Afghanistan
OVERALL SITUATION The UNOCHA/UNDP delegation returned from Ashgabat, were it was warmly received by the Turkmen authorities and made the necessary preparations for the International Forum on Assistance to Afghanistan. Heavy fighting was reported from the frontline north of Kabul in…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
A P P E A L Democratic People s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Appeal Target : US$ 2,146,133 Dear Friends, In late July 1996, the Democratic People s Republic of Korea (DPRK) was affected by floods for the second year in succession,…
Afghanistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec 15 (Reuter) - Leaders of Afghanistan's purist Islamic Taleban militia agreed in principle on Sunday to join U.N.-proposed ceasefire talks with rival factions, Taleban sources said. U.N. envoy Norbert Holl flew to Kandahar to brief provincial governor Mullah…
Afghanistan
MSF News Review No.06 12/12/96 MSF has opened a clinic in the Shahadai camp for displaced persons, 6 km from the town of Herat, Western Afghanistan. In this area there are tens of thousands of people who have fled…
Afghanistan
OVERALL SITUATION A UN plane was force-landed by the Taliban at Shindand airbase but was released on 8 December and returned to Pakistan. Dr. Norbert Holl, Head of the UN Special Mission (UNSMA), held talks with representatives of the Afghan…
Afghanistan
KABUL, Dec 11 (Reuter) - Up to 50,000 people have left Kabul since the radical Taleban militia captured the city in late September, according to figures from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The figures, which were collected at a…
Afghanistan
DATE=12/11/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-207343 TITLE=KABUL/U-N (L-ONLY) BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: TEXT: THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, U-N-H-C-R, SAYS IT IS RESUMING OPERATIONS IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN NOW THAT FOUR ARRESTED LOCAL STAFFERS HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY THE TALEBAN. VOA'S DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN REPORTS FROM…
Afghanistan
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced Wednesday it was preparing to fully resume its operations in the Afghan capital, Kabul, after the last of four local staff recently arrested by the Taliban there was released without…
Afghanistan
KABUL, Dec 10 (Reuter) - A British-based mine-clearance agency on Tuesday launched a novel mechanical process to help speed up the destruction of mines in the war-torn Afghan capital. "We started today with mechanical clearance,'' team leader of the Halo…
Afghanistan
DUSHANBE, Dec 10 (Reuter) - Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov met Islamist rebel leader Sayid Abdullo Nuri in northern Afghanistan for peace talks as further violence rocked the former Soviet republic. Russia's Interfax news agency said negotiations were underway behind closed doors…
