Summaries
Kofi Annan, who is the Secretary General of the United Nations sent someone to Taliban Afghanistan, during 1998 to talk about important issues . At this time, the Taliban had just taken over Afghanistan, and imposed harsh laws against women, and the people of Afghanistan. This person that was sent happened to be a woman, who in Afghanistan doesn't have equal rights, and could have been killed. The talks were over things such as human rights, narcotics, and violence among other things. If the woman would have been killed, America, and other countries could have possibly entered Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban at that time, and could have gotten rid of the Taliban, who were allowing terrorists to stay inside their country, thus could have prevented the September 11th, Terrorists attacks
August 2, 1998
World News Briefs; Taliban Report Gains In Afghan Fighting
The Taliban has reported that it has controlled more land in Afghanistan. The radical group of the Taliban, has basically taken over Afghanistan, and has imposed harsh laws on the people. Since this is an older article, the Taliban pretty much took over Afghanistan completely, and was crippled for a while when the US invaded, but is now currently strong.
August 11, 1998
World News Briefs; Taliban Tightens Hold On Afghan City
In the NorthEast city of Mazar-i-Sharif, in Afghanistan, the Taliban are getting to the end of controlling Afghanistan, and are imposing even more laws, such as no music, and requiring all men to wear beards. Iran and Pakistan both have been accused of instigating violence in the country. The Taliban are accused of capturing 11 Iranian Diplomats, and they report that Pakistan are responsible for their safety.