U.N. peace plan stalls

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Afghanistan Pres Burhanuddin Rabbini refused to yield power to a governing council until the Taliban Islamic fundamentalist militia agreed to join the council. The Taliban is a recent political force in the country, which has been plagued by civil war since Russian forces left in 1989.

Political activity, Afghanistan, Peace, Rabbini, Burhanuddin

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U.S., U.N. allege rights abuses

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The UN condemned Guatemala on Mar 13, 1995, for its failure to curb death squads and the drug trade, and the US cut off $200,000 in aid to the Guatemala in protest of the country's human rights abuses. The Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union agreed to peace talks on Feb 22, 1995.

United States, Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, International relations, Military aspects, United States foreign relations, United Nations, Peace treaties, Guatemalan foreign relations, Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity

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Peace process stalls on rights issues

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Human rights issues have slowed the progress of the peace talks to end the civil war in Guatemala. Leftist rebel groups have called for the dissolution of the army's civil defense patrols prior to the end of the war.

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