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Condemn Taliban’s Destruction of Buddhist Statues
Afghan Statement on Forty-Fourth Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Gathering in Front of the US Congress
Congressman Phil English’s statement on House floor
March 14, 2001
The world fails to halt tyranny
Bangkok Post 
List of  foreign Taliban prisoners of war captured by the United Front

 
Afghan protest rally (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday March 25, 2001 at 12:00 noon
Resolution of the Rally Protesting the Visit by an Envoy of the Taliban to the United States, Washington DC
March 20, 2001


Afghan Taliban opens museum after smashing statues
KABUL, March 22 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban authorities threw open the doors to the National Museum in Kabul on Thursday to show they had destroyed all the statues

Famine tightens grip on northeast Afghanistan: opposition
KABUL, March 21 (AFP) - International aid experts have begun a survey of remote northeastern Afghanistan as local commanders Wednesday warned thousands

Japan approves 6.9 mln dlrs emergency aid for Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, March 21 (AFP) - Japan Wednesday said it had approved 6.9 million dollars in emergency aid for Afghanistan and urged other donors to dig deep despite t

Afghan Taliban calls for international investment
ISLAMABAD, March 22 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Thursday appealed for international investment in their war-torn country, which they said should not be shunned

Tearful farewell to Afghanistan
Kate Clark was given 24 hours to pack her bags
By Kabul correspondent Kate Clark - BBC
"I'm a refugee from Afghanistan," I said to the Pakistani officials at the border. "No, you're a distinguished journalist and our honoured guest," they said.

The Truth vs. Censorship and Discrimination at JHU
AAR Editors' Note:
It is fitting to note here that among the claims made by a roving Taliban public relations envoy (another word for propagandist)

Taliban envoy faces derision in US - DAWN
WASHINGTON, March 21: Visiting Taliban envoy Syed Rahmatullah Hashemi was heckled during a speaking engagement in Washington on Tuesday.

Afghanistan is main sources of terrorism, Ivanov says
PARIS, Mar 21, 2001 (Itar-Tass via COMTEX) via NewsEdge Corporation - - Russian Security Council secretary Sergei Ivanov said Afghanistan is the main source

Putin shares concerns over Taliban vandalism
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he shares Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's concern over the Taliban vandalism in destroying historical

Taliban minister hurt in blast
By Ismail Khan Dawn (Pakistan) March 21, 2001
PESHAWAR, March 20: Taliban education minister Mulla Amir Khan Muttaqi was among those wounded in the Saturday car bomb blast in Kabul, Taliban officials confirmed.

Three Afghan militants killed in Sopore clash
The Times of India March 21, 2001
SRINAGAR: At least three foreign militants were killed during an encounter with the Army at Watrigam in Sopore in north Kashmir on Tuesday even as normal life

Taliban slaughtering cows to hide embarrassment?
By ANWAR IQBAL
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21 (UPI) -- Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia slaughtered cows this week after demolishing the country's


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