Afghan factions sign landmark deal on new gov't

Afghan factions sign landmark deal on new gov't

BONN, Germany - File photos show (from L to R) Afghanistan's Northern Alliance Interior Minister Yunos Qanoni, Defense Minister Gen. Muhammed Fahim and Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, who will remain in their posts in a new interim Afghan government to be formed under a landmark deal signed in Bonn on Dec. 5, 2001. The government will be led by Pashtun tribal leader Hamid Karzai.

Afghan refugee gets special 1-yr resident status in Japan

Afghan refugee gets special 1-yr resident status in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Yunos Taheri (photo), a man belonging to an Afghan ethnic minority group, has been granted special resident status in Japan for one year, Osaka immigration authorities said Nov. 2. Taheri, a member of the Harakat-i-Islami (Islamic Movement) with the opposition Northern Alliance, was arrested by the Taliban in 1996 in Kabul and subsequently detained for four months. He later escaped and came to Japan in 1999 after traveling to Iran and South Korea.

Afghan factions sign landmark deal on new gov't

Afghan factions sign landmark deal on new gov't

BONN, Germany - File photos show (from L to R) Afghanistan's Northern Alliance Interior Minister Yunos Qanoni, Defense Minister Gen. Muhammed Fahim and Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, who will remain in their posts in a new interim Afghan government to be formed under a landmark deal signed in Bonn on Dec. 5, 2001. The government will be led by Pashtun tribal leader Hamid Karzai.

Afghan refugee gets special 1-yr resident status in Japan

Afghan refugee gets special 1-yr resident status in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Yunos Taheri (photo), a man belonging to an Afghan ethnic minority group, has been granted special resident status in Japan for one year, Osaka immigration authorities said Nov. 2. Taheri, a member of the Harakat-i-Islami (Islamic Movement) with the opposition Northern Alliance, was arrested by the Taliban in 1996 in Kabul and subsequently detained for four months. He later escaped and came to Japan in 1999 after traveling to Iran and South Korea.