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DATE=9/10/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-238440
TITLE=TALEBAN/ UN (L-O)
BYLINE=BARBARA SCHOETZAU
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:   AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK TODAY (THURSDAY), 
SUPPORTERS OF AFGHANISTAN'S TALEBAN FACTION PRESSED THE CASE FOR 
UNITED NATIONS RECOGNITON. CORRESPONDENT BARBARA SCHOETZAU 
REPORTS.   
TEXT:   NOW THAT THE TALEBAN FACTION CONTROLS MOST OF 
AFGHANISTAN, THE TALEBAN ARE STEPPING UP EFFORTS TO GAIN UNITED 
NATIONS ACCREDITATION.  THE UNITED NATIONS STILL RECOGNIZES THE 
GOVERNMENT OF BURHANUDDIN RABBANI, WHICH THE TALEBAN DISPLACED IN
1996. 
THE TALEBAN FACTION HAS ALREADY NAMED AN AMBASSADOR AND CHOOSEN 
NOORULLAH ZADRAN AS FIRST SECRETARY FOR A PROSPECTIVE MISSION TO 
THE UNITED NATIONS. MR. ZADRAN SAYS THE TALEBAN FACTION HAS MET 
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR RECOGNITION BY THE UNITED NATIONS AND, 
SUBSEQUENTLY, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. 
                       //// ZADRAN ACT ///
         WE HAVE 95 PERCENT OF THE LAND IN OUR CONTROL. WE HAVE 
         THE CAPITOL OF KABUL IN OUR CONTROL, ALL THE MAJOR PORTS
         OF ENTRY IN OUR CONTROL, A GOVERNMENT THAT FUNCTIONS IN 
         KABUL WITH MINISTRIES AND IN THE AREA THAT WE CONTROL 
         FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS NOT A SINGLE BULLET HAS BEEN 
         FIRED. AND WE HAVE BROUGHT PEACE AND SERENITY TO OUR 
         COUNTRY.  
                         /// END ACT ///
MR. ZADRAN TOLD A COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AUDIENCE FEW COUNTIRES 
OUTSIDE OF THE REGION HAVE A GOOD GRASP OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN 
AFGHANISTAN. BUT HE SAID THE TALEBAN FACTION HAS SUCCEEDED IN 
BRINGING AFGHANISTAN TOGETHER AFTER YEARS OF WAR AND IS AN 
EXPRESSION OF THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.  
                      /// ZADRAN ACT ///   
         MAKE NO MISTAKE. WHETHER IT SUITS THE WORLD OR NOT,  ONE
         WAY OR THE OTHER, THE AFGHAN PEOPLE HAVE MADE THEIR 
         CHOICE. AFTER NEARLY TWO MILLION KILLED, A HALF MILLION 
         MAIMED,  50 TO 60 THOUSAND ORPHANS, 150 THOUSAND WIDOWS,
         500 THOUSAND WOUNDED, YOU CAN BE SURE THAT AFGHAN MEN, 
         WOMEN AND CHILDREN HAVE CHOSEN THEIR PATH TO PEACE. AND 
         IT IS UP TO THE WORLD TO LISTEN TO THEM. 
                        /// END ACT  ///
MR. ZADRAN -- A GRADUATE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY -- SAYS U-N  
RECOGNITION OF THE TALEBAN FACTION WOULD HELP END THE FIGHTING IN
AFGHANISTAN. (SIGNED) 
NEB/NY/BJS/BA/PT
10-Sep-98 5:38 PM EDT (2138 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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