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DATE=10/29/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-205262 TITLE=TALEBAN / FIGHTING (L-O) BYLINE=SARAH HORNER DATELINE=KABUL CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: IN AFGHANISTAN, A SENIOR TALEBAN MINISTER SAID TALEBAN FORCES HAVE INFLICTED HEAVY CASUALTIES AMONG TROOPS LOYAL TO THE OUSTED GOVERNMENT IN FIGHTING OVERNIGHT NEAR KABUL. THE MINISTER ALSO WARNED THAT IN THE…

(Fear of compulsory military service main reason for departure) (270) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent Geneva -- A "sharp rise" in the number of Afghan refugees crossing into Pakistan has been observed by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). According to…

Kabul, 29 October 1996 (RFE/RL) -- Fighters loyal to General Abdul Rashid Dostum tried to push back forces of the Taliban militia today in fighting north of the Afghan capital, Kabul. Taliban spokesman Amir Khan Mattaqi said its forces held…

UNHCR monitors on the Afghanistan=ADPakistan border report a significant upward trend in the number of Afghan refugees crossing into Pakistan. Whereas in early October an average of around 125 new arrivals were counted entering Pakistan each day, we're now…

Michael Dynes reports from Jabal os-Siraj on the Tajik guerrilla chieftain who sees it as his God-given duty to rid his country's capital once again of an unwelcome occupying force KNEELING in the shadow of the Hindu Kush, General Ahmed…

KABUL (Reuter) - Fresh land and air assaults on Afghanistan's Taleban appear to have failed to significantly dent the purist Islamic militia's positions in Kabul and on the front to the north, witnesses said Monday. Airport sources said warplanes belonging to…

KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuter) - Forces opposed to the Islamic fundamentalist Taleban militia that controls most of Afghanistan paused Monday after failing to dent the front lines of the movement or to damage its main air base. Taleban fighters near the…

Dear Friends, The second shipment of 924 metric tons of wheat flour has arrived safely in Nampo. World Food Program have been notified and will arrange the receipt and distribution of the food. As previously advised to the network, an ACT…

General Masood directs tank fire on a Taleban position ten miles north of the Afghan capital. His aide said the main attack would start on Wednesday FROM MICHAEL DYNES IN KALAKAN THE long-awaited assault on Taleban positions north of Kabul began…

DATE=10/27/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-205186 TITLE=AFGHAN BOMBING (L) BYLINE=TIM JOHNSTON DATELINE=KABUL CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: FOUR AIR RAIDS WERE LAUNCHED AGAINST THE AFGHAN CAPITAL, KABUL, DURING THE WEEKEND, WITH BOMBS HITTING A CITY PARK AND THE AIRPORT. AS TIM JOHNSTON REPORTS FROM KABUL, DESPITE EXTENSIVE MATERIAL DAMAGE, THERE…