Reports

TEHRAN, Jan 20 (Reuter) - An Iranian crackdown on foreign workers could lead to more than a million Afghan refugees facing a stark choice of returning to war-torn Afghanistan or destitution in Iran, a United Nations official warned on…

DHAGVA - 97/0044 1. The National Coordinating Board for Disaster Management (BAKORNAS PB) of the Government reports that Mt. Merapi in Central Java erupted at 10:35 hours on 17 January 1997, gushing molten lava and spewing heat clouds of ash…

[This is a summary of current media reports. Their accuracy is solely the responsibility of the news sources cited. This is provided only as a service to the UN Secretariat and UN Agencies.] 1. HUMANITARIAN SITUATION CHARIKAR (17 January 1997,…

DHA/97/1 More than 200 representatives from governments, the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations will gather in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 21 to 22 January to seek agreement on an aid strategy for Afghanistan, a country that has been torn asunder…

UNDP FLASH! UNDP and the DPRK have initiated a "double cropping" agricultural programme to increase harvests and food security in the country and to help diversify agricultural crops. DPRK suffered severe food shortages following the 1995 and 1996 floods that…

DHA/97/1 Plus de 200 représentants de gouvernements, du système des Nations Unies et d'organisations non gouvernementales se rassembleront à Ashgabat, Turkménistan les 21 et 22 janvier afin de rechercher un accord sur une stratégie d'aide à l'Afghanistan, un pays déchiré par…

Afghanistan's Taliban Islamic militia claims to have seized the province of Kapisa, northeast of Kabul. Taliban officials, quoted by the Afghan Islamic Press say troops of former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani fled without putting up any "significant" resistance. They say they…

Three days of talks in Pakistan aimed at establishing peace in Afghanistan, have ended without progress. The meeting, under the auspices of the United Nations, brought together the alliance opposed to the Taliban and the Islamic militia, which seized the…

MIR BACHA KOT, Afghanistan (Reuter) Afghanistan's Islamic Taleban militia said it had captured parts of Kapisa province, northwest of Kabul, from opposition forces on Friday. Taleban-controlled Voice of Sharia radio also said that a Taleban fighter had shot down a…

ISLAMABAD, Jan 16 (Reuter) - Afghanistan's Islamic Taleban militia captured the key Bagram military airbase north of Kabul on Thursday, a Pakistan-based Afghan news service said. The Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) quoted witnesses as saying the Taleban had gained control…