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The government is working on measures to check the quality and quantity of corn which is purchased and packed in China for delivery to North Korea, officials said yesterday. The move follows a North Korean complaint…

NUTRITIONAL AND HEALTH SUPPORT 18 June 1997 THIS APPEAL SEEKS CHF 25,771,000 IN CASH, KIND AND SERVICES TO ASSIST 2.6 MILLION BENEFICIARIES Summary The Federation/Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Red Cross relief operation is being expanded to reach some 2.6…

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan is in Tehran for talks with Iranian leaders on the situation in Afghanistan...where both countries support rival factions. Mr Sharif is on his first visit to Iran since becoming prime minister in February. During his…

Kabul, 16 June 1997 (RFE/RL) -- Reports from northern Afghanistan say that three key anti-Taliban forces have formed a new alliance and have set up what they call a provisional government. The new grouping brings together the forces of ethnic…

DATE=6/16/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-215765 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (L) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: REPORTS IN AFGHANISTAN SAY OPPOSITION FORCES HAVE LAUNCHED NEW ATTACKS AGAINST THE TALEBAN MILITIA. CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS. TEXT: THE PAKISTAN-BASED AFGHAN ISLAMIC PRESS REPORTS ANTI-TALEBAN FORCES ARE POUNDING THE ISLAMIC MILITIA WITH…

North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)--"They're out of food; their grain is gone. We've seen it with our own eyes," says CWS East Asia Director Victor Hsu, who returned recently from North Korea, where he helped to assess the dire food…

S/1997/482 GENERAL ASSEMBLY SECURITY COUNCIL Fifty-first session Fifty-second year Agenda item 39 THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY Report of the Secretary-General I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 19 of General Assembly…

(30 MARCH - 5 MAY 1997) CLAUDE BRUDERLEIN: Team Leader ADEEL AHMED: Research Assistant UNITED NATIONS/NATIONS UNIES DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS Policy and Analysis DivisionTABLE OF CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARYACKNOWLEDGMENTINTRODUCTIONMETHODOLOGY Section I Historical background 1.1 Afghanistan's early history 1.2 The modernization of Afghanistan 1.3 Afghanistan rapprochement with…

(6:28am AEST) Taliban fighters have reportedly lost control of all centres in northern Afghanistan, following their withdrawal from the town of Pul-i-Khumri, north of the capital, Kabul. The Taliban evacuated the town Tuesday night for the neighbouring city of Baghlan, where…

This is an excerpt of the <a href=http://www.reliefweb.int/emergenc/multi/wfp/wfp=5F9724.html>original WFP report which includes: A) Sierra Leone B) Afghanistan C) Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania D) Uganda E) Somalia F) Sudan. >From P. Ares, Chief,…