October 25, 2001

US, beware the consequences in Afghanistan By Edward Girardet

After the Taliban, what next for Afghanistan? The Sydney Morning Herald

A Response to RAWA By Mary MacMakin

Taliban Fighter Captured While Buying Cigarettes

 


Key Taleban opponent killed
Friday, 26 October, 2001, 12:36 GMT 13:36 UK BBC News
Afghan opposition commander Abdul Haq, who was captured in Afghanistan by Taleban forces, has been killed.

Taliban capture opposition figure Abdul Haq - AIP
ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban have captured former mujahideen commander Abdul Haq despite a U.S. attempt to protect him, the Pakistan-based Afghan

Rebel Gen. Said Killed by Terrorists
Thursday, October 25, 2001 6:53 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The CIA now believes a rebel general in Afghanistan was assassinated by the al-Qaida terrorist network in preparation for last month's terrorist attacks in the United States

Refugees hope for quick opposition victory to speed their return home
Friday October 26, 10:39 AM
QUM QUISHLAQ, Afghanistan, Oct 26 (AFP) - Refugees in the Qum Quishlaq camp in northeast Afghanistan are waiting impatiently for a US-backed opposition offensive against the Taliban

Anti-Taliban forces launch new offensive
By Mike Collett-White
Friday October 26, 10:34 AM
JABAL-US-SARAJ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan opposition forces were locked in battle with the ruling Taliban on Thursday and planned to cut Taliban supply lines from Kabul to the strategic

Pentagon admits using cluster bombs, runs into stiff criticism
Friday October 26, 9:07 AM
WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (AFP) - US military leaders on Thursday acknowledged using controversial cluster bombs in Afghanistan, as they ran into a broadside of criticism, with claims of civilian mounting casualties

Powell acknowledges UN opposition to Afghan "blue helmet" force
Friday October 26, 6:02 AM
WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (AFP) - Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday peacekeepers for a post-Taliban Afghanistan should be provided by "willing nations,"

Britain's mountain commandos to go into action: press
Friday October 26, 9:10 AM
LONDON, Oct 26 (AFP) - Britain will send its elite mountain warfare troops into Afghanistan to execute swift raids on the Taliban and alleged terrorist Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network

Children's Donations for Afghanistan Stalled
Thursday October 25 8:26 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Children's letters to the White House containing money for Afghan humanitarian relief are stalled at a remote mail facility where anthrax spores were found earlier this week

U.N. Concerned at Pakistan Blocking Refugees
By Raja Asghar
Thursday October 25 8:18 PM ET
CHAMAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - U.N. officials are voicing concern about cooperation between Islamabad and the Taliban to stop a growing tide of Afghan refugees fleeing U.S. air strikes from crossing into Pakistan.

Anti-Taliban Forces Aim to Cut Kabul Supply Line
By Mike Collett-White
Thursday October 25 12:47 PM ET
JABAL-US-SARAJ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan opposition forces were locked in battle with the ruling Taliban on Thursday and planned to cut Taliban supply lines from Kabul to the strategic

Blair appoints personal envoy to North Afghanistan
London, Oct 25, IRNA -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair has appointed a personal envoy to northern Afghanistan, according to news reports here Thursday.

Brahimi proposes Muslim troops in Kabul: Local daily
Islamabad, Oct. 25, IRNA -- United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy on Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi is to float a plan before Pakistan for the deployment of Muslim troops in Kabul

Analysis: The world's plans for Afghans
Rival Afghan factions may not fit neatly into plans
By Barnaby Mason - BBC diplomatic correspondent
Intensive international discussions are continuing about what should happen in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taleban - even though the outcome of military operations is still very unclear.

Osama and Taliban not for peace in Afghanistan: Khalili
New Delhi, Oct 25, IRNA -- Afghanistan Ambassador to India Masood Khalili said today that there are sufficient proofs linking the killers of Commander Ahmad Shah Masood with Osama bin Laden

Taliban responsible for sufferings of Afghans: Saudi envoy
Islamabad, Oct 24, IRNA -- The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan Ali Aseeri has termed Afghanistan ruling Taliban the responsible for the suffering of the people of Afghanistan.

Taliban turns back Iranian aid for war-stricken Afghans
Tehran, Oct 24, IRNA -- The Taliban militia has turned back a consignment of Iranian relief aid for displaced Afghans in Herat, announced the United Nations Information Center on Tuesday.

U.S. bomb Taliban stronghold Kandahar
By Sayed Salahuddin and David Fox
KABUL/PESHAWAR, Oct 25 (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes hit a crowded bus and worshippers leaving a mosque in their latest raids to flush out Osama bin Laden from Afghanistan

Rumsfeld: Bin Laden May Get Away
By MATT KELLEY
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the United States may not be able to catch terrorist Osama bin Laden even though he predicts the Taliban regime

Powell: New Regime's Makeup Still Unclear
Factional Rivalries Are Seen as Obstacle
By Alan Sipress - Washington Post, October 25, 2001
The Bush administration hopes to assemble an interim government for Afghanistan in the "very near future" but remains uncertain what form this anti-Taliban front will take, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell

Uzbeks allow U.N to deliver aid to Afghanistan
By Sebastian Alison
TASHKENT, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Uzbekistan will allow the United Nations to move humanitarian aid by river to northern Afghanistan, a top United Nations aid official said on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia backs Pakistan over Afghan strikes
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia threw its weight behind Pakistan on Thursday and voiced support for the U.S.-led international coalition against terrorism.

Pakistan group to send fighters for Afghan jihad
By Tahir Ikram
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A hardline Muslim group will send thousands of armed Pakistanis to fight a holy war, or jihad, side by side with neighbouring Afghanistan against

Exiled Afghans call assembly, urge end to strikes
By David Fox and Peter Millership
PESHAWAR/WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Exiled Afghan tribal elders, mujahideen fighters and allies of ex-king Zahir Shah called for a traditional grand assembly on Thursday

Afghan Factions Far Apart on Government - Boycott Undercuts Meeting of Leaders
By Pamela Constable and John Pomfret Washington Post - October 25, 2001
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct. 24 -- A meeting of more than 1,000 Afghan leaders, billed as an effort to promote peace and unity in their besieged and divided nation, was snubbed today

U.S. aircraft strike Afghan tunnels
ISLAMABAD, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The United States has attacked Afghanistan's Khost province for the first time since 1998 and warplanes also struck tunnels where Taliban fighters can hide

Killing of Afghanistan's Masood haunts survivor
By John Chalmers
NEW DELHI, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Every night, Masood Khalili relives the terror of September 9 in his dreams.

INTERVIEW-Taliban military cornered by war-commander
By Tom Heneghan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Many Taliban military commanders want their leaders to hand power to a broad-based government, but cannot press their case amid U.S. strikes on Afghanistan

Afghan exiles leave Northern Alliance in the cold
By David Fox
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Afghan elders, warriors and religious leaders demanded an end to U.S. bombing Thursday and called for a grand council headed by the deposed king