Reports

DATE=9/22/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220240 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (L) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE TALEBAN ARE THREATENING TO TARGET OPPOSITION-HELD TOWNS IN AFGHANISTAN, IF ANTI-TALEBAN FORCES CONTINUE TO ROCKET THE CAPITAL. CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS. TEXT: A REPORT ON TALEBAN RADIO SAID OPPOSITION-HELD AREAS IN THE…

Islamabad, 22 September 1997 (RFE/RL) -- The U.N. evacuated thirteen of its staff from the embattled northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif Friday. U.N. officials said they were flown to the town of Shibarghan, 65 kilometers to the west. The U.N.'s…

UNDP FLASH! UNDP PROVIDING $4 MILLION FOR AGRICULTURE IN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA (DPRK). UNDP is allocating an additional $2 million in grants to help reclaim and rehabilitate agricultural lands in DPRK that were buried during the 1995-96 floods.…

DATE=9/21/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220203 TITLE=TALEBAN MEDIA (S-ONLY) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE TALEBAN HAVE IMPOSED MAJOR RESTRICTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA WORKING IN AFGHANISTAN. AS CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS -- THE NEW REGULATIONS WILL PROHIBIT JOURNALISTS FROM REPORTING MAJOR ASPECTS OF THE…

DATE=9/21/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220197 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (L) BYLINE=SARAH HORNER DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: FIERCE FIGHTING IS REPORTED BETWEEN THE TALEBAN AND OPPOSITION FORCES IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN. AS SARAH HORNER EXPLAINS -- BOTH SIDES ARE TRYING TO CAPTURE AND CONTROL A STRATEGIC TOWN ON THE…

(7:36am AEST) Afghanistan's Taliban militia claims to have killed 50 of the opposed forces in continuing fighting for the northern city of Mazar-I-Sharif. The militia says the deaths occured in a big offensive launched by the city's defenders led by Uzbek…

DATE=9/21/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220217 TITLE=U-S/NOKOR FOOD (S /L) BYLINE=VICTOR BEATTIE DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENTVOICED AT: INTRO: JUST DAYS AFTER A BREAKDOWN IN FOUR-PARTY PEACE TALKS IN NEW YORK, NORTH KOREA IS ACCUSING THE UNITED STATES OF USING FOOD AID AS A POLITICAL WEAPON TO GAIN POLITICAL…

DATE=9/20/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220176 TITLE=AFGHAN / U-N (L ONLY) BYLINE=SARA HORNER DATELINE= CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: IN AFGHANISTAN, FOUR PLANES HAVE EVACUATED ABOUT SEVENTY EXHAUSTED AID WORKERS FROM THE NORTHERN CITY OF MAZAR-I-SHARIF. AS SARAH HORNER REPORTS -- THE AID WORKERS WERE TRAPPED FOR TWO…

("Meaningful reform" must take place within North Korea) (2380) Washington -- There are no linkages between humanitarian aid to North Korea and political progress at the Four Party talks, according to Brian Atwood, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development…

By Bruce Pannier and Yakub Turan Prague, 19 September 1997 (RFE/RL) - Latest reports from Afghanistan indicate that opposition forces have not entirely driven Taliban fighters from a contested town on the Uzbek border. Our correspondents report that the Taliban are still…