Rapports

Catherine Bertini, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme -- the largest relief agency in Afghanistan -- has announced that in view of recent events in Afghanistan humanitarian operations could be threatened and must be reassessed. "The decision by…

Kabul, 10 October 1996 (RFE/RL) -- The United Nations ordered most of its foreign staff to evacuate Kabul today as fighting between the Taliban militia and soldiers loyal to the deposed government appeared to draw closer to the Afghan…

ICRC NEWS 40 Since Kabul was captured by Taliban forces on 26 September, the ICRC has had to take action on several fronts to keep up with the swift pace of events in the Afghan conflict. Its first major concern…

QALATAK, Afghanistan (Reuter) - Afghan Muslim fundamentalist said Wednesday they had contained a major counter-attack by forces of the former government's military chief after fierce fighting. "It was hard to contain the attacks and the fighting was very serious, but we…

Dear Friends, 1. ACTion 1.1 ACT/DCASecond Shipment The second shipment of wheat flour is due to arrive in Nampo tomorrow 10 October. 1.2 The ACT delegation to DPRK The preparations for the monitoring team visit (12-19 October) are underway. The team is due…

HANOI, Vietnam (Reuter) - Flooding in southern Vietnam's Mekong Delta has claimed 27 lives, most of them children, and is now affecting more than 1.8 million people, relief agencies said Wednesday. Officials with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red…

This alert does not guarantee that an appeal will follow. To give your input, see contact at end of bulletin. At least 27 people, all but three of them children, have perished from flooding in southern Vietnam's Mekong Delta, and…

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuter) - Afghanistan's ousted President Burhanuddin Rabbani met General Abdul Rashid Dostum Tuesday in the strongest sign so far that the Uzbek military commander would oppose the Taleban militia. After embracing along the road in front of Dostum's uniformed…

Special Mission Dr. Norbert Holl, head of the UN Special Mission, arrived in Kabul on 1 October to discuss with Mulla Rabbani the current situation. On 3 October Dr. Holl held talks with Mullah Rabbani and Mullah Ghaus in Kabul…

Active in Afghanistan since 1987 and witness to both the withdrawal of Soviet troops in February 1989 and the fall of President Najibullah's regime in 1992, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has maintained a constant presence…