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Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0430 1. THE SECRETARIAT OF THE NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (SNDMC) ISSUED SITUATION REPORT NO. 1 WITH AN UPDATE ON THE FLOOD EMERGENCY COVERING THE PERIOD 4 TO 17 OCTOBER 1996. THE MAIN POINTS ARE SUMMARIZED IN…

The Security Council, Having considered the situation in Afghanistan, Recalling the previous statements of the President of the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan, including the statements of 15 February 1996 (S/PRST/1996/6) and of 28 September 1996 (S/PRST/1996/40), and the…

KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuter) - Afghanistan's purist Islamic Taleban movement and their opponents said on Monday they were ready to accept a Pakistani-brokered ceasefire, but both sides set conditions to any agreement and were still locked in battle. On the ground,…

KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuter) - Taleban forces have blunted an advance toward Kabul by troops loyal to ousted Afghan military chief Ahmad Shah Masood. Masood's forces, which on Sunday heralded their final assault on the Taleban-held capital with a volley of…

JABAL OS-SIRAJ, Afghanistan (Reuter) Afghanistan's radical Islamic Taleban and their opponents said Monday they were ready to accept a Pakistani-brokered cease-fire but the two sides set contrasting conditions. The Taleban, who control Kabul, and forces loyal to ousted government military chief…

This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Somalia C) Angola D) Afghanistan E) Commonwealth of Independent States: Chechnya, Tajikistan F) Former Yugoslavia PART I - HIGHLIGHTS (Details below in Part II) D. AFGHANISTAN - information as of 17 October…

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…