Rapports

The number of people receiving food assistance from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies will increase to more than 700,000 following a two-week assessment mission to the country. The expanded operation, which will begin in July, will…

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuter) - Afghanistan's Islamic Taliban militia suffered in new opposition attacks north of the capital Kabul on Friday, losing at least one strategic town, and said it was fighting for control of a northeastern provincial capital. Opposition forces…

In consultation with the UNDP/DHA Resident Representative and the United Nations Disaster Management Team in Dhaka, the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team that was fielded on 21 May reports on the situation and assessment of damage/needs in…

UNHCR international staff members have been evacuated from Mazar-i-Sharif to Termez in Uzbekistan.

Salang, Afghanistan; 29 May 1997 (RFE/RL) -- Troops of the Taliban Islamic militia are under attack again today, a day after being routed from a key opposition stronghold in northern Afghanistan. Fighters of warlord Ahmad Shah Masood's Jamiat-I-Islamic faction went…

The drama being played out in North Korea today is tense, complex and strange. Against the backdrop of a major food crisis, U.S. government officials are focused on containing a government they regard as the biggest threat to stability…

By Dilip Hiro LONDON, May 28 (IPS) - The Taleban's appeal to the United Nations for international recognition as the government of Afghanistan, is forcing neighbouring leaders to make tough decisions on where they stand with the triumphant Islamic…

Afghanistan's Islamic fundamentalist Taliban militia has suffered a rare defeat, being beaten back from the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, only four days after capturing it. The retreat came after hours of bitter clashes in city, the former headquarters of Afghan…

ICRC News 97/20 The deterioration in the military situation in Mazar-i-Sharif, in northern Afghanistan, over the past 48 hours has forced the ICRC temporarily to suspend its operations in the region, as hazardous security conditions are preventing its delegates from continuing…

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuter) Afghan forces drove the Taleban from this northern city on Wednesday after a ferocious 15-hour battle, dealing the Islamic militia one of its worst setbacks since it seized the capital Kabul in September. The ethnic Uzbek troops,…