September 10, 2001

Massoud is alive, says brother
LONDON (CNN) -- Conflicting reports are circulating regarding whether the leader of Afghanistan's opposition to the ruling Taliban, Ahmed Shah Massoud, is still alive.

Afghan opposition commander Masood "100 percent alive": spokesman
KABUL, Sept 10 (AFP) - Afghan opposition commander Ahmad Shah Masood is "100 percent alive" and has received a visit from ousted president Burhanuddin Rabbani and Masood aide

Afghan Masood's Fate Unsure After Attempt on Life
Monday, September 10, 2001 2:38 PM EST
KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The fate of Afghan guerrilla leader Ahmad Shah Masood was uncertain Monday after an assassination attempt that his spokesmen said had caused only minor injuries but which some

Anti-Taliban leader Masood escapes assassination
By Syed Salahuddin
Monday September 10, 5:45 PM
KABUL (Reuters) - The guerrilla commander leading the fight against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, Ahmad Shah Masood, was receiving treatment on Monday for minor wounds after surviving

Afghan Neighbors to Meet, Mystery Over Masood
By Syed Salahuddin
KABUL (Reuters) - Countries wary of Afghanistan  Taliban rulers prepared to meet after an assassination attempt on Afghan opposition guerrilla leader Ahmad Shah Masood, while it remained

United Front military chief survives assassination attempt
Press Release
September 10, 2001
Ahmad Shah Masood, the military chief of Afghanistan's anti-Taliban alliance, escaped serious injury yesterday when assassins posing as journalists set off a suicide bomb during an interview.

Secret Afghan talks held with Iran, Western powers
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) - Afghan faction leaders held United Nations-sponsored talks with German, Iranian, Italian and U.S. diplomats on the fate of their shattered country Monday

France condemns attack on Masood
 Islamabad, Sept 10, IRNA -- France Monday condemned attack on the commander of Afghanistan's United Front Ahmad Shah Masood and described it as a terrorist act.

Afghan opposition leader death denied
Monday, 10 September, 2001, 09:38 GMT 10:38 UK BBC News
Confusion surrounds the condition of the main commander of the anti-Taleban forces in Afghanistan, Ahmed Shah Masood, who was attacked on Sunday.
Mr Masood was injured in a bomb

Anti-Taliban leader Masood escapes assassination
By Syed Salahuddin
KABUL, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The guerrilla commander leading the fight against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, Ahmad Shah Masood, was receiving treatment on Monday for minor wounds

Masood, master Afghan guerrilla and Taliban foe
By Jack Redden
ISLAMABAD, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Exactly a year ago, the Taliban appeared poised to sweep their last opponents away and impose their austere brand of Islam on every corner of Afghanistan.

Afghan opposition headless without Masood
ISLAMABAD, Sept 10 (AFP) - The extent of Afghan opposition commander Ahmad Shah Masood's injuries following a failed assassination bid could have far-reaching consequences for

Russia's Putin, Tajik leader discuss Afghanistan
MOSCOW, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Afghanistan on Monday with the leader of ex-Soviet Tajikistan, the Kremlin said.

Trial of foreigners resumes in Afghanistan as diplomats seek access
KABUL, Sept 10 (AFP) - The trial of eight foreign aid workers on charges of preaching Chrstianity in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan resumed for the sixth day Monday as diplomats waited for permission to visit the prisoners.

The face of fear hidden behind a veil of tyranny
The Sydney Morning Herald
Living under the Taliban's "campaign of gender apartheid" ... an Afghani woman.
Bought and sold, denied basic rights, women under the Taliban are treated only slightly better than farm animals.

Confusion reigns at Afghani trial
By Ian MacKinnon, Kabul
The Australian 10sep01
DIPLOMATS representing two Australians and six other foreign aid workers accused of spreading Christianity in Afghanistan yesterday demanded to meet the detainees immediately to find

Talibs arrest 35 Afghan staffers of humanitarian organisation
Monday, September 10, 2001 3:51 AM EST
ISLAMABAD, Sep 10, 2001 (Itar-Tass via COMTEX) -- The Talibs have arrested thirty-five Afghan employees of the humanitarian "International Assistance Mission". The Pakistani newspaper

Pakistan, Iran urged to support Loya Jirga
Frontier Post
Monitoring reportPESHAWAR : A meeting of the Afghan political activists urged Pakistan and Iran to support the traditional Afghan Loya Jirga.

CUNUA lashes out at past governments
Frontier Post
F P ReportMIRANSHAH: Shahzada Masood, member of Executive Committee of Council of Understanding for National Unity of Afghanistan (CUNUA) has said that for the last 23 years the successive so-Afghan regimes