Parleying for peace; President Rabbani begins talks with warring factions
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Prospects for peace in Afghanistan have improved as the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani has begun discussions with warring factions who have expressed interest in ending the country's four-year civil war. Representatives of Rabbani's government in Kabul have approached opposition leaders to participate in talks about planning a new interim coalition government. Recently Rabbani signed a peace agreement with the leader of the opposition Hizme Islami party Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. The US has stepped up its involvement in peace negotiations after a four year absence.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1996
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Behind the veil, again: Kabul's women don chadors and wonder about Islamic rule
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Women are the unseen and downplayed victims of 14 years of war in Afghanistan. Any progress in terms of women's basic rights in education, speech, suffrage or even manner of dress changes or can be set back according to the whims of the mujahideen government. Presently, one of the first edicts of the new Islamic government is for women to wear the traditional Muslim dress and to cover their heads in public. Young university women who made the supreme sacrifice of postponing their studies are back to wearing their mothers' old chadors just to be allowed inside the campus.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1992
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Foiled again: Taliban's advance sets back UN peace
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The advance of the Islamic student movement Taliban on the Afghan capital Kabul has ended hopes for an incipient United Nations-brokered peace. Demanding new negotiations that include the Taliban, President Burhanuddin Rabbani has reneged on his promise to step down on Feb 19, 1995, and allow the UN to hold elections. Rabbani's rival Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has avoided conflict with Taliban, which like himself is backed by ethnic Pashtuns, but Rabbani's hardened troops may soon be fighting with them.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1995
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