Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN'S TALIBAN MILITIA UNDER RENEWED OPPOSITION PRESSURE Friday 22 August, 1997 (3:06am AEST) Afghanistan's Taliban militia is reported to have lost ground north of the capital Kabul in…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 34 of 1997 Date: 22 August 1997 This report includes: A) Democratic People's Republic of Korea B) East Africa: Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda and Sudan C) Central Africa:…
Afghanistan
Kabul, August 21 (RFE/RL) - There are conflicting reports from Afghanistan where the northern-based anti-Taliban opposition today launched an offensive near the capital Kabul. The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press quotes officials with the Taliban militia as saying that the…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
TOKYO (Reuter) - North Korea Thursday denied accusations that it refuses to allow monitoring of food aid contributed by the international community, saying such allegations were "false propaganda" by rival South Korea. "We are grateful for their assistance and have shown…
Afghanistan
DATE=8/21/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-218795 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: ANTI-TALEBAN FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN HAVE REPORTEDLY LAUNCHED A MAJOR OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE CAPITAL, KABUL. CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS. TEXT: THE PAKISTAN-BASED "AFGHAN ISLAMIC PRESS" (AIP) REPORTS FIGHTERS LOYAL TO OPPOSITION COMMANDER AHMAD…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
The NGO Consortium: North Korean Food Monitoring Project CARE World Vision Mercy Corps Catholic Relief Services Amigos Internacionales WASHINGTON, August 21, 1997 -- A consortium of five international humanitarian agencies is sending staff to North Korea this weekend to assist in the distribution…
Afghanistan
Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan WEEKLY UPDATE Issue No. 229 20 August 1997 UN Special Envoy arrives Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy on Afghanistan arrived in Islamabad on Friday 15 August for…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
The people of North Korea -- the children above all -- need your help! After two years of devastating floods, North Korea is in the grip of what may be its worst drought of this century. The drought has destroyed…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
ip/97/759 NORTH KOREA: European Commission clears Humanitarian Aid worth ECU 6.175 million. The European Commission has approved humanitarian aid worth ECU 6.175 million for famine-stricken North Korea. The aid, managed by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), will enable non-governmental organisations to…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
ip/97/759 Brussels, 20 August 1997 The European Commission has approved humanitarian aid worth ECU 6.175 million for famine-stricken North Korea. The aid, managed by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), will enable non-governmental organisations to support a nutrition programme that is being…
