Reports

FROM CHRISTOPHER THOMAS IN KABUL TANKS and anti-aircraft guns flying the flag of the northern fiefdom ruled by General Abdul Rashid Dostum, the Uzbek warlord, rumbled into positions 40 miles north of Kabul yesterday =AD a two-hour dash down the…

By Paul Goble Washington, 17 October 1996 (RFE/RL) -- The constantly shifting fortunes of the Taliban militia and its opponents in the Afghan civil war highlight the diversity of divisions within Afghanistan as a whole and the equal diversity within…

DATE=10/17/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-204714 TITLE=TALEBAN DEMONSTRATION (L) BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN DATELINE=KABUL CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN THE TALEBAN ADMINISTRATION HAS STAGED A STREET PROTEST AGAINST FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT IN THE COUNTRY. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN REPORTS SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE TOOK PART, INCLUDING A SMALL NUMBER OF WOMEN. TEXT: THE…

Following the heaviest rainfall for years produced by two storms in China, Laos and the north-east of Cambodia, the rapid and extraordinary rise in the level of the Mekong River has caused widespread flooding both in the region and…

THIS APPEAL SEEKS A TOTAL OF CHF 1,501,000 IN CASH, KIND & SERVICES TO ASSIST 386,500 BENEFICIARIES Summary Since the beginning of October unusually heavy monsoon rains have swollen the Mekong river, which is now flooding the vast low-lying Delta area…

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan (Reuter) - The forces of powerful Uzbek chief Abdul Rashid Dostum rolled onto the front line of Afghanistan's latest battle for power on Thursday, dramatically escalating a war between the Taleban militia and the government it ousted. But…

For more information, contact: Wendy Driscoll, CARE USA Tel: (404) 681-2552, ext. 434 Paul Barker, CARE Peshawar Tel: 011-92-521-40328/40614 POVERTY: The UN Development Index ranks Afghanistan as the third poorest country in the world. WAR: Since the invasion by the Soviet Union…

Key Points Over the past two years there has been a remarkable transition in perceptions among Washington-based policy makers regarding the nature of the threat posed on the Korean Peninsula, from a focus on North Korea's nuclear…

(It is possible that Kabul may be once again overrun) (1290) United Nations -- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright says the political and military situation in Afghanistan has been "dramatically altered" by events of the past few weeks. In…

Special Mission Dr. Nortbert Holl, head of the UN Special Mission, travelled to Mazar-i-Sharif on 10 October in pursuance of pushing forward the peace process and offering the good offices to promote a purposeful round of negotiations among all embattled…