Informes

KALAKAN, Afghanistan, Oct 24 (Reuter) Commanders with ousted Afghan government forces said on Thursday that a large offensive the previous day had so far failed to budge Taleban militia from the strategic De Sabz pass north of Kabul. ''We are…

Appeal Target : US$ 100,000 Dear Friends, Cambodia experiences worst flooding since 1978. 1.3 million people affected; crops, dykes, dams and roads destroyed. The Ecumenical Working Group, of which both Lutheran World Federation and Church World Service are members, is requesting…

Mazar-i-Sharif, 23 October 1996 (RFE/RL) -- In Afghanistan, northern warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum held talks today with United Nations and Pakistani mediators seeking to prevent a bloody battle for Kabul. UN special envoy Norbert Holl, speaking after three hours of…

UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali announced on 18 October, in a press conference in Hamburg, that he was opposed to sending peace-keeping troops to war-torn Afghanistan. The Secretary-General said that the UN must confine itself to diplomatic means and…

KABUL (Reuter) - Kabul's Islamic Taleban rulers and ousted government forces fought on Wednesday for strategic heights overlooking a road leading into the Afghan capital while international negotiators struggled to secure a ceasefire deal. Rival Afghan militia pounded each other with…

(Resolution denounced discrimination against females) (1330) United Nations -- The Security Council October 22 unanimously called on the Afghan parties to immediately stop fighting, put aside their differences and begin national reconciliation talks. Unanimously adopting a resolution sponsored by Russia, the United States,…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0432 1. ACCORDING TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR FLOOD AND STORM CONTROL (CCFSC) OF THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT, ON 17 OCTOBER 1996, THE WATER LEVEL WAS RECEDING SLOWLY. 2. DUE TO THE FLOODING AND TYPHOON OF 9 OCTOBER 1996,…

UNHCR monitors on the Afghanistan=ADPakistan border are reporting a steady increase in the number of Afghan refugees crossing into Pakistan. Whereas from 1=AD14 October an average of around 125 new arrivals were counted entering Pakistan each day, the number…

Press Release SC/6282 SECURITY COUNCIL DENOUNCES VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW IN AFGHANISTAN, CALLS ON PARTIES TO CEASE HOSTILITIES Resolution 1076 (1996), Adopted Unanimously, Calls on States Not to Interfere in Afghanistan's Internal Affairs The Security Council this morning denounced the…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0430 1. THE SECRETARIAT OF THE NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (SNDMC) ISSUED SITUATION REPORT NO. 1 WITH AN UPDATE ON THE FLOOD EMERGENCY COVERING THE PERIOD 4 TO 17 OCTOBER 1996. THE MAIN POINTS ARE SUMMARIZED IN…