Rapports

ICRC NEWS 37 The ICRC decided to airlift 1,700 kg of medicines and other medical supplies into northern Afghanistan on Monday 25 November. The consignment is intended for hospitals in the Panjshir valley, one of the strongholds of the forces…

The International Forum of Afghanistan scheduled to be held in Peshawar on 2-3 December 1996, has been postponed due to reasons beyond the organizers control. More than 100 invitees from the region and abroad had already confirmed their participation.…

NEW DELHI, Nov 27 (Reuter) - India reiterated its support for ousted Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani on Wednesday and called for the demilitarisation of Kabul as a condition for the pursuit of peace in Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Inder Kumar Gujral…

ISLAMABAD, Nov 21 (Reuter) - Afghanistan's Taleban Islamic militia on Thursday accused detained local employees of the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR of engaging in hostile acts, according to a Pakistan-based Afghan news service. A Taleban spokesman, quoted by the…

[This is a summary of current media reports. Their accuracy is solely the responsibility of the news sources cited. This is provided only as a service to the UN Secretariat and UN Agencies.] I. HUMANITARIAN SITUATION (Agence France-Presse, 21 November 1996,…

ISLAMABAD, Nov 21 (Reuter) - Pakistan said on Thursday a planned U.N. conference on aid for war-torn Afghanistan had been shifted to Switzerland after Islamabad objected to participation by arch rival India. The meeting had been scheduled for December 2-3 in…

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuter) - The United Nations halted most of its refugee activities in Kabul Wednesday because of intimidation of its staff as a western Afghan official pleaded for international aid to save thousands of refugees. The U.N. High Commissioner…

DHAGVA - 96/0495 1. The Government called a meeting of international donors on 19 November and provided summary information on damages caused since the beginning of the 1996 flood and storm season (July). 2. To date, in 40 out of Vietnam's 52…

Pyongyang, November 20 (KCNA) -- Vice-premier Kong Jin Thae who is heading a delegation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea made a speech at the World Food Summit meeting. He expressed support to the Rome Declaration and action program…

What is the ICRC doing in Afghanistan? 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…