Rapports

John Zubrzycki, Special to The Christian Science Monitor LASHKARGAH, AFGHANISTAN -- Come spring, the now frozen fields around Lashkargah in southern Afghanistan will be a blaze of pink and white flowers. By June, another bumper crop of opium will be…

NEW YEAR 1997 The editors of the Weekly Update wish all our readers a happy and peaceful year in 1997. OVERALL SITUATION Fighting continued between the Taliban and the forces of the Council for Defence of Afghanistan in frontline…

Wheat prices have soared in Afghanistan, following a decision by neighbouring Pakistan to ban wheat exports. Officials said the cost of a standard bag of wheat flour in the capital, Kabul, had jumped by more than 10 per cent overnight. They…

BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL INTRO: THE TALEBAN HAVE REJECTED AN OFFER BY OPPOSITION FORCES FOR A CEASE FIRE IN AFGHANISTAN. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS. TEXT: TALEBAN SPOKESMAN WAKIL AHMAD SAID HIS GROUP WILL NOT AGREE TO A CEASE FIRE IN…

KABUL, Jan 1 (Reuter) - An airplane dropped several bombs on Kabul on Wednesday night in the sixth such air raid in five days. The night sky was lit up with tracer fire as anti-aircraft gunners of the islamic Taleban,…

WASHINGTON (Reuter) - The United States would consider easing trade sanctions and providing more food aid to North Korea now that Pyongyang has apologized for a submarine incursion into South Korea, U.S. officials said Monday. The official also told reporters…

KABUL, Dec 29 (Reuter) - The success of Taleban forces on the front line north of Afghanistan's capital Kabul has broken a six-week deadlock in the battle and restored the militia's morale, analysts said on Sunday. On Friday and Saturday,…

OVERALL SITUATION Dr. Norbert Holl, Head of the UN Special Mission for Afghanistan (UNSMA), visited Bamyan to discuss with the Shiite leader Karim Khalili issues of a permanent ceasefire. Eight persons were killed and more than ten injured when…

$500,000 APPEAL North Korea will only be able to meet food requirements of itspopulation for the first seven months of 1997 without international aid. 100% of All Denominational Contributions To Church World Service Are Used for Disaster Relief & Recovery Programs Disaster…

period covered: 19th November 1996 - 19th December 1996 A low response to the appeal is jeopardising the operation, which is the sole source of food for its 139,000 beneficiaries. Planned distributions of winter clothing and quilts are also threatened. The…