Afghanistan
Pledges and contributions The Netherlands government is to provide around US$1,390,000 to the UNOCHA Mine Action Programme. From the frontline Interfactional fighting, accompanied by widespread looting, broke out in Mazar-i-Sharif on 9 September. The offices of UNOCHA, FAO Livestock, WFP and UNCHS…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
By Azhar Sukri KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter) - North Korea, hit by drought, tidal waves and floods, faces a shortage of 1.9 million tons of grain over the next year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said Thursday. ''We have…
Afghanistan
CARE projects in Kabul and Wardak have resumed operation following a six-week suspension. In Kabul the Widows Emergency Feeding Project and the Water and Sanitation Project had been suspended when regulations issued by Afghanistan's religious police made it impossible for…
Afghanistan
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS In a report released on Thursday, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says that the de facto division of Afghanistan largely along ethnic lines is a troubling aspect of the situation in that country. According to the report, the military confrontation between…
Afghanistan
S/1997/719 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH GENERAL ASSEMBLY SECURITY COUNCIL Fifty-second session Fifty-second year Agenda item 43 THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY Report of the Secretary-General I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 19 of General…
Afghanistan
(9:59pm AEST) Afghanistan's Taiban militia claims that Saudi Arabia has pledged to provide assistance to areas under its control. A Taliban official said that during a visit this month to meet King Fahd, a top militia delegation solicited political and…
Afghanistan
DATE=9/17/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220028 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (S ONLY) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE TALEBAN SAY THEY HAVE CAPTURED A TOWN IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN ALONG THE BORDER WITH UZBEKISTAN. AS VOA CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS -- IT APPEARS THE TALEBAN ARE TRYING TO SURROUND…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
4:55 PM EDT By Jonathan Wright WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One in seven North Koreans has starved to death in some northern areas and the death rate from famine may be even higher in the south of the country, the U.S.…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuter) - North Korea experts cast doubt on Tuesday on an estimate from an international charity that between 500,000 and 2 million people have died in a famine in the reclusive Stalinist nation. While the experts agreed…
Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Taliban militia has accused Russia of supplying long-range rockets to opposition forces attempting to capture the capital, Kabul. A Taliban statement said an aide to Russian President Boris Yeltsin visited former Afghan…
