Informes

Kabul, 8 September 1997 (RFE/RL) -- Taliban forces in an isolated pocket in northern Afghanistan reportedly have seized more territory and edged closer to the stronghold of the opposition alliance. Taliban spokesman Wakil Ahmad today said militia fighters had captured the…

DATE=9/8/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-37474 TITLE=AFGHAN REFUGEES BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED NATIONS HAS STARTED A MASSIVE REPATRIATION PROGRAM TO RETURN 150-THOUSAND REFUGEES FROM PAKISTAN TO THEIR VILLAGES IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN. AS VOA ISLAMABAD CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS -- MANY OF THE…

Background The alarming food shortages in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) has led to an international humanitarian relief effort, in which CARE USA and four other aid agencies are distributing and monitoring 55,000 metric tons of food…

ROME - The World Food Programme has organized an emergency food-for-work project to help North Korea rapidly repair dikes destroyed by a tidal wave last mounth during Typhoon Winnie, WFP said today. The three-week project is designed to avert the threat…

Weekly News Myanmar's worst floods for decades have killed at least 13 people and affected more than 360,000 people. The Myanmar Red Cross Society, with Federation support, has launched a relief operation that will immediately assist 55,000 of the most vulnerable…

World Vision has begun relief efforts in the wake of the worst flooding seen in Myanmar in over 50 years. Aided by more than 200 volunteers who were recruited from churches around the capital Yangon and briefed over the weekend,…

UNDP FLASH! UNDP is providing $2 million to help the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) prepare for disasters and carry out rehabilitation work following the severe drought and flooding that have plagued the country in recent years. The assistance…

Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan WEEKLY UPDATE Issue No. 231 Pledges and contributions The Government of Japan has announced US$1 million from its reserve fund for UNOCHA for the Mine Action Programme. The Mine Action Programme still urgently needs US$4 million to maintain current…

D.P.R. KOREA : TIDAL WAVE FLOODING appeal no: 14/97 2 September 1997 THIS APPEAL SEEKS CHF 1,435,000 IN CASH, KIND AND SERVICES TO ASSIST 10,000 BENEFICIARIES FOR TWO MONTHS Summary Flooding along the west coast of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea…

DATE=9/1/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-219219 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: WARPLANES BOMBED FRONT LINE POSITIONS MONDAY NORTH OF THE AFGHAN CAPITAL, KABUL. AS CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS -- THE BOMBING WAS PART OF AN OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED BY THE TALEBAN AGAINST OPPOSITION FORCES. TEXT: REPORTS…