In the capital, Kabul, Oxfam's major programme is concerned with large-scale rehabilitation work to the urban water supply. The installation of pumps to the wells was completed some time ago, and the...
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Afghanistan Weekly Update No. 246
Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan Pledges and contributions The Swiss Government has donated US$ 400,000 to support the UNDP P.E.A.C.E. Initiative in Kandahar. This is the first direct donor...
The civil war in Afghanistan continues to rage
BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL INTRO: THE CIVIL WAR IN AFGHANISTAN CONTINUES TO RAGE AND EFFORTS DURING 1997 TO BROKER A CEASEFIRE AND PEACE TALKS WERE FUTILE. AS V-O-A CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS --...
The out-going head of the UN Special Mission for Afghanistan says recent initiatives for peace talks brought new hope
DATE=12/28/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-224566 TITLE=AFGHAN / U-N (L-O) CQ BYLINE=ALI ZAIDI DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE OUT-GOING HEAD OF THE U-N SPECIAL MISSION FOR...
Afghan Fighting
DATE=12/25/97 TYPE=NEWSFILE NUMBER=2-224523 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (L) BYLINE=ALI ZAIDI DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: REPORTS FROM AFGHANISTAN SAY THE TALEBAN AND THE ALLIANCE FIGHTING...
Big business may have solution
DATE=12/23/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-38528 TITLE=NEW MOVES IN AFGHANISTAN CQ BYLINE= ED WARNER DATELINE= CONTENT= VOICED AT: ///// FIXES NAME TO KARL IN GRAF BEFORE INDERFURTH ACT OF ...
Pakistan talks aim at peaceful solutions
DATE=12/21/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-224399 TITLE=AFGHAN TALKS (L) BYLINE=ALI ZAIDI DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN IS EXPECTING THE OUSTED FORMER...
WFP Emergency Report No. 51 of 1997: Afghanistan
WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) East Africa: Somalia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Sudan and Ethiopia B) Central Africa:...
Cease fire and peace talks a possibility
DATE=12/18/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-224285 TITLE=AFGHAN KHALLILI (L) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=BAMIYAN, AFGHANISTAN CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE LEADER OF ONE OF THE MAJOR GROUPS...
Food convoy reaches Bayman
ICRC NEWS 50 ** SHORT MENU.... AFGHANISTAN: FOOD CONVOY REACHES BAMYAN: The first trucks in a food convoy organized by the ICRC reached the district of Bamyan, in the Hazarajat region, on 12...
Afghanistan Weekly Update No. 245
Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan Pledges and contributions NORAD has donated US$50,000 to the Society for Promotion of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage (SPACH). From the frontline The general...
Security Council urges immediate ceasefire, political dialogue in Afghanistan
SC/6453 Presidential Statement Deplores Warring Factions' Failure to Cooperate, Encourages Secretary-General to Study Possibility of Imposing Arms Embargo The Security Council this afternoon urged...
Afghans thrown down wells, then blown to bits
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - A U.N. investigator who visited mass graves in Afghanistan discovered that hundreds of captives were thrown down wells and then killed with grenades,...
Evidence of atrocities found in northern Afghanistan
DATE=12/16/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-224183 TITLE=U-N / AFGHAN GRAVES (L ONLY) BYLINE=LISA SCHLEIN DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A U-N INVESTIGATOR SAYS HE HAS FOUND EVIDENCE...
Statement by the President of the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan
S/PRST/1997/55 At the 3841st meeting of the Security Council, held on 16 December 1997 in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in Afghanistan", the...
WFP airlift into Bamyan
DATE=12/16/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-224189 TITLE=AFGHAN AIRLIFT (L-ONLY) BYLINE=ALI ZAIDI DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (W-F-P) HAS BEGUN ITS...
Heavy fighting reported north of Kabul
(3:48am AEDT) Reports from Afghanistan says there have been heavy exchanges of artillery and rocket fire north of the capital, Kabul. The fighting is said to be between forces of the dominant Taliban...
Update No. 97/03 on ICRC activities in Afghanistan
Locked in a stalemate Despite fighting on various fronts throughout the year, the political and military situation in Afghanistan has not significantly changed. In September Mazar-i-Sharif became the...
WFP Emergency Report No. 50 of 1997: Afghanistan
WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 50 of 1997 Date: 12 December 1997 This report includes: A) El Nino: Central America B) East and Central...
Afghanistan Weekly Update No. 244
Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan Pledges and contributions Saudi Arabia has donated US$250,000 to UNOCHA for the Humanitarian Assistance Programme for Afghanistan. From the frontline The...