Afghanistan
"In Afghanistan now, the problem is not Donors fatigue but doubt in terms of how best to provide humanitarian assistance to the country. Inspite of security problems, the United Nations does not intend to evacuate Kabul" said Alfredo Witschi-Cestari,…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
By Scott Hillis BEIJING (Reuter) - The South Korean Red Cross said Wednesday an agreement for more food aid for hungry North …
Afghanistan
by Tim Johnston KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuter) - Afghan opposition forces piled pressure on the fundamentalist Muslim Taliban as they moved to within 25 miles of Kabul Wednesday and were reported within range of one of the capital's main supply routes.…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
CONTACT: Linda Bloom 425(10-21-71B){237} New York (212) 870-3803 How You Can Help NEW YORK (UMNS) -- Two containers with 1,362 relief boxes for North Korean families suffering the effects of famine were shipped July 22 by the United Methodist Committee…
Afghanistan
HR/97/47 The Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Professor Choong-Hyun Paik, will visit Afghanistan and Pakistan from 27 July to 4 August 1997. The visits will be carried out in the context…
Afghanistan
Islamabad, 22 July 1997 (RFE/RL) - The United Nations said today that thousands of refugees have streamed into Kabul to escape a week of fighting north of the city. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said more than 15,000…
Afghanistan
Pledges and contributions The Government of Italy is donating US$591,700 to ICRC for orthopaedic rehabilitation of war victims in Afghanistan. The Government of Finland has donated US$388,350 to ICRC for mine awareness training. From the frontline On 20 July forces…
Afghanistan
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS Recent heavy fighting in the Shomali Valley north of Kabul in Afghanistan has increased the total number of displaced people in the capital since the beginning of the year to over 200,000, according to the UN High Commissioner…
Afghanistan
(2:51am AEST) The United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan Norbert Holl has appealed for an immediate stop to aerial bombing of the Afghan capital, Kabul. The U-N envoy called on the warring factions to stop the fighting to give ongoing…
Afghanistan
KHAIR KHANA PASS, Afghanistan (Reuter) Thousands of Afghan civilians fled their homes north of Kabul Tuesday, saying the Taleban militia who recently recaptured the town of Charikar had ordered them to leave, witnesses said. Around 15,000 people fled to the…
