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DATE=10/15/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-204615 TITLE=TALEBAN PAKISTAN (L) BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN DATELINE=KABUL CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A HIGH-RANKING PAKISTANI DELEGATION HAS HELD TALKS WITH THE TALEBAN ADMINISTRATION IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, ABOUT HELPING WITH RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COUNTRY. VOA CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN HAS MORE FROM THE AFGHAN CAPITAL. TEXT: ACTING TALEBAN…
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DATE=10/15/96 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-34674 TITLE=KABUL MARKET BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN DATELINE=KABUL CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: FOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS THE PEOPLE OF KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, HAVE KNOW NOTHING BUT WAR. LARGE SECTIONS OF THEIR CITY HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND -- EVEN IN AREAS THAT REMAIN STANDING…
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DATE=10/14/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-204552 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (S-O) BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN DATELINE=KABUL CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: IN AFGHANISTAN, A SENIOR TALEBAN OFFICIAL HAS ADMITTED TO A SERIES OF BATTLEFIELD DEFEATS, BUT SAYS THE GROUP HOPES TO WIN BACK THE GROUND. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN HAS MORE ON THE STORY…
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By Paul Goble Washington, 14 October 1996 (RFE/RL) -- For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the Afghan civil conflict threatens to draw in outside powers in ways that may divide the international community. This danger reflects…
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KABUL (Reuter) - The Afghan Taleban militia was preparing the defence of Kabul Monday after suffering stunning reverses north of the city at the hands of the government it ousted less than three weeks ago, witnesses said. They said the…
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Kabul, 14 October 1996 (RFE/RL) -- The Islamic Taliban militia confirmed today that it has lost key areas north of Kabul to forces loyal to the ousted Afghan government. Mohammed Sher Stanakzai, the Taliban's acting deputy foreign minister, said the…
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KABUL (Reuter) - Former Afghan government military chief Ahmad Shah Masood has rolled back the Taleban militia that drove him from Kabul two weeks ago, taking two towns and possibly further territory, reliable sources said Sunday. They said Jabal-os-Saraj, the…
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SARAY KHOEJA, Afghanistan (Reuter) - Local fighters turned on the purist Islamic Taleban militia near the Bagram air base just north of Kabul Friday, two weeks after it took the Afghan capital, villagers said. Fleeing villagers said men from Saray Khoeja,…
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This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Liberia and Sierra Leone C) Afghanistan From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. For information regarding resources, donors are requested to contact Mr. F. Strippoli or Mr. M. Crosthwaite, WFP Rome…
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WHAT: All non-Afghan CARE staff in Kabul will be evacuated today for the second time in two weeks due to fighting between Taliban forces and the troops of the former Defense Minister, Ahmad Shah Mas'ud, 50 miles north of…
