DATE=5/5/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-248978
TITLE=AFGHAN/EXPLOSION (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=SCOTT ANGER
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS AT AN AMMUNITION DEPOT ROCKED THE
AFGHAN CAPITAL, KABUL (WEDNESDAY) DAMAGING NEARBY BUILDINGS. AS
CORRESPONDENT SCOTT ANGER REPORTS, AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAS BEEN
KILLED AND AT LEAST EIGHT OTHERS INJURED.
TEXT: REPORTS SAY THREE EXPLOSIONS HAVE OCCURRED AT A
TALEBAN-OPERATED AMMUNITION DEPOT IN THE POPULATED NEIGHBORHOOD
OF KHAIRKHANA, IN THE NORTHERN PART OF KABUL.
THE CAUSE OF THE BLASTS IS NOT KNOWN AND THE TALEBAN MOVEMENT HAS
NOT COMMENTED ON THE INCIDENT.
THE HARD-LINE TALEBAN ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IS FIGHTING OPPOSITION
GROUPS FOR COMPLETE CONTROL OF AFGHANISTAN. THE MOVEMENT BEGAN
IN 1994 AND SWEPT THROUGH THE COUNTRY IN ABOUT TWO-YEARS,
CAPTURING THE CAPITAL, KABUL IN SEPTEMBER 1996.
SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO CONTROL ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF
AFGHANISTAN WHILE OPPOSITION GROUPS CONTROL THE REST -- MAINLY IN
THE NORTH.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES HAVE FAILED, LEADING TO
CONTINUED FIGHTING IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCES OF THE COUNTRY.
(SIGNED)
NEB/SA/PLM
05-May-99 6:04 AM EDT (1004 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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