Rapports

Political negotiations Following in-conclusive Afghan peace talks in Tehran boycotted by the Taliban and the Hezb-i-Wahdat (25-27 January), Dr. Norbert Holl last Wednesday met with Mullah Rabbani in Kabul for further ceacefire mediation. UNSMA is currently trying to set up a…

TOKYO (Reuter) - North Korea said Monday it had only half the grain needed to feed its people, an announcement that appeared aimed at putting pressure on the United States to give more aid. In an unusually frank and detailed…

This is an excerpt of the original WFP report which includes: A) Afghanistan B) Iraq C) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania D) Uganda E) Sierra Leone. PART I - HIGHLIGHTS A. AFGHANISTAN 1. Update a) Continued fighting in and around Kabul and in…

InterAction, a coalition of 150 humanitarian groups -- including the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) -- has called upon the U.S. government to take urgent action and prevent a major famine among North Korea's 23 million people. The United Nations has…

Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 30, 1997 AFGHANISTAN* * The American Embassy in Kabul has been closed for security reasons since January, 1989. Information on the human rights situation is therefore limited. Afghanistan in 1996…

ICRC News 97/04 Countless Afghan children have died in shelling or in landmine explosions; many others have succumbed to malnutrition or disease (over 4 million since 1979, according to UNICEF). Among the survivors are those who are now orphans -…

Last week (21-22 January) 228 delegates descended on Ashgabad, Turkmenistan, to attend the International forum on Assistance to Afghanistan (IFAA). Inaugurated and chaired by Mr. Yasushi Akashi, Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, this first-of-its kind meeting was attended by representatives…

KABUL, Jan 29 (Reuter) - U.N. special envoy Norbert Holl said on Wednesday the latest Taleban offensive was a blow to his efforts to reconcile warring Afghan factions. Holl said after meeting Mullah Mohammad Rabbani, head of the Taleban administration…

A United Nations agency estimates 90-thousand Afgans have fled to the capital Kabul, after being displaced by fighting and forced evacutaions in the north of the country. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance says more than half of…

In Afganistan, the alliance opposed to the Taliban Islamic militia has blown up a section of the strategic Salang highway in an attempt to block the Taliban's northerly advance. The militia, which captured the capital Kabul in September, has to…