afghan refugees now stranded

The Accidental Operative
by Camelia Fard & James Ridgeway
Mondo Washington
Richard Helmsís Afghani Niece Leads Corps of Taliban Reps
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 6óOn this muggy afternoon, a group of neatly attired men and a handful of women gather in a conference room at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced