Articles

There are 18270 articles

British Troops Fly Into Bagram Airbase

LONDON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Up to 100 British commandos have flown into Bagram airbase north of the Afghan capital Kabul, defense sources said Thursday.The sources said the Royal Marines were checking out the base's facilities and paving the way for humanitarian operations in an area which is now in the hands of the opposition Northern Alliance. ``The.. More

2449 14/05/2001
World Calls for Broad-Based Afghan Government

LONDON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The Northern Alliance's unstoppable march into Kabul prompted urgent calls around the world on Tuesday for the creation of a broad-based government in Afghanistanand greater U.N. involvement.Ignoring international pressure to stay out of the city until a deal had been struck on a post-Taliban government, leaders of.. More

2419 13/05/2001
Rabbani Plans to Return to Kabul on Wednesday

DUBAI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Afghanistan's Northern Alliance leader, Burhanuddin Rabbani, said on Tuesday he would return to the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, more than five years after being deposed.Rabbani, driven out of Kabul along with his forces in 1996 by the radical Islamic Taliban movement, ruled out Taliban involvement in any political.. More

2420 13/05/2001
Taliban Say They Have Taken Aid Workers to Kandahar

ISLAMABAD (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Eight Western aid workers held by Afghanistan's Taliban on charges of promoting Christianity have been taken to the movement's southern stronghold of Kandahar, the father of a U.S. prisoner said on Tuesday.John Mercer emerged from a 20-minute meeting with Taliban diplomats in Islamabad to say they had confirmed.. More

2421 13/05/2001
Palestinian Woman Killed in Fresh Mideast Fighting

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - A Palestinian woman was killed in new fighting on Tuesday as Israeli occupation forces held on to positions in two Palestinian-ruled West Bank areas despite a renewed international demand for their withdrawal.The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council -- the United States, Britain, France,.. More

2423 13/05/2001
Elusive World Trade Deal Within Grasp

DOHA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - A deal to launch a new round of world trade talks was tantalizingly close early on Wednesday after ministers, cranky from fatigue, made major progress toward bridging outstanding gaps, officials said.Briefing reporters more than five hours after a self-imposed deadline of midnight (4 p.m. EST Tuesday) came and went,.. More

2424 13/05/2001
Afghan Opposition Claims Destroying Cream of Taliban Fighters

BUL/JABAL-US-SARAJ (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Opposition forces in Afghanistan said Sunday they had destroyed the cream of the Taliban fighting force.They said they were driving ahead on three fronts and might seize the capital, Kabul, despite international pressure to stay out. U.S. jets kept the pressure on Taliban forces outside Kabul, pounding.. More

2398 13/05/2001
Britain Confirms Its Troops Are in Afghanistan

LONDON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - British troops are on the ground in northern Afghanistan advising the opposition Northern Alliance, British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said Sunday.``I can certainly confirm that there are members of Britain's armed forces on the ground in northern Afghanistan,'' he told BBC radio, for the first time confirming weeks.. More

2399 13/05/2001
Herat, Next Prize in Afghan Conflict

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The ancient Afghan city of Herat is the next key prize being fought for by the opposition Northern Alliance as they battle, with U.S. backing, to topple the hardline Taliban. Rebel fighters were locked in fierce battles on the outskirts of the western city of Herat, near the border with Iran, late Sunday. The.. More

2400 13/05/2001
Arafat Seeks Practical Steps to Statehood

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has welcomed U.S. support for a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict, while accusing Israel of practicing state terror against a 13-month Palestinian uprising.But despite the verbal backing at the U.N. General Assembly, no new peace moves were apparent and Arafat faced.. More

2401 13/05/2001
Rich Versus Poor Disputes Pepper World Trade Talks

DOHA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - World trade ministers moved on Monday into the final stretch of talks on prying open global markets, balancing prospects of new economic wealth with the demands of poor nations to get their fair share.With disputes between the haves and have-nots of the world peppering every discussion, ministers from more than 140.. More

2402 13/05/2001
US Opposition Obstructs Nuclear Test Ban Case

UNITED NATIONS (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Russia, the European Union and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan pleaded on Sunday for nations to ratify a global ban on nuclear testing as U.S. opposition posed a major obstacle to the pact's future. In strong comments to a U.N. conference that was boycotted by the Americans, Russia challenged U.S. objections.. More

2403 13/05/2001
Opposition Forces Near Kabul

KABUL/BAGRAM, Afghanistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Opposition forces said they were close to the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday after breaking through front lines with the help of U.S. bombers and a fierce artillery barrage.Some Taliban fighters fled south, witnesses said. ``Our troops are knocking at the doors of Kabul. They are waiting to enter.. More

2410 13/05/2001
U.N. Plans Urgent Meeting of Afghans

UNITED NATIONS (Islamweb & News Agencies) - As rebel forces advanced on Kabul, the United Nations said on Monday it wanted Afghan politicians to meet within days, make interim arrangements for the Afghan capital and provide the nucleus for a broad-based government to replace the Taliban.Diplomats at the United Nations said they expected a meeting to.. More

2411 13/05/2001
Whit House Says Nothing is Ruled out in New York's Latest Plane Crash

New York, (Islamweb & News Agencies)-Emergency workers in New York have so far pulled 225 bodies from the wreckage of an American Airlines passenger jet which crashed near the city's John F Kennedy airport, killing all 260 people on board. Flight 587 was bound for the Dominican Republic when it lost an engine and nosedived into the Rockaway Beach residential.. More

2412 13/05/2001

Sub-sections